Re: Tuning Help
LOL, if all you have is your standard drum key, Kiss, the main thing, as already mentioned is even tension on all the lugs. Whatever tone you want, it still comes down to even tension, think of the analogy of tightening down a valve head cover on a car engine, the same idea.
Sans the drum dial, it comes down to finger-feel, you "feel" how tight one lug is, then go across the pattern and "feel" the same tightness on that lug, etc.etc., working around the rim. Don't expect torque-wrench exactness, not needed, but you'll be very much ballparked.
I don't know if you run double heads on your toms, I got rid of my reso's immediately, for my reasons, but that sure saved a lot of two-head symbiosis headaches. Got the added benefit of less stuff on the toms, meaning less overall weight, and a spare head if I had need of one for a quick fix.
Last edited by Tam; 01-02-2009 at 09:37 PM.
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