The rubber feet of the stands might mark the floor with black, and the bass drum spurs will scratch the flooring. Never set up a drum set directly on top of a hard floor surface such as wood, vinyl, concrete, granite, etc. Ideally the drums will arrive complete with their drumheads on, but they may require you to construct the drums by attaching the drumheads to the drum shells by screwing the tuning rods into the lugs with a drum key. Be careful not to discard anything that might be of importance! If you are setting up a brand new drum set, you’ll need to unbox the components carefully and remove all of the packaging before neatly organising all of the parts of the drum kit in their separate categories.
Cymbals – A typical drum set consists of: hi hat cymbals, a crash cymbal and a ride cymbal.Hardware – Includes a drum throne, bass drum pedal, hi hat stand, two cymbal stands, two tom arms and mounts.To begin with your drum kit setup, you’ll need to have the following: First things first, before you learn how to set up a 5 piece drum set, you have to have all of the drum set components.