Recent content by Nickropolis

I just heard about the local high school here being on lock down, a student is inside with three firearms. We'll see how it turns out...it'll make the evening news no doubt.

...And not for a noise complaint! Wish it was though. I don't usually make posts on internet forums griping about stuff but this...just freaking wow, I kinda need to get this off my chest. I've had an ongoing issue of my roommate (and the person staying in her room) not paying bills, leaving...

This little beauty popped up on Kijiji two nights ago, the guy selling was right down the street from where I live so I hopped on my legs and walked over to check it out. Whilst tuning and tweaking things I learned a bit about the history of these guys. About a year ago when the old...

So, I bought a Sabian 22" Omni slightly over 3 months ago from Long & McQuade. The long and short of it, I'm not happy with the Omni or either company as a whole right now. *I feel it necessary to mention that I am anything but a neanderthal behind the kit and usually play with 7A maple sticks*...

The ad on Kijiji says 50+ years old so I snatched them all without hesitation, 80 bucks. I did a little googling and the stamp seemed to match a 50's era but I'm no expert. I'll let you guys try your hand.

Around here, people tend to put stuff out on the grassy sidewalk area that they don't want but someone else may conceivably want. It's a pretty good racket, you never know what you might come across. In his spare time, one of my friends likes to pick up electronics or other such things and fix...

Just a random thought, has anyone heard of or used intentionally going way off time and playing a brief 'wall of noise' that isn't musical at all? In fact, it's hard to listen to but only for a few seconds, then easing the listener back in with some catchy riff. Thinking in terms of dynamics...

Anyone try it? Not a huge fan of the paint but I do love the old Weckl model, thinking of trying it today.

Picked up this PDP snare from Kijiji today, couldn't go wrong for $25 seeing as I didn't have a wood snare. Not sure exactly on the model though, it's 13x4 wood shell and 8 lugs.

Lately I've been playing more traditional grip but I'm having trouble getting consistent rimshots. I do leave my snare flat at fairly normal belt height. Does anyone have any tips aside from tilting the stand?

I was a bit anxious to get this project started and my camera battery was dead at the time so there aren't any before shots but this is what used to be a 16 inch royal blue wrap Pearl floor tom, pretty grungy and the heads were beyond garbage. I stripped all the wrap and hardware, sanded off...

She's one of them. ;) I tried to get her to help me with getting rid of some overtones in my snare, attention span didn't last long enough so I gave up. She and I also prefer Vic Firth sticks, although I like wood tip and she seems to prefer nylon. My roommate's cat, maybe a month or...

At home? Church? Jam space? It's normally not a problem for me, everyone is for the most part respectful of each other's things. Except when I leave the house I guess. I have a 16" bass/snare/hat/ride setup for jazz but just use the snare stand from my main kit, so the snare sits on the floor...

...looks kinda old.

I didn't think you'd object since you've never told me to stop watching you sleep. I see a couple King Crimson mentions, I'm lucky to have Gavin Harrison do a clinic here in September, can't freakin' wait.