Tuning drums should not be difficult at all. If you equipment isn’t ****’ed up then you should be good.
People often overlook this simple step when tuning. It’s actually before you start. When you’re in the store, buying your new heads you MUST inspect them!!! I repeat inspect your heads. They are not all made perfect. You want to check for roundness and also look at the seal where the metal ring is often glued together. If it is not in a perfect circle, or the glue is visible at all where the metal ring connects itself, then you have a bad head and it will never tune properly. It will most likely be a warped head. Also look for dents in the head, that shows possible signs of warping as well.
I just received an online order from Guitar center of a bunch of Evans heads and they were all overflowing with glue at the seal causing them to be flat on that spot. These companies will try to sell you them, yes, believe it or not all they care about is making money.
Here’s what I’m talking about: https://imgur.com/a/rk3QKw4
Some are concave at the meeting point and some are just plain bad! You might have to zoom in to see.
People often overlook this simple step when tuning. It’s actually before you start. When you’re in the store, buying your new heads you MUST inspect them!!! I repeat inspect your heads. They are not all made perfect. You want to check for roundness and also look at the seal where the metal ring is often glued together. If it is not in a perfect circle, or the glue is visible at all where the metal ring connects itself, then you have a bad head and it will never tune properly. It will most likely be a warped head. Also look for dents in the head, that shows possible signs of warping as well.
I just received an online order from Guitar center of a bunch of Evans heads and they were all overflowing with glue at the seal causing them to be flat on that spot. These companies will try to sell you them, yes, believe it or not all they care about is making money.
Here’s what I’m talking about: https://imgur.com/a/rk3QKw4
Some are concave at the meeting point and some are just plain bad! You might have to zoom in to see.
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