Homemade Guitar Hero World Tour Cymbals (New and Improved!)

Step 2 Drill Holes

Drill two holes in each plate. The first, larger hole is the mounting hole. It will need to be big enough that the cymbal can get not only around the screw piece of the drum kit, but also the larger cylinder. If you only drill it big enough to get around the screw, by the time you get all the rubber in place, you won't be able to get the screw cover on.

You can place this hole wherever you like. The center of the plate seems logical; I put it slightly higher so that the "bottom" of the cymbal would be in about the same place as the ones that came with the kit. Your call. Once you get one drilled (or even just started), use that plate to mark the location on the second plate so that they're in the same place.

I had a BEAST of a time getting the big hole drilled... these are some tough plates. With my 3/8" drill, I was only able to get it up to about 1/4" (by drilling a small hole, then slightly larger ones), which was not quite big enough to get over the whole mount. Fortunately, my dad has a drill press, and bringing the plates over there was the right thing to do... that badboy made short work of these holes. Maybe a coarse, round metal file would work as well, I'm not sure.

The second, smaller hole is to mount the L-bracket on. You can put this wherever you like, but make sure it's in a place where you can still reach the wire on the drum kit to plug it in. I put it just about one inch directly to the right of the larger mount hole.