whatfoster
07-17-2008, 02:42 PM
I'd like to upgrade to mesh heads, but as cheaply as possible: I can't justify spending upwards of $150 on the goodwoodmods set, despite how great they are.
I brainstormed, and I came up with an alternative solution. I'd like to know what people familiar with modding the stock drums thought. Here's my plan:
1: Remove the stock pad assembly and disconnect the wires.
2: Unscrew the black plastic rim from the gray plastic pad.
3: Place a ring on the gray plastic pad. I thought these might work: http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat2098&PRODID=prd43252&_requestid=102032.
4. Build the standard foam-piezo-foam sensor, and fix it to the top of the gray plastic pad, inside the ring.
5. Make a mesh drumhead, using window screen mesh and the black plastic rim removed from the gray plastic pad in step 2, above.
6. Using longer screws, reattach the black plastic ring (now a makeshift mesh head) to the gray plastic pad.
7. Replace the entire piece on the stock kit. It should slide right back into place, because the mounting posts are still on the bottom of the gray plastic pad.
This should leave you with a makeshift but totally functional mesh drumhead.
The only things to purchase would be a piezo ($2/drum), wiring ($1/drum), some foam ($2/drum), some longer screws($1/drum), a ring ($2/drum), and some window screen ($3/drum). The total, then, would be $11/drum.
What do you think?
I brainstormed, and I came up with an alternative solution. I'd like to know what people familiar with modding the stock drums thought. Here's my plan:
1: Remove the stock pad assembly and disconnect the wires.
2: Unscrew the black plastic rim from the gray plastic pad.
3: Place a ring on the gray plastic pad. I thought these might work: http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat2098&PRODID=prd43252&_requestid=102032.
4. Build the standard foam-piezo-foam sensor, and fix it to the top of the gray plastic pad, inside the ring.
5. Make a mesh drumhead, using window screen mesh and the black plastic rim removed from the gray plastic pad in step 2, above.
6. Using longer screws, reattach the black plastic ring (now a makeshift mesh head) to the gray plastic pad.
7. Replace the entire piece on the stock kit. It should slide right back into place, because the mounting posts are still on the bottom of the gray plastic pad.
This should leave you with a makeshift but totally functional mesh drumhead.
The only things to purchase would be a piezo ($2/drum), wiring ($1/drum), some foam ($2/drum), some longer screws($1/drum), a ring ($2/drum), and some window screen ($3/drum). The total, then, would be $11/drum.
What do you think?
