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Thanks for the info and suggestions, I’ll check those out. Definitely seems like the route I’ll need to go

Great question and answers. Playing hard rock and heavy metal I’ve had a lot of issues with properly hearing the rest of the band. I...

I used a very similar set up for many years. Just a small 4-ch mixer with 1) a FOH mix, 2) click, 3) backing tracks, and 4) kick. In...

I'm probably in the minority here, but I don't want any drums in my ears on stage. The things I want to hear clearly are lead vocals...

I'm fine letting the engineer do my mix. I do however have a small mixer so I can adjust my click track levels and my band monitor level.

On our own shows, all band members use an A&H ME500 to IEM for personal monitor mix. Easy to daisy chain from a single cat5 monitor...

I control my own monitor mix. I have a small, 4-track Macke mixer that I plug the monitor wedge XLR into & control what I hear from...

The mixer on my right is for the band. The small mixer on my left is my own personal mixer with 4 inputs: 1. Mix from board. 2...

PS - I'd leave the factory maple syrup intact. I find it really sweetens the tone of these vintage cymbals!

I agree that brass snares are are little more tricky to dial in. I'm still experimenting with the one I just got. So far a mid range...

Gretsch Drums Catalina Maple 6-Piece Shell Pack with Free 8 in. Tom Satin Deep Cherry Burst | Guitar Center Bearing edge

I feel your pain. My next kit will probably have to be some special order unless I get really lucky and find something used (I want big...

OK..i was a Bonham fanatic! And the bigger the better. Many many years go by and I'm almost pissed that smaller drums sound better...

Yes. What you are describing is a result of the 30 degree bearing edge. More shell resonance, less head resonance, overall less sustain.

The "Gretsch sound" is mostly a bearing-edge cut thing, nothing else. Gretsch uses 30° bearing edges while most companies use 45°...