How can i tell i bought the MKII and not the MKI

[taffy123]

I cannont fond the words or description anywhere on my MK II or MKI ,i just bought the kit brand new but im not sure if its an MKII ..
I have a kick pedel with a little black tennis ball, but all the MKII i see have an onrange kick

Please can anyone tell me waht the diffrence is between the MK1 and the MK II .

thanx Jae

[Manfred]

Hi,

this is a MKII:



And this is a MKI:



What is different?

- Size of vertical bars (rack)
- Snare stand
- Bass drum (and beater)
- Hihat

Regards, Manfred

[Jman]

Also they changed the way the rims attach to the toms and snare. MK1 had 3 rubber O-rings, MKII has 5 O-rings.

[fishmonkey]

i think the hihat is the same between MK I.5 and MK II.

another difference between the MK I and MK II kits is that the rim triggers on the pads are held in place by 5 o-rings instead of only 3. and the rim trigger hoop material has changed to a less brittle black plastic (before it was a clear polycarbonate plastic, and before that aluminium).

[taffy123]

thanx Guys this helps a lot ,i am pretty sure i have an MkII but the rubber pads under the bassdrum pedel ,frame and hihat pedel are black and the kick tennis ball thing is also black.

would of made life a little easier if they had just printed MKII on the set .

cheers  jae

[G-LOOPS]

hi,
is THE BRAIN the same between MK1 and MK2 ?

[fishmonkey]

yes.

[Jman]

Simply update the module to the latest OS and you have the latest "Brain"

[signature]

Guys I got a hybrid kit, according to what you have posted above. I have a kick drum that is Mk I and the Mk II rack and all (well I assume the toms are Mk II, though i haven't checked). Do you have any significant problems with the Mk I kick drum, that the Mk II rectified? Is there a post in here that talks about the Mk I and any photos of the trigger setup etc? Wiring?

[Manfred]

Hi,

most people say that MKII bassdrum is less noisy than MKI and not as bouncy. You can easily convert a MKI into a MKII by removing the black plate and repositioning the sensor if you want. See this thread:

http://www.2box-forum.com/index.php/topic,395.0.html

Regards, Manfred

[rcprod]

The kit I received in Canada last December was the MKII kit except that it included the MKI bass drum pad. I just received an additional cymbal and related hardware yesterday that I had ordered back in December. Was a hastle but I am glad I finally received the additional cymbal. I believe there were communication problems between the store where I ordered it and the Canadian distributor.

Cheers!

[signature]

Thanks for your replies guys!