Hi all. So that is the exact same bass drum I have. 18x22"
the problem is that no matter how I tune it, it sounds incredibly boomy, flat, and sloppy (currently have on factory heads). I am looking for a more punchy and aggressive attack. Not extremely so, just less....blah.
If any of you PDP owners, or anyone, has any advice on which specific heads to get for batter and resonant, and what kind of tunings you used, that would be awesome!!
Thanks!
you don't need to buy new heads yet , there are a couple of things you can do to get the sound you want:
first I'd make a port hole (the bigger the less resonant your bass drum become , I'd start with a 5" hole and try , remember you can make it bigger , but you cant make it smaller , so don't go to big at first)
second , use a bassdrum patch , they will make your heads last longer and some of them also incease the attack without changing the resonance of the drum (one of the best ones is Evans EQ AF Kevlar Pedal Patch )
you can also change you bass drum beatters ( wood beaters are the ones that provide more attack , felt are the softer and rubber ones are in the middle) , you can add some muffle inside the drum , and as you said you can change your heads.
now talking about heads , I think that you'd like the sonud of a muffled clear double ply , every brand offer their own version (remo powerstroke , aquarian superkick , rmv fx , etc).
as regards tunnig , try to tune your resonant haed 1 to 3 notes lower than the batter haed , this will increase the lower frecuencies , and you will get rid of the high pitch end of the bass drum.
hope you find this useful , and remember that heads are only part of the equation .
