my modified bassdrum

[fishmonkey]

the return spring on the hihat is a bit weak, i think changing that spring might help too... it feels like i have to let the hihat open earlier to give it extra time to lift. makes playing a classic closed to open hihat sound a bit unreliable...

[hwasser]

What to do with the cables to the light? I like my basslight, but desided to take away the plate .. how do u get the trigger out off the hole? just pull it hard out?

[spoenk]

as far as i remember it just sits in the foam, no brutal force needed...?

[hwasser]

Okay. Hmm, will do something creative with the light infront of the modified bassdrum, hehe.

I decided to change after playing a acoustic drum set last week, the bassdrum on 2box mk1 is very hard compared to a acoustic set because all foam in the bassdrum.

[hwasser]

Okey now I made it. Cut some of the foam to cause the foams bouncing did kicksounds in the module :p .. but one problem, now its uneven, the left side of the kick triggers much higher than the right side (use doublepedals). I have put the trigger as on the picture (with the cables to the right) does this affect?

[hwasser]

Made it better by stuffing between the sideplate and the foam with some absorber foam :p .. now its much better. Must cut the foam on the sides a bit more perfectly also. My god, it plays really different now. But more realistic, real bassdrums doesnt got foam in them so :p

[roel]

Made it better by stuffing between the sideplate and the foam with some absorber foam :p .. now its much better. Must cut the foam on the sides a bit more perfectly also. My god, it plays really different now. But more realistic, real bassdrums doesnt got foam in them so :p

Is there not another way to modified your bassdrum, I mean so that you can keep the backplate with that 2box
logo (light).

[hwasser]

by lower the trigger to the rimtrigger hole and cut out the foam in the middle (like on the first picture in this thread) should do it perhaps, but maybe you will hit the light then (hit the light like metallica!  )

[roel]

by lower the trigger to the rimtrigger hole and cut out the foam in the middle (like on the first picture in this thread) should do it perhaps, but maybe you will hit the light then (hit the light like metallica!  )

Huh how can you hit the light? I mean the beater is only hitting the meshhead at the front.So why are you taking the led plate away?why not only the foam in the middle,and then replace the backplate with that 2box light.

[p929]

Huh how can you hit the light? I mean the beater is only hitting the meshhead at the front.

It's possible, actually, I just removed the middle foam, i.e. the one which stays at the beater. then I left the mesh a little bit loose and I start hearing some 'tack-tack' then I realized that the beater was sometimes hitting  the external plate. I solved it by tightening the mesh a bit. and the acoustic noise is now reduced by far and I didn't have to rid off the light or cut the foam or repositioning the sensor...just remove the middle foam, that's all!! 

[roel]

It's possible, actually, I just removed the middle foam, i.e. the one which stays at the beater. then I left the mesh a little bit loose and I start hearing some 'tack-tack' then I realized that the beater was sometimes hitting  the external plate. I solved it by tightening the mesh a bit. and the acoustic noise is now reduced by far and I didn't have to rid off the light or cut the foam or repositioning the sensor...just remove the middle foam, that's all!! 

that's what I mean, so the double triggering is gone now?

[BURNIN AMBITION]

hey guys how did you remove the sensor?
i opened my mk1 kick pad(i have a mk2 drum set), and i removed only the small oart of the foam that the beater hits on. it is so much better. i wanted to remove the whole foam, but after some testing, without any foam it double triggered a lot since without any foam the sensor should really be on the edge. thing is that i cant remove it from the middle it seems to be glued or something. also what about the backplate and all its cables? what should i do with them? is there some kind of a video on how we remove the sensor , how we completely remove the back plate and what we do with the light cables etc? thanx so much

[BURNIN AMBITION]

any help regarding on how to remove the sensor from the middle and removing also the light plate with the cables would be awesome. othwerwise i will have to send it over to my countrys retailers, and id rather avoid it if i could
thanx

[Slap the drummer]

Hi BA -

ok, the sensor is wrapped up in a cylinder of cream coloured foam with a black patch
like a bicycle tube repair patch on top (if yours is like mine was).

It's glued into the cup in the metal back plate.  Use a blunt kitchen knife or your fingers
to get the whole assembly out (with wires attached obviously).  When I did this it left
a bit of the foam behind.  No way round that I guess, and I don't think it's a big deal.
Then you can move the sensor to the cylindrical "cup" at the rim.  Personally I wdn't bother
gluing it or anything - the mesh head shd hold it firm once you've tensioned it up.

Dress the 2 wires as you think best.  I pulled the slack back thru and into the space at the
rim - you'll see what I mean when you do it.  Key thing is to keep the loose wire away from
the vibrations of the mesh head.

As for the light - the main section of the back plate can be removed from the (back of the)
rim assembly by undoing the screws and just removing.  The wires to the light you will have
to decide for yourself.  On mine the light had already gone dead, so I just snipped off.
Alternatively -- from memory -- the wires (2 sets) attach to diode things (ie thin strips)
left and right of the logo cut-out.  Maybe you can carefully unglue the strips from their
position (with a knife) and just let them dangle out the back of the drum shell....

Does that help?

[BURNIN AMBITION]

that helps a lot mate
i think i understood exactly what i need to do. if i have any other question i wil ask but i think you covered everything, with excellence. thanx a lot!!!!