Ever end up with a kit where one drum just doesn’t fit like you imagined it?  This 18″ Phattie floor tom rarely left it’s case due to the great sounding 16″ floor tom also on the kit.  With the artist playing some lighter gigs and coffee-house style stuff, a new lease on life was given to this 18″ with a conversion to taller bass-drum lugs, a DW Rail Mount, Dunnett gull-wing spurs, Gibraltar Natural-Maple Lacquered hoops, and higher quality mounting brackets.  The result is a hip little 18″ bass with a great tone, and visually a great match for the rest of the kit since there was no color-matching or refinishing involved.  Check it out: