Comments on: Rock Band Drum Kit Fix

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:37:28 +0000

Hi just curious is there anyways to fix the sensors? my yellow pad was somewhat dead would love to fix it but don’t know where to start or such the little box that goes from the back of the pad into the little connector came apart. I was playing before and it was hitting but once every say 10-15 hits any suggestions? would love them get back to me thanks.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:15:03 +0000

Did this two days ago and it works great. I used gorilla glue to paste the steel to the plastic and made sure to get it in the cracks trust me it will make a difference also just glue guned the pad on then tightened the side thing and vuola new pads that i can wail on with no set back. the coin mod does make it a lot more sensitive than it was before.

By: yelgo

yelgo — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:05:29 +0000

hi thanks for the tutorial i’ve just done this to my red pad who was cracked and it works great, but obviously i’ve lost a lot of sensitivity, anything i can do about that ? i can try the coin mod but i’m not sure it will be enough , anyone try to buy better piezos or couple 2 or 3 piezos together to increase the sensitivity on a pad ? thanks for your help

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:34:33 +0000

I tried this and got as far as placing the rubber pad back on top but when I went to screw everything back together I could not get the pad to catch on all sides taught enough to screw down the plastic lip. So how do you keep the pad from moving and feeling boggy not taught.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:42:08 +0000

Well I did the remaining three and I was able to get a 26 gauge piece of metal from HD this time. Last time when I fixed the snare the first time it was a thicker 24 gauge piece. The difference is night and day. The 26 responds even better than the 24. With less loss of sensitivity. I cured the head problem with the rubber coming loose by taking them all off. I went to Gamestop and bought the rubber/vinyl pads that they sell to quiet the kit. They are self adhering so stuck them on there and now it is quiet and responsive.

DO NOT PEEL THE BACK OFF PRIOR TO CUTTING!

You will notice if you buy those pads that they dont fit inside the ring straight out of the box. You will have to do some trimming to get them to fit. Just use the colored ring as your guide and cut on the inside line. Yall should have the colors of the pad memorized by now anyway so you dont need the colors. If you’re looking down at the pads you cant be looking at the scree anyway to see what note to hit so dont sweat cutting the color rings off. I would post a picture of the finished product but I dont see how to.

By: scott

scott — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:56:58 +0000

i just fixed my yellow pad the other day i just used epoxy to layer the front and then used gorrilla glue to reiforce the back seems to work fine if someone doesnt want to use metal

By: Noah Martin

Noah Martin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:50:43 +0000

I got a so so sensitivty loss doing this. thank god its my red pad thats cracked and I hit it hard enough where the loss isn’t enough to affect me that much. I may just have to do it for another pad since my yellow pad starting to crack. Will prob do another one and just put it on the green pad since I barely use it and I can use the cymbal if really need to.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:19:16 +0000

I performed the fix and it does work extremely well. Thanks for the instructions. I didnt think to take pictures until I had already glued the metal to the plastic. The metal required I purchased at HD. It IS NOT in the duct work section DO NOT ask for that section. It is going to be located on the same aisle that has, and every HD has this, a bin with strips of metal approximately 4′ long and ranging anywhere from 4 inches to 8 inches wide. There will be a small section in the front of that bin with the 24 gauge metal in it.

The only problem I am having is the skin is coming loose even though I glued it to the metal prior to replacing the ring.

You are right though, the metal gives it perfect bounce and response.

I am going to do the remaining three heads later.

Thanks

Justin

By: Andrew Wiles

Andrew Wiles — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:48:18 +0000

ok i don’t know how you got that steel for $0.78… it cost me 12 bucks!

By: Brian ^^

Brian ^^ — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:51:02 +0000

they work awesome! omg it’s a TINY bit less sensitive but the bounce back feels damn good and they sound sooooo nice definately recommend this if you know what your doing, cutting the circles of steel can be a bit tricky but not too hard and now i don’t worry if my bro is gonna crack the pad