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I love how the spray syncs up with the kick in the background music at 5:14

"Busted those nuts" lol

Can we just take a sec to admire the effort of lining three hits in the music with three sprays of the bottle at 5:15 Bravo David

Just wanna take a moment to appreciate how consistent your groove was for the demo. Despite the multiple cuts, if I hadn't known there were any edits, i would've thought it was a continuous shot. Simple groove but consistency is really really really important, with or without the click.

I loved the trashy sound of the brass on brass, bells on ride personally... raspy sustain so nice.

Thanks so much for the shout David! You are 100% correct, they are a pain in the ass to make :)

All that wrapping should help in the future when you cornrow your beard and add bells or castanets

5:14 The sync on these little types of things are why David has 200k subs

I wonder how many drumkeys he’s lost in his beard

I can highly recommend upcycled percussion. I use a few of their products, especially liking the beer cap ring and shaker. It's cool that you made your own but just felt tedious.

The castanets on the ride sound best because it sounds like bacon.

I love how few of his words were in rhythm with the drumbeat at 0:28

I really like the castanets on the ride. It sounded like a electro sound.

The bells on the snare really remind me of something you'd hear in Hey Arnold.

I loved the sizzle the bells added to the ride.

The plastic caps on hi hats and ride are really nice. It makes me want to try it at home. Cheers from France

The bells on the ride were my favorite by far I loved the springy rattled sound you get kinda like rivets but not as intense

I like the bottle caps on hi-hat and even on the snare. For electronic music and old style funk. Greetings from Sardinia (Italy)

I really liked the contrasting sounds between the bells on the ride, and then the castanets on the ride. They both sounded good, but especially switching back and forth. It’d be sick to have them both on the kit, and just ride them back and forth.

The castanets on the ride sounded like an applause with every hit. Nice!

I really dig the bottle caps on the hi hats sounded _very_ cool.

bottle caps on the hats...!!! sounds almost like reversed audio with that chick :-)

5:15 the spray with the beat looks so cool

love kick in time with the aerosol can.

1. I WANT HIS STUDIO & WORKSHOP SO BAD 2. Dave's a fucking GENIUS

Really liked the bells on the ride. Made it sound like rain on a window.

Nice! All sound cool and can have a place in many different applications! Bottle cap hi hat was dope. I have made some stuff too and most of them don’t sound too good. Upcycled percussion does some great stuff and I own a shaker from them!

If you ever revisit this project, How about taking some metal bottle caps and bending them in half. You could add a BB or two inside of them.

the bottlecaps actually blew me away lol, i would have guessed that would be the worst one overall they all sounded great dude! you rock!

your drum sound and playing is very groovy, i love it

Personal faves: the bells on the snare and hi-hat gave it an awesome sizzle/jingle almost sounded like a muted tambouring AND the castanets on the snare and ride respectively like simultaneous claps and a rain stick 😂

I liked the bottle caps (cool 'thwack' on the snare 6:49 and interesting 'breezy' effect on the ride 8:06) and the castanets (sizzle effect on the ride 8:23). Those were the two that I could see myself taking the time to make using the steps shown. To each their own of course; trust your own ears! Thanks again, rdavidr!

I like the bottle caps on the hi-hat.

Something that occurred to me while watching you make the loops. Check out some videos about making your own bow strings for archery. I think there is a fixture/jig used to help make the loops for traditional archery equipment.

digging the bottle caps for sure.

Castanets on the ride is SICK!

The castanets would be great for a foot jingle. You were spot on about the rest of them. Great job brother. Now I’ve got to save some bottle caps...

You know its gonna be a good day when Dave uploads

i really dig the bottle caps on the hihat.

My favourite sound was bells on the ride and the castanets on the snare.

I actually really liked the effect produced by the castanets on the ride. I could definitely use a sound like that somewhere.

If you're trying to make a bunch of those wrapped bundles faster, look into a fly-tying tool called a "Bobbin" (it's not like a sewing bobbin). This tool is specifically made for quickly wrapping strings around a loose or bundled object. Since fishing flies are generally held in an articulating vice for wrapping, and your project uses floppy strings, you may wish to replace one of the strings with something that resembles a large diameter, single strand, "piano wire", as it's sold under in hobby shops for use as a "Model Rocket Launch Rod". Once you get the wrappings on it, attach a string to one end of the rod before pulling the completed assembly from the rod. This will reduce the amount of "re-dressing" you have to do to the wrappings, as some of the space will now be filled by the final string. I've never seen one of these "bobbins" with a size appropriate for this application, but they are simple enough - in concept - that it should be no problem to build one.

something about your videos is so satisfying

Those bells on the hats sounded great to me.

Already watched the drumset maintance 2x Dave!

the bottle caps sound so good on cymbals

Castanets on the ride and the store bought ones on the snare is the winning combo

I bought like 50 brass bells for just a few bucks and did something similar. It works pretty well and costs so much less than buying a premade percussion-specific instrument.

You have such a great channel man. It is so salt of the earth. Thanks for doing what you do!

8:22 pretty cool fx.

Very nice man. Love the bottle cap one. I gotta try these at one of my shows.

those nutshells! great!!!

I like the bottle caps.

5:15 that was smooth

I love the look of your kit!

Busting nuts and playing the hub theme. This is what I subbed for

Love it when you make stuff!

5:13 So satisfying

I completely wrote the bottle caps off before you even started......yep, I was wrong ..AGAIN! haha. Great video David, thank you 👍

Great video! Those things are popular lately.

All hail the beard!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🧔

Enjoyed this. Thank you. 👍👍 ~Marz

It would be cool to take multiple takes like you’re doing in the video, and randomly have each configuration come in and out throughout the track. They all sound good together, so it isn’t an extreme change, it would just be some ear candy, that most people wouldn’t notice, but I think they would hear it subconsciously.

Super cool video

The castanets on the ride it my fav ha.

Upcycled percussion on Instagram has beenndoing this for years. High quality rattles and shakers 100% recycled Edit: oops lol

i think bells sound best on both the hats and the ride the fish castanets sound good on the snare, a little more decay that the bells, but still a nice sharp attack

On computer speakers the castanets on the ride and snare actually sounded musical and interesting. Same with the Indian bells, on both.

I like the sound of this one on snare 7:21

I thought the combo of plastic caps on the hat and castanets on the snare sounded fantastic!

Beautiful.Thanks I try this procedure

Amazing!!!

The Mighty Castanator!

Okay, but I' loving the bottlecaps on the ride. Might have to do this myself

that cacho comes from Peru!

I thought the bells on the snare sounded sick!

Rdavidr please can you do a video of a monster drum kit thanks

I liked the sound of the bells on the snare. For cymbals I still prefer the sizzle of my old wallet chain over anything else I've tried.

I used beer bottle caps/ lids wired together as a rattle. Bud light sounds best.

very cool

How about beer bottle caps?

I feel they all work best as either a Shaker or on the Snare.

6:32 so close, yet so far away. “Busted those nuts”

How do you attach it to your snare?

I'm convinced that rdavidr is essential to the drumming community. 🤷‍♂️

Those hi hats! I need a pair. Except I don't know what they are : |

Do DIY of a wood block screwed into bass drum hoop

The songs in this one got me haard, so cute bro

none of them sounded the way i thought they would sound, the bells and bottle caps sounded the best to me! The bells on the ride has potential to be used quite a bit, maybe take off a few of the bells and it'd be more usable?

What kind of ride cymbal is that?

Do a diy Junk hats please...😭😭😉😉

I’ll bet you could use acorn shells! I’m might try that soon

I've been trying to figure this out for a while

Someone noticed that great sounding ride? Which one is it? Cheers

My mom came in my room at 2:47 and we had an interesting conversation conversation

The bottle caps would look cool on the sticker bomb snare.

I wonder if using heat shrink tubing in lieu of wrapping might be a little quicker.

You could try one with glass bottle caps ??

This guy is funny usimg pliers for safe drilling after choping in his hands :D