Just got my 2box drumit five MK2 kit today. Mind you the box comes in 3 boxes apparantly. I only go the pad box and stand box and the rest is still with the distributor. Best to check it carefully if all the parts are in.
Nontheless managed to use my old hi-hat, snare stand and kick drum pedal and have a fully working set.
This kit is great I love the dynamics. Nothing like it.
Cheers J-W,
Hey !
Welcome to this great forum !
So you got the new rack ?? What do you think about it ?
Best to you !
The new rack is just fine, very lightweight yet still solid. It's very quick to disassemble if you just take the pads off. I have left off the wingnuts on the cymbals they were in the way when hitting the bell.
I hope the balljoints are also available as spare parts as they seem easy to damage (but this is just my gut feeling; I have not been able to overstress them yet).
I had the ddrum 4 earlier and the hardware weighed a ton it had to as the pads were heavy (and noisy as well).
J-W,
The new rack is great, i find it very solid, easy to adjust when needed and lightweight too. The only slight problem i have is that the position of the module mounting ( at top of the left upright leg), causes a lot of wobble due to the modules weight and the lack of support at the bottom of the leg. This is minor to me though! This kit throws everything else on the market out of the game at the moment, and i believe will do so for a while yet!
Quote from: jw-smaal on October 09, 2010, 06:40:26 PM
I have left off the wingnuts on the cymbals they were in the way when hitting the bell.
From what I've heard, those are not to be included in the future. They ARE in the way, and it's not like the cymbals ever will come loose.
My ride cymbal "stand" is also cut down, so I can play the bell anyway I want.
At this moment I play with a 2Box cymbal holder, which ends up in a spike
So there is no wingnut
It works perfect
It only looks like heavy metal :rock:
Well, 2Box is in 2 boxes again since I just received my kit a few weeks ago and the whole rig came in two boxes. (perhaps they are packing the items differently in various places?)
:drum1:
Quote from: rcprod on December 21, 2010, 12:31:32 PM
Well, 2Box is in 2 boxes again since I just received my kit a few weeks ago and the whole rig came in two boxes. (perhaps they are packing the items differently in various places?)
Hi rcprod
Did you receive the snare, hihat, and pedals?
Thanks
Scott
Quote from: Scottie on December 21, 2010, 09:12:53 PM
Hi rcprod
Did you receive the snare, hihat, and pedals?
Are you surprised Scottie ? ;D
Quote from: Remi on December 21, 2010, 09:19:19 PM
Are you surprised Scottie ? ;D
Hi Remi
Well if this is a MKII model then there should be a third box. So i just want to make sure that rcprod has received everything that he should have.
Hi Scottie,
One box contained the pads (Kick, snare, 3 toms, 3 cymbals) and the module, and the second box contained the new MKII rack stand, snare stand, bass drum pedal, and hi-hat stand.
Hopefully everything I received is the MKII version. The bass drum has the black metal on the front with the lighted 2Box name on it which is interesting since your website shows the bass drum with no black front on it. Would you confirm which version of the bass drum is supposed to be shipped with the new MKII kits?
Thanks.
Hi Scottie,
I'm still hoping to hear from you with regards to my question above.
Thanks.
Quote from: rcprod on December 29, 2010, 01:17:32 PM
Hi Scottie,
I'm still hoping to hear from you with regards to my question above.
Thanks.
Its the winter holiday season in the U.K for many people, so Scottie may be on vacation...
Is it still the winter holiday season?
Quote from: rcprod on January 08, 2011, 01:54:56 AM
Is it still the winter holiday season?
That depends on how many days holiday you have booked - could be a week, could be two - who knows. Have some patience - I'm sure scottie isn't just plain ignoring you. Have you sent him a PM or are you just hoping he reads this post?
I did not send him a PM. I was just curious really.
Personally I like the look of the bass drum with the lighted name on the front, and everything seems to be working nicely.
I am just loving this kit so far.
;D
Quote from: rcprod on January 09, 2011, 06:43:34 PM
I did not send him a PM. I was just curious really.
Personally I like the look of the bass drum with the lighted name on the front, and everything seems to be working nicely.
I am just loving this kit so far.
;D
Well if you want a response from him, best to send him a PM. Sounds like you have the MK I base drum - if the rack and snare etc is MK II as you say, you should really ask for the MK II version, as it plays better than the MK I (even though its not as pretty - but if you get it converted you can keep the front plate and light - Scottie sent them back after converting my pad and now I'm going to keep it and hopefully mod it into a future bass drum :) )
Is there a way to check if my drum pads are MKI or MKII? (snare and Tom pads)
Quote from: rcprod on January 11, 2011, 01:06:41 PM
Is there a way to check if my drum pads are MKI or MKII? (snare and Tom pads)
Hi man,
Only major difference is the bass drum, rack and snare stand - don't think the actual tom and snare pads have changed much...
i have heard that the newer snares have 5 o-rings securing the rim trigger (instead of 3).
apparently the material used for the rim trigger is being changed again, but i don't know if all MK II kits have the new material or not.
All of my drum pads have the 5 O-Rings so they are MKII which is good. :)
Quote from: rcprod on January 19, 2011, 11:30:53 PM
All of my drum pads have the 5 O-Rings so they are MKII which is good. :)
Care to share a pic or two? i'm about to buy some pads and want to make sure they are MKII...
if you look carefully in the area just between the edge of the mesh head and the rubber rim, you will see the o-rings that hold the rim in place. older pads only have 3.
Quote from: fishmonkey on April 20, 2011, 10:51:02 AM
if you look carefully in the area just between the edge of the mesh head and the rubber rim, you will see the o-rings that hold the rim in place. older pads only have 3.
Ah ok I get it, thanks. And the new ones are made of aluminum right?
the main orange part of each pad has always been made of aluminium.
underneath the rubber rim is a thin trigger hoop that in early production kits was made of aluminium, but due to breakages has long since been made of polycarbonate plastic. if the pad has 5 o-rings there is no chance that the trigger hoop will be aluminium. note that you cannot see the trigger hoop without removing all the lugs and dismantling a pad.
Got it, thanks fishmonkey. Can't wait for my module to arrive! It's going to be a very looooooong weekend :-\