
I was looking for dampening rings for my drum kit today but being the sort of guy who likes to do-it-himself (or at least keep some money in his pocket) I looked around the room and saw half a packet of blu-tack lying on my chest of drawers.
I squished a Malteser sized blob onto one of my toms and the results were quite impressive :D I actually got a nicer sound than I get using the dampening rings! I get a really nice pop out of my snare drum when I use this too!
I think I’ve stumbled onto a little miracle here :P drummers you heard it here first! ;)

Now isn’t this pretty? You could pay £££s in major stores (as they say on the shopping channels, ha ha) for this, but a blob of Blu-tack, a few minutes and, er, an eye, are all you need to make your own.

Tiffany is already bidding for the rights to manufacture this but we said no. This Blu-Tack and shiny-bits earring design must remain exclusive to us. That’s Tiffany Smith of Rochdale, by the way, not the famous jeweller. Oh, and can real earrings be changed by sticking new bits on them? NO. So ours are obviously better.
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