Monthly Archive for May, 2009

Image is Everything: Gibraltar GRS-420CC All Chrome Curved Drum Rack Setup

Set up logic

Download the parts list PDF for the GRS-420CC

Image is as important as performance. We need our drum kit image to be hip and on the edge so it amplifies and enhances our performance. Don’t you just play better when you know you look good? Well, check out this all curved all chrome custom rack design.

Today we’re building a very unique kit set up that utilizes the Gibraltar GRS-420CC All Curved, All Chrome rack system. This rack system is unique in the fact that all bars both vertical and horizontal are curved and all rack bars and clamps are plated in a nice shiny chrome finish. Any drum kit set up on this rack will grab lots of attention.
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Kevin Hastings Rocks With Rihanna and Gibraltar

Kevin Hastings and his Gibraltar Keyboard Stand

The first thing that you notice about Kevin Hastings when you see him onstage with Rihanna is his amazing keyboard stand. If it resembles the hardware that holds up drum kits you’ve seen, you’re right. Although we are mainly known for drum hardware, we built this custom stand that lets Kevin tilt his Korg Triton keyboard forward, so he can play with straight wrists while standing up.
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How to Set Up a Clean Looking Custom Drum Rack

The Kit

Stealth VMS 4-Piece Hybrid

Download the parts list PDF for the Stealth E Kit

We set up a kit with 18×22 bass drum, 9×13 tom, and 16×16 floor tom and 5.5×14 snare drum. The Stealth VMS Vertical Mounting System along with a traditional cymbal stand equipped with a Hybrid Mounting pod gives this set up a clean look showing off the drum kit.

The Stealth

Stealth VMS 4-Piece Hybrid

The Stealth VMS mounts the snare drum off a no leg mini T-leg and the mounted tom comes off the vertical rack post leaving a clean open space for the hi-hat stand. The mounted tom can also be positioned flat to match up to the snare drum if needed.

You can see a slight bend in the horizontal rack tube that connects the snare mount to the tom mount. This bend accommodates a double pedal connecting rod. In this set-up we are using a single bass drum pedal but this set up handles double pedals with no problem at low. The low rider bar fits under or above the double pedal connector bar.

The Stealth is also simple in the sense of easy set up, tear down, with not much to transport.

1 pc GSVMS-KIT Stealth VMS Single Tom Mounting System (Comes with 1 pc 10.5mm and 1 pc 12.7mm ball L-rod)
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