Re: Help needed!
I play the Gretsch Cat Club kit, and I have G1 coateds all around. I still have the factory resos on there, but if I replaced them, it would be with G1 clears, or Evans Resonant heads. The mahogany snare drum sounds better with the top head tuned a lot lower than you normally tune a snare (maybe 75 - 80 on a DrumDial) , and keep the strainers kinda loose for a little fatter sound. This isn't gonna be bright like a metal snare would be, and it is certainly quieter.
At first, I thought the ride tom and floor tom sounded real vintage 'boingy.' Fortunately, my son has played this kit out a few times and I got to hear them out front; they sound totally awesome from the audience! You don't hear the boing, just pure solid tone. Get out in front of these drums with another drummer playing them and you will hear how great they sound.
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