Replace resos when possible with something 1ply for a bit more sustain. Thump generally points towards a lower sound, so you aren't going to want to have a higher tuning or brighter sounding heads for this task. I believe the heads you chose for the job are great, they are 2 ply and ebony so tuning them in the lower ends of the spectrum shouldn't be difficult. The thing to remember is to keep checking lug to lug and making sure they aren't wildly far apart tonally.
Tune in a star pattern checking from farthest opposing lug, going around the drum and tuning evenly. Once the wrinkles are gone, you should come up upon a low range, and you can keep going if you like until you hit a mid range- but it's not necessary. You should have by now gotten these heads right where their sweet spot is. Stock resos should be discarded asap, most of them don't sound good and cause various problems and frustrations that can be avoided by upgrading them.
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