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thedude400
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I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to drums, I'm more of a guitar player , but my buddy just backed ihis car into my car and decided to give me his Yamaha drum set for the damage. Now this set is pretty bad ass I think. The snare sounds full and and tight. The toms sound just as good as my buddies Sonar set I think and I'm playing some Sabian's that get the job done for the most part. But the bass drum just isn't doing it for me. I'm looking for a nice tight low bassy thud but I'm not getting it at all.
Alot of people think they know how to tune a bass drum (or drum set for that matter) but it seems a very few actually really know how to get the best results out of what they're working with.
It's 16 inches wide, and 23 inches in diameter. There's an aquarian head on the kick pedal side (which almost looks like it should be on the opposite end because there's no kick target on it). And on the other side there's just a factory yamaha head I think with a 13 or 14 inch hole in it for air circulation right in the middle (which could maybe be part of the problem because I've never seen one of those before).
I've tried following tuning tuorials for bass drums with both of the heads but I'm not getting much different of a sound. Sometimes it sounds better, then the next time I play it it sounds like crap.
My main questions are; with a bass drum with dimensions like this this, am I doomed to never be able to get a thick booming sound out of it? I don't want to have to tweak the @#$% out of the equalizers on my recording program to get the thudding boom I want (which still won't compare to the natural boom I hear so often from other drum sets and my favorite bands)
Should I look into new heads or have it professionally tuned? Should I tighten my kick pedal spring so it starts to give more and pull itself away quicker so as not to muffle the natural resonation of the front head?
Is there any way I can be more pleased without going out and buying a 20X30 or something ungodly like that?
Alot of people think they know how to tune a bass drum (or drum set for that matter) but it seems a very few actually really know how to get the best results out of what they're working with.
It's 16 inches wide, and 23 inches in diameter. There's an aquarian head on the kick pedal side (which almost looks like it should be on the opposite end because there's no kick target on it). And on the other side there's just a factory yamaha head I think with a 13 or 14 inch hole in it for air circulation right in the middle (which could maybe be part of the problem because I've never seen one of those before).
I've tried following tuning tuorials for bass drums with both of the heads but I'm not getting much different of a sound. Sometimes it sounds better, then the next time I play it it sounds like crap.
My main questions are; with a bass drum with dimensions like this this, am I doomed to never be able to get a thick booming sound out of it? I don't want to have to tweak the @#$% out of the equalizers on my recording program to get the thudding boom I want (which still won't compare to the natural boom I hear so often from other drum sets and my favorite bands)
Should I look into new heads or have it professionally tuned? Should I tighten my kick pedal spring so it starts to give more and pull itself away quicker so as not to muffle the natural resonation of the front head?
Is there any way I can be more pleased without going out and buying a 20X30 or something ungodly like that?