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Nice.

My brothers got a kit (Roland v drums) and it's great fun.

I can't drum for shite though

Yeah, this is a v-drum kit too! I had a cheapo kit with hard plastic pads a couple years ago. This is soooooooo much nicer. I love it

I bought an electronic drum set about three weeks back and just finished setting it up yesterday

I found a nice set and a nice price on CL...but they needed some work...



The kit was sagging and super dirty, but the price was right and the brain had the expansion kit that is no longer offered...so it was worth it   After several trips to the hardware store (it was missing several nuts and bolts), the stand was then straight, strong and sag-free again:



Then I had to tackle the drums...They came from a church and seem to have had 10yrs worth of dust in them...



While they worked fine, some of the drums had less sensitivity and when cleaning them up I noticed that the trigger cones had seen better days, so I ordered some new ones and replaced them:





After a snare and some cymbal upgrades which the expansion kit on the brain allowed for it is now done and awesome.  All the issues forced me to learn a lot AND I scored on the cymbals because I got four expensive cymbals for the price of one! I scored and got all of the Cy cymbals in a "broken" lot on ebay and only one actually needed anything (the choke repair, which was super easy). The power of DIY

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I love them and feel like in the future I want to do an acoustic to electronic conversion for fun, based on my new found knowledge

Mike, I love this thing so freakin much!

DMinner is DMan! So beautifully thought through and executed. That is so beautiful. And, what a cool sounding implementation of those circuits. Gorgeous etches, very tidy guts. Symbiosis at its best. Dan, I'm curious about that guitar.

Thanks man.  Mike is a crazy man. It is fun to work with someone so fearless...bascially "Yeah, I have never done a multi before, but one with four circuits should be no problem" haha.

Also, the guitar, I designed it and had a local luthier build it.  See pg 2 here: http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=20852.msg205899#msg205899

WOW. BEAUTIFUL!

Awesome!! Any process pics?

These are all I have.

"It gives it that little something extra, don't cha think?"

Oh yeah, the tuning is so much more accurate now too 

double post whoops

A couple more pics

..because my polytune mini stuck out like a sore thumb on my board.  Now it matches the look of my other pedals    Etched and beat-up looking

Never heard of the echotapper. Seems like something I need . Love the artwork on that one

 

First time seeing this. Just amazing

Wow, crazy clean looking

Actually, it is OK man.  The arcadiator belongs at the front of the chain, IMO.  It is just residing there temporarily (until I get another pedal back).  Then I will probably run it in the every front, off of the board, where side-mounted jacks don't matter

Sure, you need it at the front of the chain because it's always on, right? 

Haha. The only one that likely stays on all the time is the supro part of the dirt controller.  I love that sound  

I like the arcardian in the front because I can play with running the signal generated on is own through the different effects. Plus, it is loud, and I can harness the volume with the other effects lol.

I am still experimenting with order though. The one thing that I dig right now is actually the hogweed into the superuex deluxe of the dirt controller. The order of those two will definitely stay

Massive, and impressive looking. Do you play with a band or out anywhere? Love to hear some.

I wish...we had a full band for awhile and then had a singer move to Seattle out of no where, as well as a drummer move to Chicago.  We were basically just a group of buddies that played and with those two gone it is down to me, a rythmn player, and a bass player. We still jam and write most weekends, but just at the house, and just for fun. We have lots of stuff written and have tried to find another drummer, but we cant find one we like...The last guy was just a friend, and actually a guitar player (not a drummer), he just wanted to come hang out so he started playing drums with us.  He was perfect because we actually loved how simple and different the drumming was (a guitar player playing drums).  Now everytime we have someone come play drums they try to hard (for lack of a better work, it is just different I guess) and over-complicate the sound that we liked so much from the other guy...needless to say, we are still kind looking for the right guy again, but the whole thing is just for fun now. 

Actually, when I first came one here I just had the idea to build a few (4-5) key pedals that I really needed. BUT, then I started having fun (I don't get to do any graphic design stuff at my job), it was a new art outlet for me, and I got to build my board at the same time. You all got me addicited, and that is where I am at now.

So yeah, that was an incredibly long winded answer for "no."  we have been talking about recording some stuff on the onle 8-track again though haha.  And if we do, I make sure to post some of it.

I'm so proud to be a part of that pedalboard!

And, uh, sorry again for breaking the streak of top-mounted jacks. 

Actually, it is OK man.  The arcadiator belongs at the front of the chain, IMO.  It is just residing there temporarily (until I get another pedal back).  Then I will probably run it in the every front, off of the board, where side-mounted jacks don't matter