Here’s a product that was brought to my attention that I wish was around years ago!
I bring you the Sweet Riser. I remember back in my youth trying to build a drum riser in my moms basement and rigging one up that, looking back, I’m surprised didn’t kill me. Trust me, stealing truck loads of plastic milk crates from the nearby grocery store stacking them two high and putting a couple pieces of plywood on them isn’t the safest way to build one…not to mention, the grocery store gets REALLY pissed off about their milk crates disappearing! But let me digress from my self incrimination…
Sweet Riser builds drums risers and stages. Does a drummer NEED his/her own drum riser? Probably not but I know I have played a few places with big stages but no riser and if I had had a portable riser I would have enjoyed the show much more…sorry as much as the music being the important thing, image is a close second to me…but enough about me.
I wasn’t able to get an actual riser from them to review but what I can see from their webpage and knowing a little bit about carpentry, these things look pretty solid and the company stands behind them 100%.
There are three main sizes of risers, small, medium and large, each size having a couple variations of depth and height, Height being either 16 inches or 24 inches.
Prices range from $399.00 for a 6’6” x 5’4” x 16” high riser to $799.00 for an 8’x8’x24” high riser (which with my drum set…I would need the latter). They also do custom sizes.
Would it be efficient to have a riser at a gig? Sweet Riser has a video showing one being set up in 2 minutes, eleven seconds on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQa8o1PavI). I’ve seen drummers take longer than that to get one drum on stage!
Now this product isn’t just for drummers. Any facility/venue that hosts music events, whether it be a club, theater, church, etc, can use one of these. It may or may not be cost effective for a drummer to shell out $500-$600 for a riser, depending on the drummer, but this is a pretty good price for a club or church who will use it consistently.
So if you’re in the market for a riser or a stage, give Sweet Riser a call! If I’m ever in the market for one, I plan on calling them!
Took one guy UNDER 2 minutes to set that up. Way cool that its light weight, has carved out handles in all the pieces, completely comes apart so it wont take up space, and one guy can move it into position.
ReplyDeleteThis makes me want to sell my flip leg risers that take 2 people to move and don't look near as cool. Great find PJ.
Hey.. thanks PJ. I remember the first drum riser that I built, was made of cider blocks, 2x6's and 3/4" plywood. It weighted a ton. I have been a carpenter for almost 30 years. I guarantee that my "Sweet Riser" will stand up to any test you through at it.
ReplyDeleteDrumming since the late 60's, and sometimes you could barely see me. One of my band members build me one out of plywood and lead pipe hinged in the middle with flanges for the lead pipes. It was pretty solid, but a muthah to move and set up. I'd definitely buy one of these.
ReplyDeleteIt's look like you cover every thing in this Article. This is great and finally got something to learn after roaming around the other blogs.
ReplyDeleteThis should keep me busy for a while! Thank you so much.Hope I will get some great stuff soon from you.Great work.
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