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Post by samhibler on Nov 28, 2020 18:26:50 GMT -5
Hey, I was wondering if anybody knew the cymbals that Artimus Pyles used while he was in Skynyrd. For Christmas I want to make a drum set kind of like his. Thanks
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Post by pyledriver on Nov 30, 2020 19:08:09 GMT -5
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Post by Forum Lord on Nov 30, 2020 19:55:05 GMT -5
Keep in mind Artimus would use whatever he had available at the time. His kit was always changing a little here or there.
As I recall his basic kit in 1977 was a 7 ply maple set and as large as he could get them. And yes he did use zildjian but I've known him to use Paiste as well. And cowbells and mark tree and anything and everything he could bang on.
Back then he used double kick drums but today he simplifies it with a double footed pedal and a single kick drum, and he likes cymbals with holes in them now.
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RotgutLife76
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Post by RotgutLife76 on Dec 10, 2020 8:08:15 GMT -5
Keep in mind Artimus would use whatever he had available at the time. His kit was always changing a little here or there. As I recall his basic kit in 1977 was a 7 ply maple set and as large as he could get them. And yes he did use zildjian but I've known him to use Paiste as well. And cowbells and mark tree and anything and everything he could bang on. Back then he used double kick drums but today he simplifies it with a double footed pedal and a single kick drum, and he likes cymbals with holes in them now. I believe he used Paiste and Zildjian during the tribute tour. The only kit I thought was questionable, but as we know, alot of funky sounding Shyt came out of the '80's, instrument wise.
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Post by Forum Lord on Dec 10, 2020 8:44:04 GMT -5
The only kit I thought was questionable, but as we know, alot of funky sounding Shyt came out of the '80's, instrument wise. During that time, his drums were triggered. So you never knew what you were actually hearing. That was up to the soundman Kevin Elson. He triggered both Artimus and Cus. For those not familiar with triggering drums, it is basically this... Concert sound systems get very loud. And drums have a lot of microphones on them. Those mics have to be turned up loud for pounding rock bands and this causes feedback sometimes. So sometimes soundmen place a trigger system onto an acoustic set of drums so each time a drummer hits a drum it sends a signal to the trigger which then "triggers" a pre-programmed sound replacement to be sent into the sound system. Using triggering electronics and sampled drum sounds instead of actually listening to the drums themselves gives the soundman peace of mind knowing he won't get feedback in the system and he can push drums as loud as he wants to without causing feedback loops. Recently Brandon posted Kevin Elson's sound system equipment list and it showed triggering systems for both drummers around 1990 as I recall.
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RotgutLife76
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Post by RotgutLife76 on Dec 13, 2020 6:15:10 GMT -5
The only kit I thought was questionable, but as we know, alot of funky sounding Shyt came out of the '80's, instrument wise. During that time, his drums were triggered. So you never knew what you were actually hearing. That was up to the soundman Kevin Elson. He triggered both Artimus and Cus. For those not familiar with triggering drums, it is basically this... Concert sound systems get very loud. And drums have a lot of microphones on them. Those mics have to be turned up loud for pounding rock bands and this causes feedback sometimes. So sometimes soundmen place a trigger system onto an acoustic set of drums so each time a drummer hits a drum it sends a signal to the trigger which then "triggers" a pre-programmed sound replacement to be sent into the sound system. Using triggering electronics and sampled drum sounds instead of actually listening to the drums themselves gives the soundman peace of mind knowing he won't get feedback in the system and he can push drums as loud as he wants to without causing feedback loops. Recently Brandon posted Kevin Elson's sound system equipment list and it showed triggering systems for both drummers around 1990 as I recall. Very familiar with triggers. Have worked well in some situations and not so well in others. Depends on the caliber of equipment. The tribute show I was at, the toms had a more 'electric' sound, that didn't necessarily fit the music, but it was that (almost phil collins kit sound) that Alot of groups during that time were going for. Last time I spoke with him, he still had them. I would love an updated pic of the 75-76 Slingerland mirror shell kit And the 76-77 wood shell kit that was the last kit used with the original Skynyrd.
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Post by okiestudent on Jan 2, 2021 14:34:27 GMT -5
The only kit I thought was questionable, but as we know, alot of funky sounding Shyt came out of the '80's, instrument wise. During that time, his drums were triggered. So you never knew what you were actually hearing. That was up to the soundman Kevin Elson. He triggered both Artimus and Cus. For those not familiar with triggering drums, it is basically this... Concert sound systems get very loud. And drums have a lot of microphones on them. Those mics have to be turned up loud for pounding rock bands and this causes feedback sometimes. So sometimes soundmen place a trigger system onto an acoustic set of drums so each time a drummer hits a drum it sends a signal to the trigger which then "triggers" a pre-programmed sound replacement to be sent into the sound system. Using triggering electronics and sampled drum sounds instead of actually listening to the drums themselves gives the soundman peace of mind knowing he won't get feedback in the system and he can push drums as loud as he wants to without causing feedback loops. Recently Brandon posted Kevin Elson's sound system equipment list and it showed triggering systems for both drummers around 1990 as I recall. ............when KISS reunited peter criss was forced to use triggers because he couldnt hit them hard enough
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