Another head question

[Mr.Wiggles]

hey. I need some help getting my heads to sound just right. First of all, my toms (not including my floor tom) dont sound good. When ever i hit them, they make the snare buzz, and the sound isnt good. My teacher told me about something called gorilla snot that you put on your heads and it makes them sound good, but i looked it up and it looks as if it is madefor guitar picks. i also need help with my bass drum. It dosnt have a deep sound. I have to hit it hard for it to be a deep good sound. I don't know if i need to buy new heads, buy something like gorilla snot, or just tune them. here is a pic of my set. http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e300/xxTimothyxx/IMG_0043.jpg Thanks in advance:thumb:

[drummer_mp3]

OUCH!

I can't help you with that kind of angles!

My tip is change your toma angles so they are flat. Then tighten your snares a bit. And your bass head is either not tight enough or way to damn tight.

[CombatWombat3]

Here's my advice on tuning....

First off, that snare rattle will most likely not go away completely. There's no point in obsessing over it.

Secondly, if you can, buy new heads all around. It looks as though you're at least using stock reso's.

Thirdly, just keep tuning. Keep fiddling with your drums (Bass included). People can give you advice on how to tune so they think they will sound good and won't. But they're not there, and they're not able to fiddle themselves. So keep messing with the tuning of the toms until you've mostly eliminated the buzzes.

Edit: Don't use Gorilla snot, instead spend your time and effort learning how to tune well.




Alright......here's my advice with your setup (evne though you didn't ask for any....)


Set up your bass drum and hi-hat stand so the pedals are comfortable for you. Then, raise your snare stand and throne up until you're sitting as high as you feel comfortable while playing the pedals.

Then, flatten out the snare so that it's perfectly flat, and either raise it or lower it until it's at a spot where you feel comfortable playing the rim of the snare, rimshots, and playing the snare normally.

After that, move to the toms. Raise them up to match the height of the snare drum (so that you feel comfortable transitioning from the snare to the toms). And then do your best to flatten out your drums, but still keeping the comfortable to play. You heads and your wrists will thank you for this.

You might find this setup kore practical and more comfortable, you might not. But try it, a setup is something very personal.

Also, I would suggest that you flatten out that cymbal and lower it a bit, might be easier to play, especially the bell.

[Quinto]

omg!!!!!
rofl
y r u saking if u need new heads, from what i can see u have stock heads, and cymbals, at least get a set of b8's or 1 good cymbal