Hi Everyone,
I bought my son a 12" Gretch side snare to play for a while until we give him a full drum set for his birthday in a few months.
Out of the box, it sounded awful! So I watched Bob Gatzen's you tube video where he tunes what looks like a 14" snare, and followed along, tuning the 12" snare to the A on the bottom and the C on the top. He went to C#.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm3QunDjUs
It sounds 100% better than when I took it out of the box! I may have cheated a bit. I used the Evans Torque Key to get close to pitch, then used my guitar tuner, and the regular key that came with the drum, to tune to pitch. I had to tap the way Mr Gatzen does, then sing the notes I heard to find out how close I was to pitch. The tuner doesn't pick up the drum note.
I was reading online, and most threads that give a fundamental pitch seem to recommend lower pitches for the 14", so this seemed a great place to start. I figured I wouldn't break anything tuning to those pitches since Mr. Gatzen tuned a 14". Anyway, are A and C reasonable pitches for a 12" snare?
I bought my son a 12" Gretch side snare to play for a while until we give him a full drum set for his birthday in a few months.
Out of the box, it sounded awful! So I watched Bob Gatzen's you tube video where he tunes what looks like a 14" snare, and followed along, tuning the 12" snare to the A on the bottom and the C on the top. He went to C#.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxm3QunDjUs
It sounds 100% better than when I took it out of the box! I may have cheated a bit. I used the Evans Torque Key to get close to pitch, then used my guitar tuner, and the regular key that came with the drum, to tune to pitch. I had to tap the way Mr Gatzen does, then sing the notes I heard to find out how close I was to pitch. The tuner doesn't pick up the drum note.
I was reading online, and most threads that give a fundamental pitch seem to recommend lower pitches for the 14", so this seemed a great place to start. I figured I wouldn't break anything tuning to those pitches since Mr. Gatzen tuned a 14". Anyway, are A and C reasonable pitches for a 12" snare?