Any drummers here?

[FNQracing]

To all the drummers....

Anyone successfully "silenced" an accoustic drumkit so as not to annoy the neighbours?

Don't particularly want to go down the route of an electronic drumkit....

[sbutler]

Towels mate towels.

[FordFan86]

^what^he^said^

[Dodge]

egg cartons

[whiskieboy]

I personally use a sheet or a blanket, if you want to go the trouble take the skins off and put a sheet or something under there and put the skins back on, take the Front Skin Off the Bass drum and put some pillows in there, and maybe put an old pillowslip over the Cymbals, or something like that.

[Dodge]

we have a ludwig 90th annaversery drum signed by william ludwig II , hes 90 years old. This drum is in a leather case will give to my son when he is 21 .. 16 and half years to go.

[Mesa]

Boring as they sound, bit's of thin rubber cut to suit from Clark rubber, failing that, take the towel option .

[darkfang888]

towels ur best bet.

PS: Am guitarist, not a drummer

[b2tf]

I have half my room insulated with proper studio foam (yuo kow the black stuff with the pattern in it) and it is bloody good stuff. Not cheap though.

Best ive found is either towels, or a sleeping bag stuffed with blankets put inside your bass drum.

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by Dodge

we have a ludwig 90th annaversery drum signed by william ludwig II , hes 90 years old. This drum is in a leather case will give to my son when he is 21 .. 16 and half years to go.

Very nice indeed, wanna take some pictures of it? Make sure he treats it well, will be worth a lot of money.

The best i have is a signed picture of the members of Voivod (most notably former Metallica bass player Jason Newsted), and one of my basses is also signed by him too.

[danege]

You can buy rubber thingos that go over the skins, theyre pretty cheap, pre cut to your tom / snare size. and dont take away any of the feel of hitting a real drum. You will still get your drum sound but at about 1 / 10th of the volume.

They also make ones that go over your cymbols, and will not create any noise. Perfect for late night practicing.

My old teacher used to have these on one of his kits, worked very well.

[Dodge]

my old man is the mad drummer, hes just finished a tour in NZ with Norah jones and some famous yanky gitarist dood, Hes got a peddle that does a double beat , there is a art to using it tho

[paul7v7]

i couldn't careless about my neighbours...
although the blanket in the bass is a good idea which is what i have done.

[Mike Gayner]

I don't like using towels over the toms and snare, they completely destroy the feel of the drums. Those rubber things sound pretty good.

[Pilch]

Originally Posted by Mike Gayner

I don't like using towels over the toms and snare, they completely destroy the feel of the drums. Those rubber things sound pretty good.

If I had to silence my kit, ^^^^ is what i'd do, and it's like $150 for a full set. What's with the pillows/sleeping bags in the bass drum....... do you guys mean literally pack it full so reverberation is completely nullified? Normally a pillow or blanket in the bass drum helps improve the depth of the drum and makes it sound more "full" instead of really "boomy" with an empty bass drum.

Also, try out a few types of sticks. Standard, bamboo (aka Hot Rods (tm)), brushes, etc.

Failing all that, use dynamics :voldar02:

[FNQracing]

Thanks for all the hints guys..... Those drum skins sound like they're worth a shot.

[Dodge]

my old boy has a pillow inside his drum, he palys on rubber practice pads , lucky for me hes in NZ , his new toy is nuts , a base peddle that does 2 beats to every kick. thats goto get the neighbours going

[Peuty]

Originally Posted by Dodge

his new toy is nuts , a base peddle that does 2 beats to every kick. thats goto get the neighbours going

i've seen those, and attempted to use it, fricken hard though.

but it sounds mega cool.