Intervals for the John Bonham tuning style
Everytime I search "how to tune like john bonham", I always get the "find your own sound" responce, or "tune what sounds good to you".
No one ever seems to know the intervals, or the exact pitches the drums are tuned to.. And im pretty sure no one know the exact pitches John Bonham tuned his drums to. Well ive been messing around my drums for about 2 years, trying to get as close as possible to the Bonham sound. I've actually have written down 2 different ways to sound like JB.
My drum sizes are 13, 16, and 22, and ive realized. even if your drums are a bit undersized, you can still get a similar sound to Bonhams big drums, and it helps if your batter heads are 2 ply coated.
(note: the resonant heads are tighter than the batterheads)
List 1: not as tight.
Rack Tom: Batter- G /Reso- C
Floor Tom: Batter- D /Reso- G
Bassdrum: Batter- B /Reso- E
List 2: tighter feel, and its closer to JB imo.
Rack Tom: Batter- A /Reso- C
Floor Tom: Batter- E /Reso- G
Bassdrum: Batter- C /Reso- E
Hope this is of help to the fanatics, and the drummers. Any feedback would be helpful and nice.
..also, sound may vary depending on drum sizes, type of woods, drumheads, etc.
*I got these tunings so it would sound like the drums in 'Since I've Been Loving You,"*
Last edited by Juanbonham; 11-02-2011 at 03:18 PM.
Percussion Plus kit Bonham Setup,
13x11 on bass
16x16
16x16
22x16
14x6.5 Ludwig ??? aluminum Snare
coated G2 batter
ebony Ambassador resonant
Powerstroke 3 coated on bass batter, Ebony ambassador on front
coated g2 over hazy ambassador w/ starclassic 20 strand.
14" Dream Bliss Hi hats
20" Sabian B8 ride used as a long brilliant crash
22" Sabian ride,??? Series
20" Solar ride used as fast crash
Pearl Horacio Hernandez cowbell
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