LittleLegs
Senior Member
Hi - I've been through very many kits in my 50 years, and this is the only one I haven't been able to dial in pretty effortlessly. I don't know if it's that I can't start from finger tightness as the lug system (with plastic inserts) always has resistance so the tension rod to spin down to finger tightness to get a level playing field to start from? The toms only sound resonant at one tuning (the 10" never sounds truly happy anywhere). I've used different heads so, it's not a case of a bad head. The edges look good too. Any ideas? I've got clear/coated Amabassdors over clear ambassadors as I like to tune for a lot of resonance. Maybe there's a knack that I'm just not getting yet? I'm almost thinking I need to get a drum dial (not that helps with getting the heads to the right pitch). I'm almost thinking of getting rid of the kit.