tuning a yamaha stage custom.

[breeeeza]

I have evans g2 coated and have tried to tune it as best i can, which isnt great at all. I have the yamaha stage custom rock size and the mid tom and low tom have a nice amount if resonace but you cant really hear the stick deffinition. the high tom has a crap sound full stop. not much resonance and you cant hear stick deffinition. I want to hear peoples views on which heads suit these shells best and how best to tune this kit, also how tight loose should the resonant heads be. i have watched all the videos and i tune it according to that but i cant get a good/ allright sound out of it.
Thanks

 

[PYRRHO]

I've played the same set of Stage Customs with the following on toms:

Clear Ambassador
Texture Coated
Coated G1
Fiberskyn Ambassador
Super 2 Clear
Coated G2
Smooth White Emperor

The winners:
Open, resonant, jazzy - Remo Fiberskyn, Ambassador-weight.
Fat, focused, powerful - Aquarian Super-2 Clear.(not Super Kick)
Choked, flat, lifeless - Evans Coated G2.

 

[Cody Suit]

i have a yamaha stage custom kit with 10 and 14" toms. i dont use my 12.

i use coated remos and loosen off all the lugs on both heads (top and bottom) and finger tighten them till they wont go more then usually a half turn on each lug on both sides then an 1/8th of a turn on both sides after. and it seems to work good. the high tom usually sounds awesome. the floor tom is usually good but it detunes and goes low after a few good plays.

 

[tilinmyowngrave]

its funny... yesterday my friend and I tuned the school drum set, which was a stage custom. My suggestion: Coated Remo Ambassadors, and clear remo ambassadors as resonants.

 

[sirslurpee]

Clear heads generally have more attack aka stick definition.. maybe try something like that?

 

[Uladine]

I have a Yamaha Stage custom with tom sizes 10", 12" and 16". it's still relatively new, so the only heads i've tried on the toms are Remo Emperor coateds and and Emperor clears. They both sounded great but the clears I think sounded a bit better. More definition, which is something you said you wanted. I had them tuned fairly low. Not super low, but where they were more "thuddy" than "bongy". I tuned the resonant heads (Remo ambassador clears) a bit lower. I think they sounded every bit as good as the toms on my friends $4000 DW kit, but of course its a matter of opinion. They had a nice "Doom" sound. Not "doom" as in the word doom, but they kind of had a similar aural characteristic to the sound of the word "doom". Now I have the coated heads on them. They still sound good, but I think I'll go back to the clears when I replace them.