Typo
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I've been having a disagreement with my guitarist dad about my current drumhead situation.
As some of you may remember, I posted a few months ago about an Aquarian drumhead not fitting my 12" ddrum tom. Well, there was a little more to that story than I told, if only to simplify the problem in the eyes of its potential solvers (you guys). All of the Aquarian tom heads, the Super 2's with Studio-X Rings, had difficulties fitting on the drums one way or another. The 16" tom was the least problematic, with each head having a snug, not quite tight, fit on the shell. The 10" had the issue of undersized hoops, but the heads fit in decently and did not warp. The 12" was the worst and it took a lot of frighteningly aggressive maneuvering to get both heads to fit on the drum. I have measured the shells several times now, each in round. The only problem I could find was that the 12" and 16" shells were all a touch oversized (the 10" was fine, the hoops were the problem there). Keep in mind that these shells are wrapped.
With these heads being a good half-year old, and with the fitting problems at hand, I've decided to go for a new set of tom heads. I was already set on Remo under the observation that their head collars (metal hoop attached to drumhead) are just a little thinner than the bulky Aquarian collars, and I think that will make just enough difference to make the Remo's fit better. I told my dad this, and he said maybe I should call ddrum and ask which heads work best with their drums. My dad seems to believe that drumheads are like guitar pickups, in that certain heads might not fit certain drums due to a variety of subtle manufacturing techniques. No! That's completely wrong. I tried to tell him that ddrum screwed up and oversized the shells, but he still thinks that they should know brands or types of drumheads that work with their drums. But I told him, it doesn't work that way. Drum manufacturers don't make drums that only work with one brand of drumhead. All drumheads should fit all drums, end of story.
I'm so frustrated! I can't seem to get this concept across to him in such a way that he understands from the perspective of a drummer. Please give me a way of explaining this concept to a non-drummer.
As some of you may remember, I posted a few months ago about an Aquarian drumhead not fitting my 12" ddrum tom. Well, there was a little more to that story than I told, if only to simplify the problem in the eyes of its potential solvers (you guys). All of the Aquarian tom heads, the Super 2's with Studio-X Rings, had difficulties fitting on the drums one way or another. The 16" tom was the least problematic, with each head having a snug, not quite tight, fit on the shell. The 10" had the issue of undersized hoops, but the heads fit in decently and did not warp. The 12" was the worst and it took a lot of frighteningly aggressive maneuvering to get both heads to fit on the drum. I have measured the shells several times now, each in round. The only problem I could find was that the 12" and 16" shells were all a touch oversized (the 10" was fine, the hoops were the problem there). Keep in mind that these shells are wrapped.
With these heads being a good half-year old, and with the fitting problems at hand, I've decided to go for a new set of tom heads. I was already set on Remo under the observation that their head collars (metal hoop attached to drumhead) are just a little thinner than the bulky Aquarian collars, and I think that will make just enough difference to make the Remo's fit better. I told my dad this, and he said maybe I should call ddrum and ask which heads work best with their drums. My dad seems to believe that drumheads are like guitar pickups, in that certain heads might not fit certain drums due to a variety of subtle manufacturing techniques. No! That's completely wrong. I tried to tell him that ddrum screwed up and oversized the shells, but he still thinks that they should know brands or types of drumheads that work with their drums. But I told him, it doesn't work that way. Drum manufacturers don't make drums that only work with one brand of drumhead. All drumheads should fit all drums, end of story.
I'm so frustrated! I can't seem to get this concept across to him in such a way that he understands from the perspective of a drummer. Please give me a way of explaining this concept to a non-drummer.
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