Making a Subwoofer drum....

[Yoda]

In looking on the DW I noticed in the speciality drum section that they had special subwoffer drums. These looked cool and I figured would add some kind of different sound. In my new Modern Drummer magazine, I saw a Yamaha add that had a subkick drum on the front (an actual subwoofer mounted in a drum) the subkick is almost 400 dollars and I assume that the DW one is about the same. My question:

Could I make my own? Could I mount a tom in front of my bass drum (with no bottom head and a loose batter)? or find and old subwoofer and mount it in that same tom?

[morrison_205]

try it. it would be fun if nothing else.

[drummer]

Yea, it would be fun to try. If you had an old set you could experiment on maybe.

[32ndHeartBeat]

What's the purpose of a subwoofer? I've seen them around Guitar Center and Tony Royster's DW kit, but haven't really specified what changes they make.

[Stevo42w]

it would just add more sub base... but that would be the same as getting a 22, 24, 26 inch bass and tune it low :P It would make a subtle change.