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Permalink Reply by Slowpaw Steve T on July 19, 2014 at 7:30am

...there are a lot of them about .. ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Groucho on July 19, 2014 at 11:29am

Here's a link on how to make a totally portable suitcase drum kit.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-a-Suitcase-Drum-Set/

 

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Permalink Reply by Ben on July 25, 2014 at 5:28am

I began to build such a drum-set as part of my project to assemble a band that plays music with instruments made of garbage or salvaged parts. I used a big plastic suit-case which sounds good enough (for my Purpose) and I built the pedal out of a bikes bottom bracket and the mallet is an old soup ladle.

I pretty much gave up after it as it proved to be difficult to build the other drums (and cymbals) properly. I couldn't get hold of buckets that are big enough to create the low pitched sound that one needs for the drums. Even if I could get some of these, making a half-decent drumhead seems to be impossible: A good sounding alternative is PET-1 plastic that I stretched/fixed to a can with a blow-dryer but I couldn't find plastic that is large enough to cover large drums like these. I didn't try (build/think) about anything (cymbals) beyond that.

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on May 26, 2015 at 7:19pm

Does Anyone know what the brackets are you need for these?

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on May 26, 2015 at 7:29pm

http://www.jughuffers.com/images/SuitcaseDrumAssembled.jpg

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on May 26, 2015 at 7:30pm

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/diy-shock-mount-1

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on May 26, 2015 at 7:32pm

http://s180.photobucket.com/user/tommykat1/media/2BigHouseSuitcaseK...

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on May 26, 2015 at 7:33pm

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/suitcase-kick-drum-b

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on May 26, 2015 at 7:40pm

yup  . some  have a  real  cool    deep  sound  , depending on  the material   . 

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Permalink Reply by BUGGY (C) on May 26, 2015 at 7:49pm

Yup
Got my dads old wheels case
Want to kit its out to fit all my kit in and be the bass drum.
Got wheels too !!
Do I fit a snare to it or just have one separate?
Do I fit a Tom on it or leave it?
Do I need to rip out interior?
Brackets?
Might fit and amp and speakers too.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Thompson on May 30, 2015 at 6:51am

That would sooo cool to build a bass drum that doubles as a carry case for other equipment!

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