ido1957
9K Gold Member
The drummer I played with on Saturday had tons of duct tape on his snare. It was all around the edge and layered/folded over itself. 
What's the purpose of this duct tape?
What's the purpose of this duct tape?
Seafroggys
Well-known member
To make drums sound like shit, and to compensate for horrible tuning.
SuaveRecords
Ninja kick the dam rabbit
yup. so true. duck tape on the head means they cant tune or would rather by a roll of tape rather than a moon gel.
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Greg_L
Banned
I third the sentiment. I've never heard a snare sound better with tape all over it.
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DayOfVengeance
New member
i never understood this either, one piece of moon gel makes a huge difference in tone, i wonder what duck tape all over my snare would do
i think the extreme for me would be Nick Mason's dampening in live at pompeii
i think the extreme for me would be Nick Mason's dampening in live at pompeii
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JuliánFernández
2&4
Come on guys... So Benny Benjamin or Al Jackson were unable to tune their drums?
The only thing that matters is the sound of your instrument... If you need to tape the hell of your snare to suit the venue your playing, that´s fine...
That being said... there´s tons of ways to achieve your sound (from shell material to different drumheads...) and tape indeed ruin heads...
Do your thing and be happy!
The only thing that matters is the sound of your instrument... If you need to tape the hell of your snare to suit the venue your playing, that´s fine...
That being said... there´s tons of ways to achieve your sound (from shell material to different drumheads...) and tape indeed ruin heads...
Do your thing and be happy!
Rimshot
New member
To each their own.......
I don't like anything on my batter head other than my sticks and brushes. Speaking of which, it's real tough to play with brushes when your batter head has moon gels or tape on it
I don't like anything on my batter head other than my sticks and brushes. Speaking of which, it's real tough to play with brushes when your batter head has moon gels or tape on it
RawDepth
New member
The duck tape is usually aimed at eliminating drum ring. If you put it close to the rim it deadens that ring. Too much, though, is overkill and deadens the entire drum. Some drummers prefer this remedy and some are against it, pointing to correct tuning instead.
Sometimes live soundmen will ask the drummer to do this for the benefit of the house PA system.
Sometimes live soundmen will ask the drummer to do this for the benefit of the house PA system.
Seafroggys
Well-known member
Ring is good....
,....head choice and tuning can go a LONG way to reducing any 'unwanted' ring.
I used ambassadors for years and never felt I had any ringing issues.
,....head choice and tuning can go a LONG way to reducing any 'unwanted' ring.
I used ambassadors for years and never felt I had any ringing issues.
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Greg_L
Banned
Snare ring has it's place. Live, I like some snare ring. I'm up against a lot of guitar wattage when playing live, and a full sounding snare definitely helps to cut through. I use no dampening when playing live - or maybe a half-piece of moongel on the snare up against the rim just to kill the highest overtones.
Recording is a different story. I want a dry, meaty crack with no ring whatsoever when recording, so I'll use a full moongel usually on top of the head logo - which is about an inch in from the rim.
Recording is a different story. I want a dry, meaty crack with no ring whatsoever when recording, so I'll use a full moongel usually on top of the head logo - which is about an inch in from the rim.
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gdavi1
New member
i use the tiniest piece of gorilla tape on my snare to take out a little ring for recording.
but i will never ever cover the whole snare drum with it.
but i will never ever cover the whole snare drum with it.