Instrumentation - Drums

Jim Dickson sure loves drums. He's got a bunch of them.

This is his E-Drum Kit. It's a Yamaha DTXPress II Electronic Drumkit. I talked a little bit about it in the Friday Practice session post, but this drums post would complete the instrumentation section. (Until Jim learns how to play his accordion).



The DTXPress II has 48 preset drum kits, but you can mix and match all of the different instrument effects which include electro-drums, steel drums, gongs, and even birds and screams and crazy stuff like that. It also has preset drum loops like Jim sneakily uses at the end of the Shenanigans Jam.



He also has an acoustic drumset which he is very fond of. It's supposed to be really nice or something. Its a TAMA star classic performer series drumset in Aztec red fade with Sabian cymbals and a couple of Zyldian cymbals too. It's made out of 5-ply birch wood and the drums are all really large so it really kicks.



Partial Drumkit setup from the parking lot jam waiting for the Highfive to let us set up.