Drum Wrap revisited, photos

SonicVI · August 24, 2005, 04:30:28 PM

Here are some pics of my Ross/Orange Squeezer duo with drum wrap for the finish. I cut the wrap, which is called Blue Onyx, with scissors, glued it to the case with contact cement, and very slowly drilled holes through it. The box is a prepainted black Hammond 1590N1. The toggles are to switch between the Ross or the OS and the other for Mark hammer's treble mod for the Ross which doesn't seem to make much difference to my ears unless I have done it incorrectly. The knobs are Volume (dual 12mm pot controls volume for both compressors), Sustain (reverse 500K Ross only), and Attack (another dual 12mm pot works for both compressors, very subtle mod imo).

Daniel

casey · August 24, 2005, 04:33:43 PM

sweet box...great idea....i wonder if there would be a way to etch lettering in that stuff.....

SonicVI · August 24, 2005, 04:37:16 PM

I'm sure there is someway to, the wraps are not colored all the way through but have black or white backing. I think it's beyond my current ability though. I'll probably use some white rub on lettering if I do any lettering at all. I know what all the controls do

Dave_B · August 24, 2005, 10:29:04 PM

FWIW, drummaker.com has a clearance section where you can buy leftover pieces of drumwrap for cheap. At the moment the selection is pretty good, too. Careful though, some of the finishes wouldn't be suitable for pedals because they scratch too easily.

If anyone is interested, click on "NEW Complete PARTS GUIDE Online" then "Coverings" then select "On Blowout" from the dropdown menu.

SonicVI · August 24, 2005, 10:37:52 PM

I only paid like $1.50 a piece for 6"x6" squares from precisiondrum.com.

Dave_B · August 24, 2005, 10:47:22 PM

Quote from: SonicVII only paid like $1.50 a piece for 6"x6" squares from precisiondrum.com.

That beats my deal.

petemoore · August 25, 2005, 02:05:25 AM

Maybe pin it down to a scrap board, clamped close to, and slowly cutting with a sharp paddle bit?

petemoore · August 25, 2005, 02:17:23 AM

Quote from: petemooreMaybe pin it down to a scrap board, clamped close to, and slowly cutting with a sharp paddle bit?

The colors and reflections look beautiful !!

bwanasonic · August 25, 2005, 12:57:22 PM

I don't know how economicially feasible it would be, but maybe a place that does engraving for trophies, etc. could engrave the drum wrap material? I know someone here got some nice results using trophy engraving.

Kerry M

Dave_B · August 25, 2005, 01:40:51 PM

Quote from: bwanasonicI don't know how economicially feasible it would be, but maybe a place that does engraving for trophies, etc. could engrave the drum wrap material? I know someone here got some nice results using trophy engraving.

The thing is, drum wrap is generally fairly thin plastic. If you wanted to go the engraving route, I would think you'd have to engrave a piece of plexi to mount on top. Not to be discouraging.

SonicVI · August 25, 2005, 02:35:35 PM

It would have to be very shallow engraving but I think it could be done, maybe even with a dremel engraving bit. The only problem is that on some of them the engraving would be very hard to read. That blue only looks so bright and reflective because of the flash. It's not that bright normally. Maybe if you painted underneath the wrap and cut all the way through it would show up better. Some of the wraps like the sparkles have white backing though which would show up better. I don't think that I'll end up putting any labels on this one just because I don't think they'd be very readable on the dark blue and black background.

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