I special ordered a 20 inch bass drum from Nigel at Traps drums in the UK. They make these drums with just two rims that sound pretty darn good. I wanted a low sounding drum that was easy to move around and not too boomy, to play along with my snares. I play it with sticks a la Trilok Gurtu. I'm still trying to figure out exactly how to make all this work in the Venezuelan Merengue. It is usually played with a snare drum playing a repeated pattern in 5/8 time. I'd like to develop this a bit more and see if I can come up with something interesting for my compositions in this style.
Check their stuff here: www.trapsdrums.com
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