| Depth is also a factor as in all drums.
" Shell diameter is more responsible for pitch than any other element. Depth is responsible for the duration of the note and aids in resonance." I Quote the DTB
I have personally found this to be quite true. The sound that modern drummers want from thier bass drum is not a drum sound at all. Accordingly, They just muffle the drum up all the way and buy ultra dampened heads like the EMAD to thier precious maple bass drum to give it that Sacred short *KLUNK* thus rendering the depth of a drum useless because there is no more signifigant reverberation within the drum. Only the sound of the attack of the beater is heard. So, to get back on topic, the difference in bass drum diameter is all relative to how you play your bass drum in the first place along the lines of what style of music/noise you make.
A 26" bass drum? Wow. Know its depth?
I allmost bought a highly mobile gig set once, it had a 16" bass drum and it sounded very much like a bass drum with no dampening but an impact pad on a coated batter head, it also had a coated reverb head. Those guys had it masterfully tuned though.  |