Drum Tip - Learning How To Make A Drum Set Pays Off

5 Key Reasons To Learn Drum Building.
by John Dutra

Learning how to make a drum set is easier than you think, and the pay-off is huge.
And yes.. I'm talking about professional grade custom drum sets, not a pots-and-pans kit that the children can play on.
It doesn't matter how old you are, how much drum building experience you have or how good of a drummer you are. One of my clients who bought the Guerrilla Drum Making DVD built an entire custom drum set in his apartment in Japan. Another one is about 10 years old and learnt how to make a snare drum.
I could go on forever, but here's my 5 key reasons why you should take the D.I.Y. drums route and learn how to make a drum set.

#1. Drum Building Saves You Money: You will save up to 70% of your money by buying drum supplies and making your own drums rather than ordering a customized drum set from a notable drum company. I've seen price quotes as high as $5,000 for a drum kit that would cost you $1,700 to make.
#2. Save a Ton of Time: The first customized drum set I bought was from major drum company Drum Workshop (DW) that took 8 months to get to me.
How long would it take you to make a drum set or custom snare drum? Honestly... tough question to answer. I've made a five piece custom drum set in one day after getting the products a week after ordering them. Not bad. 240 Days versus 8 days? I'll take the latter... it gets me behind my new drum set way faster.
#3. Create Your Own Drum Set: Fit the look of your drum set to your own personality, match the image of your band, replicate a drum set you've always wanted or once had.
And you have the ability to hunt down all the products you want for the drums of your dreams. Wood shells, metal shells, acrylic shells, hybrid drum shells... you name it. Whether your aiming for a studio kit, a set for the rehearsal room or a set that's going to get the beeating of life on tour, you can easily fit your drum kit to the drumming lifestyle you live.
#4. It's Fun: The entire drum making process from seeing your vision, to bringing it to life is a blast. And lets not forget the most rewarding part: getting behind that brand new drum kit.
#5. Learn Drum Making For Life: Once you find out how easy custom drum making is, you'll have the ability to add to your drum set whenever an extra drum needs to be used, build a snare drum for your upcoming studio recording, build drum sets for your colleagues, and more.
Learning how to make a drum set is like that ancient proverb: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Drum Tip - Learning How To Make A Drum Set Pays Off