[Buddy]

I recently bought ebony pinstripe drumheads. They have a wierd after tone sort of thing going on. I was told that i had to "break them in". What is the best way to do this?

[Tainojim]

That after tone is known a resonance.

Get some resonance Gel of resonance Rings to stop that from happening.

Also check out the tuning bible, Skinslapper swears by it..

Drum Tuning Bible

[gmbydmit]

first off that Drum Tuning Bible looks very interesting!

I've used Remo heads forever....the glue in the rim part always (or usually) cracks when you are seating the heads....what I do, I saw somewhere on the web somewhere (can't remember where :-)....tighten the head a little, push on it in the center (pretty hard) with the ball of your hand, you SHOULD hear some cracking, that's the glue cracking/seating, and that's OK it won't hurt anything...tighten some more....push down again...repeat as necessary....then tighten to your desired pitch...play your ass off

After the initial seating/tuning, I may have to fine tune a bit for the next couple gigs, but for the most part I have always had pretty good luck with em staying in tune....but, that may also be a DW thing

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[Buddy]

Originally Posted by gmbydmit

the glue in the rim part always (or usually) cracks when you are seating the heads

What does that do? Will that damage the heads? IM on a no$$$ budget and am afraid to have to buy a new head or buy anything to be honest. I have ZERO$$$$

[slingerland]

BUDDY If you want a step by step visual tuning so you can't make any mistakes I recommend this it's a great way to tune your drums and you can stop and start it whenever you want and SEE what he's doing so you do the same thing. GO TO youtube.com and type in
bob gatzen drum tuning and choose which you want to tune snare, toms,
Let me know how you did and if it was as easy as I said. GOOD LUCK SLINGERLAND

[drumgiirl16]

im gonna look at this " bible tuning" thing lol i absolutely suck at tuning, ive been playing for 4 yrs and ive always had trouble tuning my set.. either its too high pitchy or its too low... idk hope this helps.

[slingerland]

I didn't say anything about bible tuning READ MY POST AGAIN!!

[Buddy]

Originally Posted by slingerland

BUDDY If you want a step by step visual tuning GO TO youtube.com and type in
bob gatzen drum tuning
SLINGERLAND

Ill try that. Ill let you know how it goes. Probably wont update until friday/sundayish. Ill send you a message on how it went. thanx

[Buddy]

Ive looked at the tunning bible. It works really well but i want to see it.
not read it

[Tainojim]

Originally Posted by drumgiirl16

im gonna look at this " bible tuning" thing lol i absolutely suck at tuning, ive been playing for 4 yrs and ive always had trouble tuning my set.. either its too high pitchy or its too low... idk hope this helps.

In that case, get "The Drum Dial. It's worth it and better than getting a head ache.

After select the parameters, you can fine tun the drums to your taste. I've got a 9 piece kit and it would take me days instead of one to tune them all my way.

Click below and check it out.

Drumdial Inc. featuring drum tuning, drum triggers, triggers, electronic drums, electronic drum triggers