Questions rampage. I've mucked around heaps, and I can get a good sound, but especially with my floor tom I always have too much resonance. What skins will kill overtones most, and would (for example) using a pinstripe on head and batter kill any ring and overtone dead? I got the eq2 on my bass drum and that was a quick cheap fix for puncyness, but how do I make my bass drum a slapariffic metal master? Would buying a smaller bass drum give me more punch and less boom? I reckon yes but that's just theory. Also, if I buy shallower toms will that give more punch less boom or is that far and away secondary to skins and their application. OK one more, I do heaps of ghosting, shuffles etc but play metal, have a metal snare, is there a miracle skin that gives me mean feel and response but doesn't ring like a telemarketer?