I'm having an interesting issue with my DW Toms - I've been able to get a great tuning out of my 10 and 12 inch VLT rack toms, and my 14 inch X shell floor tom.
The problem I am having is with my 16 inch VLX floor tom.
I cannot tune the 16 inch floor tom to get a decent thump without a horrible rattling, shaking and buzzing. The only way I'm able to get a good sound out of it is if I tune it up quite a ways - unfortunately this resulted in having to tune up all the other toms higher than I want them, and they sound choked in a way.
I ended up tuning the 16 inch VLX reso to a C#, and the batter until I got a good thump, it actually sounds like what my 14 inch floor tom sounds like when that's tuned to my taste. The 16 inch ends up resonating at around a C# where the reso sits at, however the rest of the drums are tuned much higher for my taste.
Has anyone else experienced trouble tuning their DW Collector's Series toms? This 16 inch is driving me nuts. I've spent hours and made countless phone calls to friends and relatives, tried everyone's recommendations. I'm at the point where I don't even want to play with the 16 inch anymore, however it's such a waste. I cannot get rid of the buzzing and the 16 inch floor tom tends to cause the 14 inch (which is tuned to my taste) to rattle and shake, which gets picked up in the microphones in my studio big time. The 14 and 16 seem to interfere with each other.
My ultimate goal is to be happy with the pitch at which my other toms are tuned at, while still being able to get this 16 inch to hum.
The heads are only a few months old - maybe I'll replace the reso's to test. I'm using clear ambassadors for the resos and coated emperors on the batter side.
Here is my shell specs:
10 - VLT - Timbre Note B
12 - VLT - Timbre Note F
14 - X - Timbre Note D
16 - X - Timbre Note F
The problem I am having is with my 16 inch VLX floor tom.
I cannot tune the 16 inch floor tom to get a decent thump without a horrible rattling, shaking and buzzing. The only way I'm able to get a good sound out of it is if I tune it up quite a ways - unfortunately this resulted in having to tune up all the other toms higher than I want them, and they sound choked in a way.
I ended up tuning the 16 inch VLX reso to a C#, and the batter until I got a good thump, it actually sounds like what my 14 inch floor tom sounds like when that's tuned to my taste. The 16 inch ends up resonating at around a C# where the reso sits at, however the rest of the drums are tuned much higher for my taste.
Has anyone else experienced trouble tuning their DW Collector's Series toms? This 16 inch is driving me nuts. I've spent hours and made countless phone calls to friends and relatives, tried everyone's recommendations. I'm at the point where I don't even want to play with the 16 inch anymore, however it's such a waste. I cannot get rid of the buzzing and the 16 inch floor tom tends to cause the 14 inch (which is tuned to my taste) to rattle and shake, which gets picked up in the microphones in my studio big time. The 14 and 16 seem to interfere with each other.
My ultimate goal is to be happy with the pitch at which my other toms are tuned at, while still being able to get this 16 inch to hum.
The heads are only a few months old - maybe I'll replace the reso's to test. I'm using clear ambassadors for the resos and coated emperors on the batter side.
Here is my shell specs:
10 - VLT - Timbre Note B
12 - VLT - Timbre Note F
14 - X - Timbre Note D
16 - X - Timbre Note F