Based on my experience with my 20" ddrum I would use an Aquarian SKII and a ported matching Reso.
I have a small 18" bass drum and I want to get a larger boomier sound out of it that I'm getting at the moment. Can anyone give me advice, I'm going to be getting a new head for it soon so if you could give me your opinion on the best head for me and also the best ways to tune it that would be great, thanks
Based on my experience with my 20" ddrum I would use an Aquarian SKII and a ported matching Reso.
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i have a 22 in and i put a pillow in my bass to get rid of the boomy sound
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I'd guess maybe an ambassador or emperor, definitely no muffling. My gut tells me more so towards an ambassador. you will have a significantly more lively head than a 2ply especially if it's coated. Also important, is there is a very specific tuning technique John Bonham's drum tech used to dial in his signature "big band" kinda sound(one was higher or lower than the other). Being an 18" you are naturally going to have a focus in the tone of the drum, but if you play with a single ply coated head i think you should be able to get close. it would also help to use felt or wool(sometimes called bombers) beaters for your pedal 4-6" from the head. my gut also tells me to avoid any kind of patch, to keep it as open as possible. That size wants to be controlled and focused sounding, so it will be you fighting against the drum to get your sound instead of it's intended one.
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crank the res head higher
the problem is a 18" kick will be never be good for rock..on paper its optimised for acoustic and jazz music
if you want volume which i amuse is what you want not booooooooom! get a sk1 or 2
in the end of the day the less it sounds like a big floor tom and more it sounds like a kick the better
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I have 2 Remo PowerStroke III's on my 18" mid 80's Ludwig birch, with a little bit of foam in it to help give it more boom, and less tone. Heads are fairly tight, and I have a riser on it as well to get her off the ground. I have not ported the reso, and I advise against it with such a small diameter. I think it sounds pretty darned good.
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Using SKII batter; EMAD reso; EVANS EQ pad. Still dialing it in with the SKII (building flooding has kept me otherwise occupied the last couple of weeks).
I am waiting for a KickPort to see how that sounds.
felt strips, most are used with the batter and no port resos, Was wondering can u run felt strips on the reso even if its ported for a good sound?
Hey, Iv`e got an 18" kick with a EMAD batter head and a Evans Inked custom head on the front and everyone tells me at gigs it sounds as good as a 20". It`s got alot of boom
Powerstroke 3 or comparable single ply head as the batter with an unmuffled reso head, Ambassador or similar. Boom.
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I would tune it old school with no port holes, pillows, or blankets. Just use two felt strips on the reso and another two on the batter. This will let your bd shell come alive. If you bury your pedal, just use a thicker beater pad...I go cheap and get mine at homedepot (ie, 2" furniture pads). Try it...its cheap...just a few dollars for the felt strip and the furniture pad. However, you will get the most boom out of your bassdrum.
I would think if you want boom to just use ambassador over ambassador. Clear would give more of a thud, whereas coated would give a thump. Either one would get you that boom, but there would just be a difference in tonal characteristics between the two.
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