6 Money Saving TIps for Drummers 

I laughed way too hard at the 'drum roll' joke

The sticky hand is GENIUS!!! THAT IDEA FINALLY MADE MY TOMS SOUND GOOD. THANK YOU

Yards sales have been lucky for me in the past. especially when people DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE. I once bought a Pearl snare drum for 50 cents!

Old heads can be also used to make: - snare wires straps - mufflig rings Cheap moongels are also found in stores as window decorations.

I saved a ton of money by playing the air drums

Do not throw a broken cymbal away if the bell and the hole is ok. Cut it out and you have a effect/bell cymbal for free. I did this with a cracked 16" ZBT Plus crash and it sounds fantasic.

I keep watching this guy's videos and I don't even own a drumset

Moon gel???? Gum ball machine???? Please.... **Brings out duct tape**

..are those bullet holes in those cymbals??? :)

I subscribed after the drum roll joke.

Might sound silly but I don't think I ever want to throw away a cymbal. I just like the sense of looking back from where I started and just like to keep them as a collection type thing

As I've been learning how to play drums over the past few weeks I'm going through your old vids. Good stuff!

Forge an autograph on your broken heads and cymbals then sell them on ebay for outrageous prices.

you forgot dont buy razors and just let you face hair grow

This is probably the worst comment you'll ever hear. Why not make a mold out of an old drum key, melt cymbals(if that's possible) and make bronze drum keys?

i can't believe that evans does that points thing... for fuck sake i bought thousands of heads and never knew this !

That drum roll got me subscribed haha

Another great use for stretched drum heads is to cur the head from the aluminum rim. cut a hole in the middle and place the old heads between your cymbals in your cymbal safe.

The sticky hand idea is cool, but if you hit Dollar Tree before a holiday, they sell sticky decorations for windows in your home. $1 gets you lots and lots of gels-pumpkins, skulls, bloody hands, reindeer, bunnies, etc..

I love how David loves to experiment, whether trying out weird ( all roto toms drumset)suoer cheap gear to see if it's any good ( $23 snare drum), fixing and Jerry rigging old gear to functionality ( Rogers Frankensnare) or just trying some crazy alterations on cheap expendable gear just to see how it sounds. I love his sense of quest, a guy after my own heart.

I found a CB child sized beginner drum set on the side of the road last year. I teach, so that was good for my students. I also collect broken cymbals and cut them down. About 1/3 times you get a new cymbal worth playing... the other two times you are better off scrapping it altogether. Have had people just give me broken cymbals before so its like a free cymbal of a slightly smaller size. I also found a throne in a dumpster recently. Cant beat that. Works and everything.

David: Drumming can cost up to $5000+ Also David: Aluminum goes for 80 cents a pound

Also cracked cymbals are perfect for building stax. Nice trashy sound

what the hell u've done to your cymbals?looks like u just shot them..

"drum roll please. heh get it?" that was great 😂😂😂😂💯💯💯

This was so good!! The "drum roll" and all of the broken cymbals were just way too good. Subbing right now

My snare did a drum roll, down a flight of stairs...not so funny.

The amount of time this guy spends making this awesome videos is crazy. Literally all your free time is about drumming, i guess? That's exactly what I would want my life to be as well... How do you make a living?

When I was in Drum corps we used Pringle cans for drum stick holders. I have also used Maxi Pads for drum muffling. Stop laughing it works great AND it has that handy tape. That was an emergency thing and it worked very well. I have also used weather stripping from the dollar store for a muffling device as well.

Ive been using the "sticky hand" for like.. 9 or 10 years.. and it works just FUCKING GREAT

Tip for moon gel..... The holiday stick ons you get at the dollar store. They liquidate after the holidays. You can pick them up for less than a dollar for a whole sheet.

"Drumroll please"...... 😂😂😂😂😂😂

When he said the drum roll joke, me and my mom laughed and my mom told everyone in the house.

dude your videos are amazing you deserve waaaaaaaaaaay more views

If you do ALL of these tips you can save around $8 a year?

Drum roll joke haha loved it

I've bought and sold drums for 7 years now ... I've made a living out of buying big bulk packages and reselling all the parts and you get to keep all the good stuff !!

Ahh yes, I love when my cymbal folds in half during a gig.

I actually found an intact cymbal at our local recycling center way back when. We were there to turn in our pop cans and when were were in the office I saw it on the wall and got it. After some cleaning and polishing it sounded great and I immediately added it to my kit. It wasn't a big-name brand, but still cool!

Pretty sure even people who dont play drums still watch your vids just for the simple reason that ur videos are always entertaining

I would like to add, this is off the subject a little but I have noticed that if you buy from the start some top notch equipment, it’s easer to sell and get a little more money for if you get in a bind. So, yes, I agree with you. Keep all of your beat up and trashed drum equipment. It can always be scrapped , used again someway, or some other unknown use that may present itself. LOL! I always keep a travel set so to have double or triple of everything will also give you the ability to get out of a jam also.

Proper technique and playing with restraint. Helps keep your heads, sticks and cymbals from breaking. 😊

#2. Insted of moon gell. Touch the head close to the rim with a finger and thumb coming to the center till you like the sound. remove head. Place a 1inch strip of very light felt across the drum in the place where you had your finger and thumb. Replace head. Ahh. Just right. And much cleaner. Always the same. Never have to wonder "wheres my moon gell."

My wife bought some of these Marvel hero sticky gel things at the dollar store; intended to decorate a window or mirror. Captain America and the hulk were fantastic for dampening my snare and bass drum. Probably better than the moon gel, and they lasted longer too!

the real question is how can I grow a beautiful beard like that

the 2plyhead-turned-1plyhead-turned-resonanthead is super cool. never thought about that. thank you :)

That was awesome! Really funny, but informative too. And yes "tips" is a better word than "hack". :)

03:10 "Drum roll" made me lol :D

I got my drum set for 65 dollars and is decent

You could also make a chime from a cracked crash... Just cut out the bell, and you have a impromptu chime/crotale! Great for accents, as Gavin Harrison from Porcupine Tree uses them. In my opinion, he is one of the BEST drummers to walk on this earth. Seriously.

Sticky hands! Great idea! Really enjoying your videos, thanks!

Cracked cymbals i just use as stacks, makes a fun sound and it's a bit different! Sticks i use to decorate my drum room like a warlord would with skulls of his fallen enemies. Not necessarily money saving but recycling! Also if you have enough you could shred the sticks for sawdust and most joiners/carpenters would be grateful for it! That's all i got, but sweet video.

old table saw blades make good bells and their hole is perfect for cymbal stands

"Ghetto Bell"??? Try this: cast-aluminum pot lids! Yes, aluminum pot lids... try various sizes of pot lids, I swear by my mother You Will Love Pot Lids! They're loud, and have great sustain so you can always mute or choke them for effects. Gather several different sized pot lids and you can play them in pitch to a full song, and you can even play two at once to create harmonies with the bell sounds. Several years ago I once played "chime bells" in a Renaissance vocal group, the group leader and I gathered a bunch of cast-aluminum pot lids and took the lids to a friend who lathed the lids to pitches in the key range of C major... I then mounted the lids in an old china cabinet on dowels formed into a 3-tier "rack" with the back side of the china cabinet decorated with a fancy drape, backside facing the audience and played my "bell chimes" (pot lids) along to someone who played a dulcimer as we accompanied the Renaissance group in a concert... we performed inside a cathedral. My pot lids were loud enough that no amplification was needed. Later on I used some pot lids as "knock-out bells" in a garage band. Just drill the pot handle holes wider to fit on a cymbal stand. Mount the lids Upside-Down on the cymbal stand so you get the best sound striking the Edge of the pot lid. My man, cast-aluminum pot lids sound as good as Zil-bells, and they do Not disappoint! Cast-aluminum oval Fish platters also work well as bells. Try it! :D

How i saved money: bought a drumset w/ cymbals and throne and everything for $400 on Craigslist. It sounds nice, has Sabian cymbals and a decent ludwig snare that once tuned up sounded quite nice

I buy holiday themed gels during the various holidays, and use them during gigs. They’re always a big hit. I also have several brass candle stand “ bells”, and I use two with my two flat cymbals. Great tips!

Love the sticky hand moongel replacement idea. The hand looks a lot cooler anyway :-)

I use the sticky hand's too. Also thought I was a genius for thinking of this. Only problem is they leave stains on your head's

I use the rubber or plastic grip things from pens as cymbal stand sleeves!

To save money I use offer up. People sell stuff on there for mad cheap sometimes. People give away sticks for free. I got a sabian sbr crash cymbal and high hats for a conbined price of $50 and the guy drove to my house! I work on a low budget, but offer up helps me to find some rays of hope

I buy the holiday window clings and a travel soap box from Wal-Mart ! Less then $5 all together!

Quick fat snare w/o moongel: take a small piece of toilet paper and halve it until it's a little square (quarter-half inch tall). Then throw it under a piece of duct tape just big enough to cover it. Repeat again if desired. Works great and sounds sounds mean!

Love your videos! Keep it up man!

"Drumroll please" I died...

Super easy way to get more life out of Moon Gels is to wash them with dish soap.

GHETTO MOONGEL!!! LOL ~ I LOVE IT!!!

I made some drum rings out of old drum heads. Great for your studio 🥁🎧🎤

This is pretty obvious but it has saved me tons of money. When your sticks split, use clear box tape to repair them. They'll last quite a bit longer. It doesn't add much weight and won't gum up your cymbals like duct tape or electric tape.. Gluing works too but takes longer and you may need the stick to keep playing. I have a head on my floor tom which has about a 6" split in the top ply. I use the same tape to keep it going. Has been that way for almost too long. Just have to replace it occasionally.

hard drive platters also make nice sounding bell's

Funny you should mention those sticky hand things. When I bought Moongels for the first time, I opened the container and noticed that they were made of the same kind of material as those sticky hand things. Which really surprised me at the time because I expected them to be made of a more squishy "liquid-like" kind of gel.

David: Drumming can cost you up to $5000 Also David: Here's how to sell your head rims for 3 cents

Target has hammered brass and steel hammered dishes that sound badass when you hit them. Produce a cool KaaaaanG sound. Drill a hole and you got a cheap percussion add on

"If you're also cheap..." It's not cheap, sir. It's resourceful!

I always remember when my high school band teacher would throw out sticks and heads at the end of each marching season and before summer break. I was stupid and didn't take advantage of it, but if you ever get five minutes alone with the drum room's trash can.... You can find some sweet loot. (I do not advise the theft of school property, therefore I am not responsible if you get caught.)

I got a great deal on a used set that is pretty good quality, it has crash, crash-ride, hi-hat, china, splash and an extra crash 4 toms Snare and base for $500 i am very proud of myself for finding it :D

a Sticky Hand for a muffler - high five brother!

I’ll give an a for effort on this video. However all the topics mentioned in this video I never have a problem with because I don’t beat the crap out of my drums. I’ve never cracked a symbol or pierce through a drumhead for playing too hard. But I’m not a thrashing bash drummer but I appreciate watching all the clever cheap ideas. I’m sure there will be people out there that’ll make use of it.

You can make Ringo's by cutting and old head around the outside edge first then coming in an inch and cutting all the way around again

Drum roll 😂.... love it! (are those bullet holes in the cymbal on the wall?)

some old circular saw blades sound pretty good aswell... :)

a carbide circular saw blade is about 5 bucks or so and will mount right on a cymbal stand and makes a good substitute for a bell. make sure to mic it though because it doesnt project well

I have a tip if you want to upgrade your entry line cymbal without spending money. Simply by hand hammering them, on the video I made I have use brass cymbal and the sound have changed a lot but it will work even better with b8 cymbals. I recommend hammering them on a hot room or outside on a really hot day because metal has a lot less chance of cracking in the process. Or when the cymbal is cracked around the bell I cut it and make a very cool sounding cymbal ring. Around the edge its even easier you cut it and get a new unbroken smaller cymbal.

Sticky gels. When they get dirty and non-sticky I wash them with soap, rinse and dry them poof like new. Also I like going to Party City and buying a large page of sticky shapes, they work just as good and it's 2 dollars for like 20 shapes.

I spent like 8,500$ over for the whole sets of drum and accessories.. from the drum rug, sticks, cymbal stands else. of course I bought fine drums. it costs 4,500$ for shell packs and 2,500$ for cymbals But if you concern to purchase the drum set, you must know that you should spend money more cos drum is not the permanent instrument, and there are many consumable supplies have inside as a personal think.. at least 3,000$ gonna be the minimum amount for total

That was brilliant, thank you!

Haha that Sabian B8 had been used for target practice...serves it well

Good tips. Thanks man!

depending on country this one but it works occasionally in england; some tips have little shops on the side sometimes run by charities, they almost never tend to know what they have in terms of instruments and when they do they can't price them too high as they're obviously second hand, i know of a few instances of this being brilliant; i bought a snare for £1.50 with my dad about 10 years ago, turns out it's a beverley cosmic 21, my friend bought a pearl export kit for £50, my dad bought a fender squire silver series bass for £40, i bought an acoustic guitar for £10, i bought a set of stands for around £5 if i remember right. long story short if there's a tip shop near you try to check it once every week or two because there's occasionally ridiculously cheap musical gear

One really good tip I've found to save you hundreds, or even thousands of dollars is to sell your entire kit. It works really well.

You can also use the letters that stick to windows as moon gell

Duct tape with a ludwig practice over my snare pad on my simmons electric set so i can have a snare feel and not have it be expensive or loud.

Creative stuff man haha

Remo heads are way better for saving cash, if you don' get the coated. Fiberskyn or renaissance don't have a degradeable coating. They never ose their sound, but evans and others seem to go dead and flat after only a couple months. I think it's because of the glue joint rather than crimped hoops. Supposedly crimping puts a lot of stress on the film when manufacturing. Also there is no need to buy a nice kit except for aesthetics. I just bought a $40 snare drum that sounds as good as any I have heard. The key is tuning. Same thing goes for cymbals. Sure, there's a minimum standard of quality you have to pay for, but after that it's all just preference. There is no way a $500 cymbal sounds better than a $150 one. Different, but not better. Also stands as long as they work don't have to be expensive. There's so much that the marketing guys try to sell you, but most of it is completely unnecessary.

When a head breaks in the middle you can cut out the outside to make an o-ring

hahaha, totally thought i was the first on to use sticky hand gels

I took a cracked ride cymbal and took a metal saw to extract the bell and sharpie'd my own logo on it. Then scrapped the rest of the cymbal.

Buying us d gear is a great Option. Good gear doesn‘t Break like AAX. If you Take care of what you buy Used, you Can Save so much Money.

When you have an old crash or ride that is busted up you can cut it to make a bell

2:44 jesus fucking christ my whole body shuddered

I knew it! You are who sell cracked cymbals to Lance Campeau!!! hahahaha