Hey folks,
I've been trying to master fast double bass rolls for years. My practice had focused solely on single strokes. I'd get up to 110 bpm at most while staying clean and then I'd start to hit a wall. My spring tension on my DW 5000's was as loose as possible. I was on an electronic kit and had tension relatively high on the bass drum head. Recently I switched to an acoustic head with a falam patch and Emad head. The tuning/tension on the head is low, which seems to be the most common. I then increased spring tension on the pedals all the way up. Finally, I switched to double strokes via heel toe. Immediate improvement with speed. My issue though is that I'm not getting enough rebound, which often makes the doubles softer than they should be and often sound a little muddy. Plus, sometimes they just don't work and I kind of have to get into the groove to really force them to work. Like, technique has to be PERFECT to get the double stroke. There's no room for error, but I need a little room.
I don't know how to fix this. I feel like my technique is pretty good and it's a bit more of a settings issue. Increasing tension on the head ruins sound, but without it, it seems like there's so little rebound. Any one have suggestions for a better setup that provides good rebound for heel toe double strokes, and also provides good sound (hard rock, heavy metal, prog metal, etc). I'm open to adjusting pedal or head or whatever magic tricks you got.
Thanks!
I've been trying to master fast double bass rolls for years. My practice had focused solely on single strokes. I'd get up to 110 bpm at most while staying clean and then I'd start to hit a wall. My spring tension on my DW 5000's was as loose as possible. I was on an electronic kit and had tension relatively high on the bass drum head. Recently I switched to an acoustic head with a falam patch and Emad head. The tuning/tension on the head is low, which seems to be the most common. I then increased spring tension on the pedals all the way up. Finally, I switched to double strokes via heel toe. Immediate improvement with speed. My issue though is that I'm not getting enough rebound, which often makes the doubles softer than they should be and often sound a little muddy. Plus, sometimes they just don't work and I kind of have to get into the groove to really force them to work. Like, technique has to be PERFECT to get the double stroke. There's no room for error, but I need a little room.
I don't know how to fix this. I feel like my technique is pretty good and it's a bit more of a settings issue. Increasing tension on the head ruins sound, but without it, it seems like there's so little rebound. Any one have suggestions for a better setup that provides good rebound for heel toe double strokes, and also provides good sound (hard rock, heavy metal, prog metal, etc). I'm open to adjusting pedal or head or whatever magic tricks you got.
Thanks!