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punkemohardcorekid
03-22-2008, 07:53 PM
i just had a couple questions about it.

1) what's the second foam ring for?

2) i'm assuming it's supposed to muffle the sound on my kick, much like a small blanket or towel would. i put it on, and it still has an open sort of "very low tom" type sound. did i tune wrong or maybe it's relevant to question #1.

i have a feeling it has something to do w/ my reso head being an ambassador as well.

any help's appreciated. thanks.
Berk
03-22-2008, 07:57 PM
that sound is prob from the reso.
donteatpieontuesday
03-22-2008, 08:08 PM
get a new reso, or tune better
Berk
03-22-2008, 09:29 PM
or muffle the reso/
bobby__johnny
03-22-2008, 11:29 PM
i just had a couple questions about it.

1) what's the second foam ring for?

2) i'm assuming it's supposed to muffle the sound on my kick, much like a small blanket or towel would. i put it on, and it still has an open sort of "very low tom" type sound. did i tune wrong or maybe it's relevant to question #1.

i have a feeling it has something to do w/ my reso head being an ambassador as well.

any help's appreciated. thanks.

1) the 2 rings are different ammount of dampening. one will cover more of the drum heads surface, thus cutting more vibration

2) the reso head is gonna sustain the sound out more, but controlled. i have my bass like this now with an EMAD2....sounds great for the low quality of the drum :thumb:
Tim
03-23-2008, 04:20 AM
ps3/ps3 no internal muffling.
/thread
Aaron
03-23-2008, 05:08 AM
Amb Reso/PS4 w/ footy-socks in pedal goalposts.
/fred.
Mr Pink
03-23-2008, 08:56 AM
EMAD...is that being pissed at someone on line???
ThatOneDrummer
03-23-2008, 10:46 AM
ba-dum PSHHHHHHHHH
Panopticon
03-23-2008, 01:20 PM
EMAD...is that being pissed at someone on line???

a bit of a stretch but i guess i can give it to you.
TTTSNB
03-23-2008, 01:23 PM
Two ply heads generally sound like crap on kick drums- go with a regular EMAD or better yet, a PS3.
Panopticon
03-23-2008, 01:27 PM
Two ply heads generally sound like crap on kick drums- go with a regular EMAD or better yet, a PS3.

i disagree, i have an EQ3 and its fantastic.
TTTSNB
03-23-2008, 03:45 PM
Well I've never had any good experiences with two ply heads in general, they just take away a drum's natural tone, but especially on bass drums. Try listening to a kick mostly unmuffled for a while and then try and go back to a dead sound.
Mr Pink
03-23-2008, 04:36 PM
I have 8 kick drums at my house and six different head combos. It just really depends on the sound and the feel you like/want/have to have. Like Mr. Spock said "Kack'n sprittle nos gobble spink."
Aaron
03-27-2008, 03:58 AM
^ Aye. Depends on the drum, the room, the beater, the foot..
Panopticon
03-27-2008, 09:42 AM
Well I've never had any good experiences with two ply heads in general, they just take away a drum's natural tone, but especially on bass drums. Try listening to a kick mostly unmuffled for a while and then try and go back to a dead sound.

i have nothing in my kick drum...all i have is the very slightly muffled eq3.
Harrow
03-27-2008, 10:01 AM
I generally hate 2 ply heads as well, usually I have coated single ply batters and clear single ply resos on all my drums. However, just recently I decided to give coated G2s a try and I also got the EMAD2 on my bass drum and I am really happy with it. The tone is completely different from a 1 ply bass drum head, but I really like it for the music that I play.