Bottom (resonant) heads make all the difference in the world....any decent kit will have bottom heads...in the 70s, "bottomless" drums were all the rage...and they sounded like crap, lol.....but the bottom heads do make a world of difference concerning tone and resonance....a drum cant fully resonate without them, and all the nice overtones and warmth of a drum are lost out of the bottom of the drum immediately after you hit it, if there is no bottom head....much like playing cookware, lol
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