EricT43
Senior Member
No sure if this belongs here or in the Other Gear thread, but here I go...
I have a mid-90's Premier XPK Fusion kit (10/12/14/16/22). I seem to recall that the shells are birch with a eucalyptus veneer, but it's been a while so I could be wrong. All four toms mount to tom holders with an L-bracket. Overall I am fairly happy with it. They look nice, sound good, and the hardware still looks like new.
Recently I replaced all of the heads and got to tuning them up. Off the kit, I would get a nice tone with good sustain, but then when I put the drum on the mount, it sounds totally dead. Take it off and hold it by the rim and it sounds great again. Long story short, I had to re-tune every tom once I mounted it. My guess is that mounting the drum completely changes the fundamental, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
After re-tuning, I was able to dial in a good sound and plenty of sustain. Obviously that's an inconvenience, because it's difficult to tune the reso head when its on the kit. I just wonder if I have these toms rim-mounted if I could get an even better sound than what I have? Or should I just save the ~$400 that would cost me and sell my Premiers and buy a new kit?
I have a mid-90's Premier XPK Fusion kit (10/12/14/16/22). I seem to recall that the shells are birch with a eucalyptus veneer, but it's been a while so I could be wrong. All four toms mount to tom holders with an L-bracket. Overall I am fairly happy with it. They look nice, sound good, and the hardware still looks like new.
Recently I replaced all of the heads and got to tuning them up. Off the kit, I would get a nice tone with good sustain, but then when I put the drum on the mount, it sounds totally dead. Take it off and hold it by the rim and it sounds great again. Long story short, I had to re-tune every tom once I mounted it. My guess is that mounting the drum completely changes the fundamental, but please correct me if I'm wrong.
After re-tuning, I was able to dial in a good sound and plenty of sustain. Obviously that's an inconvenience, because it's difficult to tune the reso head when its on the kit. I just wonder if I have these toms rim-mounted if I could get an even better sound than what I have? Or should I just save the ~$400 that would cost me and sell my Premiers and buy a new kit?