Some of you will recall a few years ago I found a drum kit on the side of the road. I grabbed the lot and took it home. I spent many weekends removing rust and cleaning. I then converted it to an electric kit for my then 9 year old son for xmas. The system I used then was to try to copy the DM10 pads with the metal disk and foam. So much foam..
The module I got for the kit is an Alesis DM8.. I remember it only cost me about $200AUS. Seemed reasonable at the time.
It got played for months after that but at some point during renovations it got packed up and sat in a pile of loose hardware on the floor. For about a year.
I recently had some success with modding my own DM10X pads and was keen to try the mod on my son's kit and get his kit set up again.
First the money shots..
And here is the mod that went into the pads.. Just like on my DM10 pads the 'fulcrum' on the top piezo gives it amazing isolation from the rest of the drum.
Silly me added dual zones to the tom pads.. Head and Rim.. DM8 doesn't have dual zone on the toms.. D'oh. So long since I looked at the specs of the DM8. Oh well he'll get my DM10 module some day when I upgrade.
The kit actually has 2 more toms to put on. Alas they both have those home made heads I made out of heavy duty fly screen mesh.. That mesh does not work with the fulcrum system above.
The ride and Hi Hat are from my DM10X kit. I don't like them and use acoustic hats and ride on stage. The little crashes and rack came from a ekit I got about a year ago for $50AUS.
It was a bit like this sort of kit..
Was so cheap because the pads no longer worked (ie: all the piezos had come loose).. .I fixed them all. But I digresss.
The kit above is playing really well. Perfect for his level of playing.