Your AcousticDRUMS.com Membership Subscription gets you access to a number of drum building tools and projects within the emerging Drum Summit network, a group of select professional drummers and drum builders. Our subscribers know where to find parts, hardware and accessories galore from reputable vendors! Who's using what parts? Where are they actually made? Who can buy them and where? We even provide insight into the manufacture of these parts themselves, so you are a better informed consumer. In fact, we offer subscribing members part templates and CAD files that can be modified, taken to a machinist or submitted online for the custom production of your OWN lugs. We've even developed a simple wood bodied lug for subscribers to build with minimal cost.

Our exclusive V2R drum design shows complete stave drum mock-ups that even include part numbers for appropriate hardware components that can be taken to a number of different hardware dealers. One of our goals is to leverage group buying power for common components and services such as plating, powdercoating and machining.

Wanting to explore shell construction? Learn how to it right the FIRST time, using proven tools for layout, lay-up and machining. Stave and segment shells are relatively simple for those with a woodworking background and some consumer grade shop tools.

Try our sample Online Stave Shell Calculator for an example of the tools available with your subscription. Our lay-up templates are specially customized for the construction of wood hoops and drum shells using readily available software, complete with the woods from our database. This allows you to calculate out the COST of materials for your drum project with ease.

Why have our experienced builders decided to share what can only come from years of working in the industry? Because we want to see better drums out there being made and played by their makers. Battling for market share isn't why these builders are builders. They are drummers that want better drums. We suspect YOU might be one of these too.

We want to see the Drum Summit concept continue to GROW as well. Your AcousticDRUMS.com subscriptions help support development of further Drum Summit resources and the investment made in those that are already there.

AcousticDRUMS.com has been around since January of 2001, making it one of the original internet resources for DIY drummers. To this day, it is operated and maintained by drummers with decades of experience PLAYING the very instruments they create. The enjoyment of drumming is even better when you had a hand in creating the instrument. The 'no nonsense' approach of Drum Summit is your key to professional results in your DIY drum building ventures! Many shell construction methods have actually originated from other industries, so the knowledge itself can even be used later for other types of woodworking projects. Much of the creative insight gained by our builders over the years has come from working withing related industries.

Here's a list of some of the Subscriber features you will find...

Access to projects, products and features, including... Refinishing your covered acoustic shell kit. Hybrid™ Concept acoustic/electronic conversion feature. Tuning Instructions, specific to the individual drums in a kit. The Forum, our friendly online drumming community. ESP topical columns, featuring Eric Scot Porter. Plus, lots of EXCLUSIVE tools that you won't find anywhere else! Online Stave Calculator for construction of stave shells. Segment Software Tools for construction of segment shells. Wood Properties database for analyzing suitability for shells. Virtual Drum design system for mock-up and hardware ordering. Drum Summit, our exclusive subscriber forum community.

For only $9.95 you can gain access to a complete year of the above subscriber features!