Inkstar
11-19-2006, 05:11 AM
Alright peeps. I've recently moved my kit into a room and it sounds like **** now, due to the last tuning taking place in different acoustics and shizz. It sounds tinny.
Today I played a Gretsch kit and I LOVED how it sounded. I play this kit at least twice a week, but for some reason... I dunno, maybe I picked up a new ear or something, but it sounded absolutely amazing. The only way I can describe it is using the word 'tight'. The bass was very punchy, not boomy, but not dead. Just perfect. Very sexy for using in single bass patterns. The toms (coated G2's over stock, I believe) sounded great, and the snare was a power centre reverse. The tom sizes on it, using a 4 piece set up, were 14 snare, 12 rack and 16 floor, I think. It just sounded great. You play a VERY simple beat on it and it just sounds great.
I hate the way my kit is sounding atm, and I definitely want to change alot. Firstly I'm going to change from my current clear emp's to coated, and probably brand change to Evans. However, I want my kit to sound like the Gretsch. I play a Sonor 3005 with 14x5.5 snare, 10x9, 12x10 and 16x16 toms. I want my kit to sound TIGHT. Where you play simple stuff but it really cuts through. It's hard to describe. Perhaps I'm still on an orgasmic high from the Gretsch, but yeah. What heads would suit my kit and sizes? Would G2's, like the Gretsch, be good? Or should they be different for my kit.
I believe the Gretsch 12" may have been shallower which would've helped the sound.
Oh, I also have a 22x18.5 bass.
Today I played a Gretsch kit and I LOVED how it sounded. I play this kit at least twice a week, but for some reason... I dunno, maybe I picked up a new ear or something, but it sounded absolutely amazing. The only way I can describe it is using the word 'tight'. The bass was very punchy, not boomy, but not dead. Just perfect. Very sexy for using in single bass patterns. The toms (coated G2's over stock, I believe) sounded great, and the snare was a power centre reverse. The tom sizes on it, using a 4 piece set up, were 14 snare, 12 rack and 16 floor, I think. It just sounded great. You play a VERY simple beat on it and it just sounds great.
I hate the way my kit is sounding atm, and I definitely want to change alot. Firstly I'm going to change from my current clear emp's to coated, and probably brand change to Evans. However, I want my kit to sound like the Gretsch. I play a Sonor 3005 with 14x5.5 snare, 10x9, 12x10 and 16x16 toms. I want my kit to sound TIGHT. Where you play simple stuff but it really cuts through. It's hard to describe. Perhaps I'm still on an orgasmic high from the Gretsch, but yeah. What heads would suit my kit and sizes? Would G2's, like the Gretsch, be good? Or should they be different for my kit.
I believe the Gretsch 12" may have been shallower which would've helped the sound.
Oh, I also have a 22x18.5 bass.