15 Drum Gear Hacks

Here are some hacks to keep your drum gear in line.

1. Put a little drop of glue inside of the rubber feet on your cymbal stands. Any kind of glue is fine, but probably rubber cement is best. That will keep them from falling off and getting lost, as is their wont.

2. A great place to store your drum key while you’re playing is in the air vent hole on your bass drum. For softer gigs, it may rattle a bit and won’t work, but otherwise, that’s a great place for it. (See image.)

3. Make a soft mallet by using the butt end of a drumstick. Wrap the furry side of adhesive backed Velcro strips around the stick. It works great, very much like a Swizzle stick but at a fraction of the cost. (See image.)

4. Wrap a little bit of duct tape around the middle of Blastix (kind of a cross between a brush and a stick, nylon strands). The duct tape holds them together and fattens the sound. (See image.)