Drums
I have a Tama Art star 5-piece with a basic four cymbal set up, pearl used snare.
Oh and I use Vadar 7a or vadar 5a (i preffer the 7a’s there so light so i can whick um fast.
http://www.poolepercussion.co.uk/jokes.asp
here you can find many a joke . . . and not one of them is a drummer joke! time to get our own back . . . especially on those dumb bassists 
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I DRUM! I gotsta excell percusion drumset, it is a beginer drumset but i am building off of it. i just got new pulse 357 cymbols and i like them alot.now i just need new heads.i have a ludwig snare drum,i just rebuilt.i use vic firth 5b drumsticks and zilgjion.
who make them? is it paiste? hows about a link . . .?
Having a big enough gap between them (on mine the hats are about 7" higher or so) can come in handy when you’re playing something that creates a higher risk of hitting your sticks together. The standard rock beat, for example, is fine because your left and right hands are hitting the snareand hats together. When you get into some other styles (jazz, funk, lots of others…) you might find yourself playing more syncopated beats with the two hands much more independant of each other. In this case, I personally like to have a bit of room between them…but not so much that it’s tough to get the left hand up on the hats quickly.
It’s really just a personal preference thing but like a lot of things it has it’s advantages and disadvantages.
Andrew
What are some good website for drum tab
I have a 5 piece pearl EX with double braced boom stands. I use Sabian high hats, Zildian crash and ride. I also have a pearl quick draw tambourine and cowbell kit. I use 5b’s, zildian DC doubles, and zildian wire brushes. If i had to describe it in one word or less it would be, awsome, hot, video games, the hottest, and real real hot.
7" I can understand to be fine, but I wouldn’t go any higher. Any higher would not only slow down transitions, but also reduce the ability to do certain hi-hat techniques: such as alternating between the bell and the surface, or most of all, the shoulder/edge and the top surface of the hats.
I guess its mostly down to personal preference though . . .
As for drum tabs, or tabs of any kind for that matter, you’ll be hard-pushed to find any right now. The music industry is trying to get all tab websites banned, because they believe that tabs are an infringement of copywright laws. The case is in court at the moment (I think) - you can find more info here
Were friends but here they are www.Musician's Friend: Musical Instruments Store yes thier paiste.
Actually 7" would be quite high. That was a guess from 5m away…I just measurted it to be 5". 
As for tabs, I don’t know but here are some transcriptions:
One from a while ago in a thread here on unicyclist.com - To all unicyclist.com drummers... (look to the last post). I’m sure there must have been a simpler way to write the time signatures, but back whenever I transcribed it I couldn’t think of it. It’s one of those great songs that just works as is and time signatures are an afterthought.
Here’s a more recent one…Vinnie Colaiuta’s fantastic intro to “The Joy of Cookin’” on the Quincy Jones album, Basie and Beyond. I can’t play it yet, but I will.
Andrew
Hey who has tab books/ print outs and a scaner?!?!
I have ears, a pen, paper, and a scanner. Let me know if you’d like anything transcribed…I enjoy it.
Andrew
Watch it…
Hahaha…I’ve posted that one before! Victor Wooten’s my favourite bass player. 
Andrew
Yeah, I just had to go dig it out cause I’d love to see Fishnchipx2 play his Mapex V-Series kit while riding a 6ft raffie.
This is my favourite from that site:
“Q. How many lead guitarists does it take to change a light bulb ?
A. None… they just steal somebody else’s light”
I still like the one I posted earlier in this thread.
Just take out ‘drummer’ and replace with musician/minority of your choice. Have fun with the joke.
Jeez, I grew up playing drums, and played all the time from 4th grade all the way through college. Even took all the steps–school band, private lessons, drum and bugle corps, marching band, big bands, garage rock bands, and finally fushion and jazz after playing about 10 years. I couldn´t handle all the odd time signartures till then. One of my fondest memories was spending one summer rock climbing in Idylwild, a resort town in So Cal and a popular retreat for muscians between tours. I used to jam with a lot of big name cats. It was a huge rush. One of my rock climbing buddies had a son that got into music early on–now he´s the leader of Maroon Five (Jesse Carmichael).
At about 21 I had to make a choice–rock climbing or the drums. I choose rock climbing, and sometime I really regret it.
And for all of those who knock drummers for not being able to read music, hand them a chart for rudimentary drumn comps. They´re impossibly hard. I actually got to the point where I could pretty much sight read those charts, and get them wired in about 20 minutes. Big band charts are even harder.
The memories . . .
JL
Have you made a career of climbing?