So I've been talking with fellow drummers about drum tuning. As usual, we ran through a lot of urban legends about what to do or not.
The one thing that I still have doubts about is the tightening before tuning one.
I've almost always been doing this and I'm not sure if it has a real influence on the sound.
When I put a new drum head on, I tighten both batter and reso heads a lot and leave the drum to rest for a day. Then I come back and tune it lower to get the sound I want.
I've never really had any problem finding the right sound with this method, but maybe I'm wrong? Because I DO have problems with bigger toms, but this seems pretty common so I don't know.
Some drummers tell me they do the same, and some tell me 'Don't do that dude, it's ruining your drum head !' Sorry about the smiley but that was my reaction at this!
So what's your opinion about this?
The one thing that I still have doubts about is the tightening before tuning one.
I've almost always been doing this and I'm not sure if it has a real influence on the sound.
When I put a new drum head on, I tighten both batter and reso heads a lot and leave the drum to rest for a day. Then I come back and tune it lower to get the sound I want.
I've never really had any problem finding the right sound with this method, but maybe I'm wrong? Because I DO have problems with bigger toms, but this seems pretty common so I don't know.
Some drummers tell me they do the same, and some tell me 'Don't do that dude, it's ruining your drum head !' Sorry about the smiley but that was my reaction at this!
So what's your opinion about this?