I had a bass drum I was going to build around years ago, but it never materialized. I’ve been buying pieces to put together lately, though. I’m spending too much, although ostensibly it is for more for recording a cd, I doubt if I will want to part with it afterwards or trade down for a cheaper kit.

Piecing it together is not easy, especially when you don’t have the cymbals and drums there to match sound resonance and timbre on eBay. I’ve been learning alot. Check out

http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/

I was outbid four times on ebay bass drums, twice on one with a relisting! I’m real close to done now, though, although it seems at times like a video game with all the upgrades and everything involved.

Sometimes I think about leaving just about everything behind and driving out to LA with the drums in tow, especially when I can’t play at my apartment! I might get full practice pads, but that would be about a shared months rent at a practice space..