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Alright i play a tama imperialstar and probably won't be able to upgrade for months, maybe even a couple years, and playing on a kit that sounds bad is downright discouraging at points. I've lost count of how many times i've heard people say u can make an entry level set sound much better than it should, but no one i've seen ever says how. New heads is obvious, and i just bought new resos and batter last week (G2 clear, EC2 clear w/ sound rings, respectively), but i still can't get even what i consider to be a decent sound out of them. Always too gongy. Tried remOs they kill the sound imo. So what are some of the things that u guys have done/seen done that really made them sound better.
Right now there are 4 problems w/ the set but that doesn't explain the bad sound on all the drums. 13" tom has a chip missing on the outside above the bearing edge. 13 tom also has some tiny pinholes in bearing edge that i would have no idea ho to fix. 16 FT has a slightly warped hoop on bottom(don't ask how, i assume it was done by a prior owner) and bass drum needs 2 new lugs.
I'm not sure the chip is even affecting the 13 since its on the outside, and the warped hoop only ensures the reso head stay a bit tighter than i'd like. Bass drum does NEED those lugs tho. Saw a set of lugs on ebay i may be getting soon.
So my tuning style is pretty loose. Is there a good chance i just need to have someone else tune them, or does loose just simply not work on a poplar set? Should i have edges rounded, redone or anything like that. I obviously don't know the answers to this so i'm coming here to try and get them. So answer the questions, make suggestions and so on. It would be greatly appreciated.
Right now there are 4 problems w/ the set but that doesn't explain the bad sound on all the drums. 13" tom has a chip missing on the outside above the bearing edge. 13 tom also has some tiny pinholes in bearing edge that i would have no idea ho to fix. 16 FT has a slightly warped hoop on bottom(don't ask how, i assume it was done by a prior owner) and bass drum needs 2 new lugs.
I'm not sure the chip is even affecting the 13 since its on the outside, and the warped hoop only ensures the reso head stay a bit tighter than i'd like. Bass drum does NEED those lugs tho. Saw a set of lugs on ebay i may be getting soon.
So my tuning style is pretty loose. Is there a good chance i just need to have someone else tune them, or does loose just simply not work on a poplar set? Should i have edges rounded, redone or anything like that. I obviously don't know the answers to this so i'm coming here to try and get them. So answer the questions, make suggestions and so on. It would be greatly appreciated.