[Tibbz]

Hey Guys,

So hopefully I will be getting some drums soon, however we have no room in the house to put them, apart from the garage.

I was wondering if it would be ok to keep them in there, does temperature have any effect of drums? (like expanding and contracting, damaging them?) Just wondering as it can get pretty cold in there at night!

Cheers

[Poco Askew]

Try a search in the Drum Gear sub-forum using "cold", "garage", "weather", etc. You will find plenty of good info.

[pearlvx96]

if you have no control of temperature in there, then don't do it.

[Tibbz]

pearlvx96, on 27 March 2012 - 10:23 AM, said:

if you have no control of temperature in there, then don't do it.

Oh, that doesn't sound too good!

And I will try Poco!

This post has been edited by Tibbz: 27 March 2012 - 11:55 AM

[pearlvx96]

Yeah it's not haha, like Poco said this has been covered before, so you'll find all the info you need with a search

[Tamatrainee]

Metal expands and contracts with temperature differences.
Wood swells and shrinks with moisture changes.
Not a good combination.

[The Mimic]

My Coda drum kit is in my garage and nothing wrongs seems to be happening and my garage is insulated except the garage door (the big one). It's pretty cold there and everything sounds fine. but my ddrum kit... thats another story. I try to keep that one in perfect condition.

[Tibbz]

Well it looks like I will be finding somewhere else to put it!

What about in a room on the 3rd floor that's unheated?

[Tamatrainee]

I think indoors is fine as changes in moisture isn't generally a problem inside a house.
Moisture is more of an enemy than temperature as it affects the wood and the metal.

[Tibbz]

Yeah I guess so...

While im here I may as well ask my other question instead of making a new thread...

I really don't have any money, or many ways of getting any atm! So im looking at second hand drum kits for a low price but they mainly seem to be the cheap brands like "Boston", PP etc.

Would it be worth grabbing one of those cheap kits for now (adding new heads), just for a while until I can get money for a decent one?

[Poco Askew]

Tibbz, on 28 March 2012 - 07:32 AM, said:

Would it be worth grabbing one of those cheap kits for now (adding new heads), just for a while until I can get money for a decent one?

Anything is better than nothing for practice.
I guess it all depends on how long it would be before you could take the money spent on that cheap kit, to add to it, and get a better kit that will keep you going.

[Tibbz]

Trouble is it will be at least 2-3 years before I could afford a decent kit with the current situation, but by then I will most likely be earning more money anyway. So if I got a cheap kit now to last me until then, would it be ok?

Tbh im not too bothered about the sound atm, I just need to practice stuff like rudiments!

[Tamatrainee]

If at this point you just want to learn how to play drums and are not bothered by the sound or you're not sure if you'll stick with drumming, the Boston kit would do fine (my brother has one) but you have to take into account that the money that you pay for it is essentially lost i.e. when you go to buy a proper kit, you'll have to start saving from scratch.

[Tibbz]

Yeah I notice that. I'll keep browsing to see if there are any better branded kits for a nice price that I may be able to borrow some money for from my parents!

[maturenewdrummer]

Hi Tibbz the seconhand market in drums in uk is good for buying but not selling i.e say you buy kit for £400 and its not worth anymore than that in say 3 years time youll be lucky to get £150 back .My advice buy a kit that will do the job i.e ebay have cheap kits /drum kits dont hold there value here in uk .So many choices for kits but as you rightly say in a bedroom quality of sound is completey irrelevant (ps i live in England like you)

[einarabelc5]

There's a great drummer Berklee material that tells a story of how he play on anything he could find. As long as he could keep playing and practicing he was fine. He is now on the drum channel with the best. No reason to put yourself more obstacles than those you really have unless you don't want to succeed.

[Tibbz]

Thanks for the advice

[Tibbz]

Another quick question:

How much room will an average* drum kit take up? ( Xft x Yft x Zft)


*5 piece, hi-hat, 1-2 crash/ride

[Tamatrainee]

Tibbz, on 06 April 2012 - 09:04 AM, said:

Another quick question:

How much room will an average* drum kit take up? ( Xft x Yft x Zft)


*5 piece, hi-hat, 1-2 crash/ride

Minimum area 6ft x 4ft - height depends on the height of your cymbals but at least 4ft for mounted toms

[Dudewithlonghair]

Depends on how claustrophobic you are. I used to have my drumset in my bedroom when I was younger and now I wouldn't be able to stand it.