AzHeat
Platinum Member
I’ve never seen this discussed here before and something I just ran into. I wanted to do a quick tune of my Gretsch 12” tom, so I popped it off the stand and set it down on carpet and went around each lug to quickly check if they were where I left them. I was getting over a cold and feeling lazy, so I didn’t pop off the moongel. I know, I had time and energy to pull off the tom, but not the gel? That’s a beating for another time. Anyway, it brings me to this post...
The 12” and smaller Gretsch toms have 5 lugs and I’ve never noticed this before, but if you put the gel between two lugs, it totally kills the opposite lug when tapped. I do mean kill. There’s literally nothing more than a flap tone from it when struck.
I’ve always read do/don’t use, how much to use, etc., but never a conversation about where to place moongel in conjunction with the lug. I always just stuck them above the logo. It just seemed like the logical out of the way spot and never realized what it did to a 5 lug tom. Impact isn’t as severe on toms with 6 or more, but thought it was interesting.
This maybe nothing more than one of those Geico commercials to some, where the cave man slides his rock back and sees something obvious to the rest of the world, but thought it was interesting!
The 12” and smaller Gretsch toms have 5 lugs and I’ve never noticed this before, but if you put the gel between two lugs, it totally kills the opposite lug when tapped. I do mean kill. There’s literally nothing more than a flap tone from it when struck.
I’ve always read do/don’t use, how much to use, etc., but never a conversation about where to place moongel in conjunction with the lug. I always just stuck them above the logo. It just seemed like the logical out of the way spot and never realized what it did to a 5 lug tom. Impact isn’t as severe on toms with 6 or more, but thought it was interesting.
This maybe nothing more than one of those Geico commercials to some, where the cave man slides his rock back and sees something obvious to the rest of the world, but thought it was interesting!