Best Lug Lock Recommendations?

[bermuda]

No need for any sort of lug locks. Every drum is a moving, living instrument that will, by definition, change with every strike.

True, but why accept that when there's a simple fix?

Guitar strings also detune while playing, and I guarantee that guitarists would love to have something to minimize it!*

* I'm strictly a drummer, there may already be some sort of "string lock" out there

 

[Iristone]

Buy some thumb nuts or hand knobs. 12-24 would be optimal, but M6 might work in a pinch. That's what Ludwig and Rogers and probably Pearl came with. Much cheaper than anything drum-branded, too.

 

[Yamaha Rider]

Just on the lugs taking most of the impact from the rim shots. Shallow snares with single lugs for both batter and reso, I'm assuming it vibrated down the lug.

Aha!

 

[Square]

True, but why accept that when there's a simple fix?

Guitar strings also detune while playing, and I guarantee that guitarists would love to have something to minimize it!*

* I'm strictly a drummer, there may already be some sort of "string lock" out there

Yep there is. Floyd Rose (and others) locking tremolo bridge and nut. There are some other compromises that must be made when using this. Aren't there always?

 

[bermuda]

Yep there is. Floyd Rose (and others) locking tremolo bridge and nut.

Cool, thanks for that!

Granted, strings will stretch and detune, as do heads. But at least these devices reduce the mechanical effects of a loosening rods or tuning pegs.