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My Pearl SSC birch/kapur 20x16 is very lound with a clear PS3 batter and ebony Ps3 reso with 4” hole. Nothing inside, narrow felt damping the batter about 4” from the bottom. Tuned JAW but is louder when I go up another 1/4 turn.

My Pearl SSC 20x16 sounds huge with a PS3 clear and a felt strip. I think they need the air volume to generate low end. But a 20 will never be a 22.

Vater Session. Good balance for me and the tip seems to last and not chip. Nice tone as well.

Don’t limit yourself to Gretsch. Look at pearl, Yamaha and tama. It’s a buyers market. Take advantage of it.

Great drums! I have them in 12/14/20 with 14x6.5” snare. Love ‘em.

Remo diplomats. Less mass less volume.

Supply and demand. There are a lot of bands out there and not much demand.

An obtuse contrarian?

Dude, i like totally did, dude. Just play em and trash em and replace em. Once you hit em dude they aren’t new.

Just play the damn things. You’ll change em eventually. Why waste time and effort on cleaning drum heads? Use that time to master your double diddle swiss flam para rolls. Right?!?!

I’ve tried both at a local shop. Almost left with the soundworks. Terrific value and great sound. Looks sharp too.

Not all people who play instruments are musicians. But all musicians play instruments. For me, that is the difference. Surround yourself with musicians not guitar players.

Yes you will be hit with taxes. No duty as it’s made in Canada. Be patient, buy one that is in canada already. You will save a tone. PS a new AAX 20” ride goes for about 369 cdn.

In one’s life among friends and family I totally agree. But posting personal info on the internet leads to bad things. It’s no place for personal information.

Lots if great replies. Don’t let it get you down. These things happen for good reason. Soon you will find yourself in a better band. PS, as much as it helps to talk about your health issues, putting them up on the interweb will cast a negative bias on your image.