Whoa!...A couple quick questions first:
What kind of music will you play and where?
What kind of sound are you looking for?
How important to you is micing your kick?
OK, now I'll let everybody else answer your question.
Whoa!...A couple quick questions first:
What kind of music will you play and where?
What kind of sound are you looking for?
How important to you is micing your kick?
OK, now I'll let everybody else answer your question.
Usually, you don't have to change your resonant head with every batter change, just every second of third time. But if you are trying to acheive a different sound, then you might have to change the resonant head too. Now I refer you back to slingerlander's post.
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This is an Aquarian SuperKick II. It's barely tightened on the batter. If you pick the drum up by the batter hoop, it the head will shift a bit. The resonant is a several year old Coated Ambassador with a 10" paper towel strip of muffling on the head, tuned medium tight. No pillows or blankets.
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I am playing country...I want soft, non threating bass sounds...
Remo Powersonic batter with stock Remo resonant head and a Kickport. I play blues and this works for me.
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I'd change out your beater for a softer felt, too, if you really want to cut the volume. Maybe do that before switching heads(cheaper.)
+ 1 on the super kick 2, tuned very low with the force front head, man it will rock the bar!
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Remo Ebony Powerstroke 3 with 5 o'clock porthole. Mmmm tasty.
Try an all-felt beater or something similar. To soften the blow. Or you could go heel-down. Country isn't exactly Bonham, so in the long run, heel down may just dothe trick and solve all your problems.
So itchie, how did the kick sound?
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Powerstroke 3 over Ebony Ambassador, both with Remo Muff'l rings. Both heads are actually tightened around a medium (tightish) tension. Tight kills the sound of the kick for me, as does loose. Loose also makes the drum unplayable for me .
The only two constants I have are DW and Zildjian.
I use EMAD2 on the batter and EMAD reso on my 22" kick, I play americana, country rock/alt rock etc. I use a felt beater when rehearsing and doing gigs but use a wood beater in the studio just to get more click. As for tuning here is a great video on how to start off the tuning process for bass drum.
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Hope that helps.
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My first ever bass head change was on a Percussion plus 22", I left the stock reso on and ported it. I placed a light tshirt gently aginst the reso head
I put an evans EQ4 batter on it, I used the evans Pillow against the batter with a tilt on it so when you hit the head the pillow leaves the head for a moment then returns to dampen it. I used that for 5 yrs.
I now have Tama Superstars(22" kick) The local drum store tech suggested the SKII's(he has a set of SS's as well) previously mentioned. They had a combo pack batter and reso W/ a kickpad sticker. I got it for around $70. I haven't used any dampening since. F/T
I use Emad beater and reso and works the best for me. I have tried other heads and all are good, but depends what you want but my combo will work for all music IMHO
I don't have a port...what do they do? How do you put them in?
A port allows for air to escape from the bass drum. It will reduce resonance and sustain. YOu can also stick a microphone into the bass drum for internal micing. They are pretty easy to cut in. Just take an old coffee can and and xacto knife, and voila. You can also get supports and cutout patterns at GC to put a little bit of bracing around the hole.
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heres a great, easy, cheap way to put a hole in the bass drum head. get a metal can, such as a coffee can, that's the size hole you want ( probably 4" to 6"). heat the can on the stove, open end down toward heat. (be sure to take any paper off the can). mark where you want to put the hole. when can is very hot.... with pliers, pick up can, touch to head in desired location. a nice, clean looking hole
emperor or ambassador/ stock reso or 10" hole reso
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