TheIronCobr4
Senior Member
So I've been playing a couple years now and have finally become comfortable enough in my tuning abilities to experiment a little bit. First off I play in a hard rock/heavy metal band and while I run Pinstripes (with Aquarian Muffling Rings) but I want to mess around with a little bit more ring (not a lot) for projection purposes. The heads right now give me a pretty good thud but I know I can find better ways of getting into the low territory I want to be in. So here is where my first question comes in...
I have Pinstripes on clear single ply resos. What other combinations can I use to get into this thick thumpy territory? Would double ply on double ply be good? Coated on coated? Pinstripe on coated? Coated on single? Any and all suggestions are welcome but I would especially appreciate some answers through personal experience. If I have to use the muffling rings on any of these combos I'm fine with that too. All this only applys to the toms only. One last thing is I'd like to avoid single ply batter heads as I tear them up to quickly.
Moving on to the bass drum. I have an EMAD 2 and a pillow inside. The pillow was to kill the massive rebound I was getting which would kick onto my feet at faster speeds single or double bass due the angle of my beaters which I wasn't diggin. Is there anyway I can take the pillow out (or even put a smaller one in) and get rid of the rebound? Would porting my resonant head take care of this? I've never ported my resonant head either so I would need a little help understanding how it is I should go about doing that.
Just for the record I'd like to add that the toms are really the biggest reason I made this head. I'm perfectly fine with my bass drum sound but was just wondering about possible alternatives and such. My snare sounds fine to me given the problems I've had (see my other threads from previous months) so I don't want to mess with that quite yet. I really just need help getting my toms into low territory with just enough ring that it holds up when I jam with my band but isn't so ringy that it bothers me. Thank you in advance as I'm sure you guys won't steer me wrong.
I have Pinstripes on clear single ply resos. What other combinations can I use to get into this thick thumpy territory? Would double ply on double ply be good? Coated on coated? Pinstripe on coated? Coated on single? Any and all suggestions are welcome but I would especially appreciate some answers through personal experience. If I have to use the muffling rings on any of these combos I'm fine with that too. All this only applys to the toms only. One last thing is I'd like to avoid single ply batter heads as I tear them up to quickly.
Moving on to the bass drum. I have an EMAD 2 and a pillow inside. The pillow was to kill the massive rebound I was getting which would kick onto my feet at faster speeds single or double bass due the angle of my beaters which I wasn't diggin. Is there anyway I can take the pillow out (or even put a smaller one in) and get rid of the rebound? Would porting my resonant head take care of this? I've never ported my resonant head either so I would need a little help understanding how it is I should go about doing that.
Just for the record I'd like to add that the toms are really the biggest reason I made this head. I'm perfectly fine with my bass drum sound but was just wondering about possible alternatives and such. My snare sounds fine to me given the problems I've had (see my other threads from previous months) so I don't want to mess with that quite yet. I really just need help getting my toms into low territory with just enough ring that it holds up when I jam with my band but isn't so ringy that it bothers me. Thank you in advance as I'm sure you guys won't steer me wrong.