Was watching a DrumDotPizza post on YouTube re; tea towel muffling Ringo Starr style. I'm going through a dry muffled old school drum sound phase at the moment so it caught my eye/ear.
I learnt a few things from the video but mostly that Americans call tea towels 'flour sack towels' (which is fair enough as tea towels is actually quite a silly name... and I'm English).
However, suitable inspired I decided to try out a few things as cheap alternatives to the BFSD. First to hand rather than tea towels were some microfiber clothes I got for cleaning the bikes. They're about the size of a 14" head, so not too large. Covering the head completely and playing directly on them was wasn't that great but folded into a triangle and put over the top half produced the desired effect brilliantly. With a coated head they also seem to grip on and don't need tape to hold them in place. A pack of 6 is only a few quid and I think I prefer them to the BFSD solution!
I learnt a few things from the video but mostly that Americans call tea towels 'flour sack towels' (which is fair enough as tea towels is actually quite a silly name... and I'm English).
However, suitable inspired I decided to try out a few things as cheap alternatives to the BFSD. First to hand rather than tea towels were some microfiber clothes I got for cleaning the bikes. They're about the size of a 14" head, so not too large. Covering the head completely and playing directly on them was wasn't that great but folded into a triangle and put over the top half produced the desired effect brilliantly. With a coated head they also seem to grip on and don't need tape to hold them in place. A pack of 6 is only a few quid and I think I prefer them to the BFSD solution!