Bass Drum Tuning

carter29 · Unread post by **carter29** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:38 pm

How you guys tune your bass drums?

I got double kicks and like a fast beater so I got the beater head tuned fairly tight (as well as my kicks). I have a gibraltor double kick pad on it too. I have a pillow in my drum and have the front skin ust tight enough to not have an ugly ring. I have quarters taped to the gibraltor pad with the plastic sides of my beaters striking it for a high click with a good low end to it.

what about you guys?

carter29 · Unread post by **carter29** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:38 pm

TOP!!!!

I am having serious probalem with my left and right beater's pitch matching...drummer's have been around more lately so I topped this thread. Any drummer's here use double kicks? have similar problem or a solution?

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:41 pm

Wow...muffled enough?

I cant really say Ive ever really had this problem. Maybe it is time for you to get a new drum head? Make sure the both of the pedals are as close tot he middle as you can. Ane make sure all of the tension rods are tightened exactly the same amount.

carter29 · Unread post by **carter29** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 10:13 pm

Beauford33 wrote:Wow...muffled enough?

I cant really say Ive ever really had this problem. Maybe it is time for you to get a new drum head? Make sure the both of the pedals are as close tot he middle as you can. Ane make sure all of the tension rods are tightened exactly the same amount.

yeah I think i need a new head...i dunno

ummm, for muffling...I got a pillow folded towards and on the beater side

I'm not sure if i can adjust the beaters so they are closer on mine...never occured to me. they could stand to be closer. You'd be surprised at the difference im getting, like one kick is soft and the left plastic...i just changed them to the softer side

philtheman · Unread post by **philtheman** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:39 am

Dude, first get a Evans Emad bass drum head and an EQ3 resonant head with a hole in it, then get the Evans pillow thing and youve got a nice kick

carter29 · Unread post by **carter29** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 5:33 am

philtheman wrote:Dude, first get a Evans Emad bass drum head and an EQ3 resonant head with a hole in it, then get the Evans pillow thing and youve got a nice kick

cash is a problem

DrumsFoDaSoul · Unread post by **DrumsFoDaSoul** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:00 pm

carter29 wrote:TOP!!!!

I am having serious probalem with my left and right beater's pitch matching...drummer's have been around more lately so I topped this thread. Any drummer's here use double kicks? have similar problem or a solution?

The thing that most drummers do not do is go to each lug and tune to an equal pitch. This gives different tunings around the head which are no good. The best way to tune a head is do the fingertight method, then start going to each lug and doing 1/2 crank intervals while checking each lug for the approiate inntonation.

carter29 · Unread post by **carter29** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:24 am

i think its just that I have a shitty drum kit

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