Store jerks cranked the life out of my snare sides

[White Riot!]

I came in to get replace my snare side head. I had my tuning perfect , the snare side head made snare responsive yet fat. I brought the drum with me as I had to get to a gig shortly so I could tune the snare side in the store. So what do they do? they grab my snare drum right off me without asking and seat the head and crank the **** out of it!

Idiots! Ughhh. They didnt listen to the part where I said tune the snare side head looser than the batter or I can do it.

So I say its choked and tap a little ghost note of the drum. The wires dont even respond! I say see that! its choked!So they belt it and say look its not choked!

Then I told them that tuning the reso higher wasnt such a great idea , and they said I needed a thicker batter head like a ps3 or g2!

Thats just going to make it worse , I told em. "oh its your wires they need replacing every 4 months" they suggested. Idiiots!

So I wrestle my snare drum back and fix the reso up and start playing a light double stroke roll. "YOU SEE!" I exclaimed. I then played a rough imitation of art blakeys famous press roll from feather touch to blasting loud "YOU SEE"!

this was 5 staff members of brisbanes biggest drum store who did not understand the simple concept

[Sharkey Boy]

I'm sorry to hear you had to put up with those morons but you should of given them a striaght f-off if they were insisting on stuff you didnt want



oooo 1000 yay

[White Riot!]

Im too nice to be mean or abrupt. I really should be when situation calls for it though.

[ofDooM]

I would assume they lost a customer?

[Sharkey Boy]

Yeah I suppose your right, I mean its quite easy for me to say that sitting in my computer chair, but in person would I have done? Or would I have just tried to have politely objected and had it done anyways....

[White Riot!]

I would assume they lost a customer?

Pretty much. Not for being stupid but for them being ignorant and stubborn

[Loser]

Why did you give them your snare to tune in the first place?

[Jred250]

Yea, I had a similar issue at my local music store. They insisted that I needed a thicker batter head. When I said the batter head is fine, they then said. See the guy holding your snare drum? I said ''Yes'' he said, he is a drummer, I think he knows what it needs. I then said, guess what! I am a drummer two and I want you to replace all of the lugs with gold ones for me, I said nothing about the batter skin. He then said, well for £6.78 you can have a fantastic batter head. he then came out with all this. I aint allowing you to use this snare without a new batter skin, you will only show yourself up when it fails. I grabbed the snare from him and said, I will go down the road and get the lugs replaced elsewhere thanks for nothing!
I think we need to make a cult White Riot and abolish these money grabbing, dumb idiots!

I was going to send him strange letters like:

The gates of hell will be full of fresh souls tonight!
The foundations of your store are paved with hate!

That kinda stuff, but it wasn't really worth the time lol

[White Riot!]

Loser , why did you not use comprehension whilst reading this thread

I brought the drum with me as I had to get to a gig shortly so I could tune the snare side in the store. So what do they do? they grab my snare drum right off me without asking and seat the head and crank the **** out of it!

[RockStar]

so tell them to **** off and you should have done it yourself.

[Chippy569]

I think this thread screams "Cry to someone who cares!"



and a reminder that if you want it done right, do it yourself.

duh?

[LoneStarDrummer]

should of just left the snare in the car and just gone in, bought the head and left. either way, that's how far too many tune snare side heads.

[Cocaberry]

this was 5 staff members of brisbanes biggest drum store who did not understand the simple concept

You shouldn't be complaining on here.. you should be complaining to their manager.

And you should've spoken up when the guy grabbed the snare from you.

[White Riot!]

I think this thread screams "Cry to someone who cares!"



and a reminder that if you want it done right, do it yourself.

duh?

Well , you did reply to it did you not?

Im sorry if your too elitist for anecdotes , but at MXD&P we have a community here

you see I wanted my anecdote to lead to some discussion about this either way, that's how far too many tune snare side heads.

[SyncoFake]

You should tighten new heads right up, to break the glue from the rim of the head, and to stretch it out a little to prevent this happening later and detuning.

Like they sound stupid...but almost by accident, there was some merit in what they were doing.

[Chippy569]

You should tighten new heads right up, to break the glue from the rim of the head, and to stretch it out a little to prevent this happening later and detuning.

this is only the case with remo glue; attack, aquarian, and evans' glues shouldn't crack really.

[alvyn]

this is only the case with remo glue; attack, aquarian, and evans' glues shouldn't crack really.

hey chippy, when you had your stagestar a long time ago, did you have a problem with ur floor tom's tuning going all wierd after a week or so or moderate playing? my floor tom can't seem to hold its tuning at all.

g2 clears over g1 clears for all my toms.

[pitchfork]

I would've grabbed my snare back and kicked them square in the bollocks.
Then missed to gig explaining simple tuning to them.

[Josiah]

Ya.. once people grab your gear. Then it's a lil different.

Shouldn't have brought it in the store though.

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Yeah you shouldn't have taken the snare with you

[Brokensticks]

That is pretty brutal service. You really should talk with the manager because that is horrible. If somone grabbed my gear I'd probably make sure it was the last time.

[Zildjian]

If it were me and someone was walking around in my shop with a snare id assume they would want me to tune it. Dont get prissy, its not like he broke a tension rod or anything

[Josiah]

If it were me and someone was walking around in my shop with a snare id assume they would want me to tune it. Dont get prissy, its not like he broke a tension rod or anything]

That's a pretty massive, and more likely wrong then anything else assumption. There are many reasons somebody might bring a snare into a store.


However, it doesn't matter what the reason is. They should ask, and only mess with it if they have permission.

[some jive turkey]

what's the big mystery here, isn't it obvious by now that music store employees don't have absolutely any idea what they're doing.

I can't stand talking to sales clerks who know less about their merchandise than I do.

[LoneStarDrummer]

i was at GC the other day with my brother to pick up some heads when i saw a yamaha drum set with the same exact sizes i want and was looking over it and talking to my brother about some stuff and about how much mine would cost and what finish i wanted and then some employee comes up to me and starts acting as if he knew more than me, which he clearly didn't.

to be honest it was a bit insulting to my intelligence. he pissed me off with with his stupid questions and comments. plus he couldn't tune for nothing. he was trying to tune a floor tom and it sounded so dead.

basically i haven't found a knowledgeable employee at GC, the guys at texas music emporium are much better.

[some jive turkey]

If I listed every conversation I have had with a music store employee that ended with me going : :rolleyes: , then I would be writing something akin to a short novel in this thread

[blackwidow222]

Which store was it? Billy Hydes of Col Gillies?... Billy Hydes are ****ing useless.

[beaker_747]

Was that Drumworx in Fortitude Valley?

[White Riot!]

yup Billy Hydes

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

Wee through the letter box. nah acctually slap the guy with a wet fish

[psychocream]

i hate it when music store people are idiots.
the drum center near me is good.
give them a lug and they'll tell you what its from. lol.

but the nearest general music shop =/.
i was like can i have some american classics, 5B please.
and he sed "wat brand are they?"
then he suggested i got some aheads insted, wtf =/.

[Zildjian]

My local music shop is awesome. they are very knowledgeable about drums ans wont recommend crap stuff

[blackwidow222]

Yeah, Billy Hydes are hopeless, when I was buying my kit, This guy came and asked me what I was after, and then just dissapeared. Over 20 minutes later, he came back, and, when i was looking at all the kits, he compared a low end pdp to a $6000 dw, and asked me if I could hear the difference, I said it was blatantly obvious, and he said he couldnt tell.

Drummers Warehouse all the way. Col is a legend.

[Josiah]

hhaha that's pretty funny though!


6K DW? That musta been like a 10 piece.

DW's price is rock solid the same for the shells, it only changes price based on finish, size and number of them. Speaking of the standard kits that is... not exoctic ones, wich is really finish anyway.

[infinitestrain]

Yeah f*** that man. I do everything myself because I want my s*** to be straight you know? Don't do that to yourself again!

[Dave*Grohl]

such penisbutts

[drummguy731]

you should seat the heads, not try to crack the glue, especially with the snare side head!!