jc.on.black
Junior Member
Hello! First thread for me!
This question may have been done before, but i dont find the answer im looking for, sorry if im doing it wrong.
I recently bought my first Ludwig set. It's a Classic Maple set, bass drum 24x16, floor tom 16x16 and tom tom 13x10. I bought this set because i love the 'Ludwig sound', but im having problems getting that GREAT sound on the toms. With the bass drum, got it quickly, with moderate tension on the batter and resonant heads. good round and full sound, love it. But with the toms, i have a lot of ring and overtones. I know thats the nature of maple wood, and i dont want to cut that ring too much, because i love resonant sounding drums. I just don't reach the point where im getting a good and resonating sound.
So im basically asking for some help and guidelines! my toms come with batter coated, 2 ply, Weathermaster heads, and 'heavy' clear resonant Weathermaster heads. Right now on batter side of the 2 toms i have moderate-medium tension, and "supposedly" very close tension on resonant...
could it be simply poor tuning? What kind of approach to tuning should i have?high tuning?
Thanks in advance
This question may have been done before, but i dont find the answer im looking for, sorry if im doing it wrong.
I recently bought my first Ludwig set. It's a Classic Maple set, bass drum 24x16, floor tom 16x16 and tom tom 13x10. I bought this set because i love the 'Ludwig sound', but im having problems getting that GREAT sound on the toms. With the bass drum, got it quickly, with moderate tension on the batter and resonant heads. good round and full sound, love it. But with the toms, i have a lot of ring and overtones. I know thats the nature of maple wood, and i dont want to cut that ring too much, because i love resonant sounding drums. I just don't reach the point where im getting a good and resonating sound.
So im basically asking for some help and guidelines! my toms come with batter coated, 2 ply, Weathermaster heads, and 'heavy' clear resonant Weathermaster heads. Right now on batter side of the 2 toms i have moderate-medium tension, and "supposedly" very close tension on resonant...
could it be simply poor tuning? What kind of approach to tuning should i have?high tuning?
Thanks in advance