In this post, Brent Barnett, Artist Relations Specialist at Gibraltar Hardware, shows us how he put together Joey Bumpus’ (drummer for Lady Gaga) drum rack.
Joey wanted to have everything curved. T legs were used, but pivoted slightly to accommodate the curve. Four vertical curved poles were mounted along the center bar for the cymbals, giving it an upside down spider-like effect.
Curved bars make it difficult to keep other curved bars level. Brent solves this problem by checking the mounts with a level. The SC-GRSRA right angle clamps to connect the legs to the side extensions along with the SC-GPRML memory locks connecting to the outer legs. The SC-GPR30C curved 30-inch tube was added as a rear leg but about 5 inches were cut off with a saw. SC-RMAA and SC-RBA were added to the end of the cut tube to make it look clean and for mounting a boom, cymbals, or other 7/8 inch tube hardware. The SC-GRSARA angled clamp was used as the foot clamp to accommodate the curve being parallels to the foot, allowing the angle of the leg to be adjusted. A 30-inch curved bar was used to hold the no leg snare stand. The SC-GRSMC was used to connect the SC-EA100 to main rack to the no leg hi hat stand. GEMS mount is attached to the rack at the player’s right for a Roland SPD-S.
Then Paul realized he could customize it! Paul decided to kick his Stealth VMS up a few notches to better match his drum kit. He customized it by using custom 1.5-inch diameter wooded dowels finished in the matching custom burnt orange to match his Gretsch burnt orange drum kit. Nice job, Paul. (note: these are not available from Gibraltar, Paul made them)
Matching Wooden Dowels with the Stealth VMS
Figure 8.1 shows a front on view of the drum kit from the Stealth side. The front T-leg and horizontal chrome pipes of the Stealth VMS (vertical mounting system) were changed out to 1.5-inch diameter wood dowels finished to match the wood of the drum kit. The vertical pipes were left chrome to match other chrome hardware on the kit. Notice cool clean VMS set up with no tripod bases on the snare stand to get in the way. The horizontal wooden pipe runs under the double bass pedal connector nice and clean. The Gibraltar no leg hi hat is mounted to the Stealth VMS with a SC-EA-100 extension arm. There’s more! Continue reading the rest of this post…
Building a double bass rack system with the GRS-850DB
Set-up Logic
The classic double bass drum rack seen throughout the 80s was known as “the cage”. This setup pays homage to the cage – with an updated vibe and jaw dropping appeal. With Gibraltar you can turn your own custom design into a one of a kind look.
If you have a big kit, a rack is the way to go. Racks deliver the tight framework needed for mounting lots of drums and cymbals while keeping set up clean and unobtrusive.
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. There’s more! Continue reading the rest of this post…
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