The flat side rests against the collar of the drum head.
Beveled side out.
If your hooks are flat and you squeeze them against the rounded side of the hoop : you'll distort them.So the Taye hook is squared which leads me to believe the flat side would face away from the drum? curved end toward the head collar?
This is where I was getting confused....
How much tension are you putting on a kick drum!? I've never put so much tension on a kick drum that a flat hook would be distorted on a beveled hoop.If your hooks are flat and you squeeze them against the rounded side of the hoop : you'll distort them.
I don't have either hoop tightened down tight. I guess if the claw is square I will leave the square side out?
How much tension are you putting on a kick drum!? I've never put so much tension on a kick drum that a flat hook would be distorted on a beveled hoop.
Ultimately I don't think it matters much - as long as there is positive contact from the hoop on the collar of the head, and there isn't a specific reason aesthetically for one side or the other to be outward facing, either way would work.
That's fair - I wouldn't have thought that metal would be that easy to bend, but clearly it is.This is how I got my first Tama Rockstar, hoops rounded side against flat hooks, all the hooks were slightly distorted. The Yamaha birch custom I play on (studio) suffers the same. I restored an old Lud Rocker, all the hooks were distorted, though it was the contrary (rounded claws against the flat side of the hoop).
That's fair - I wouldn't have thought that metal would be that easy to bend, but clearly it is.
Well then, there's the answer - look at the claws, and adjust accordingly!
That's fair - I wouldn't have thought that metal would be that easy to bend, but clearly it is.
Well then, there's the answer - look at the claws, and adjust accordingly!
Then go ahead, but I assure you that flat claws (Tama Yamaha or Premier style) against a rounded hoop edge won't work well and won't stay flat long. Basic physics.ALWAYS flat side of hoop against the head.