Hello all!
First post and almost 2 years behind a drum kit and having a blast!!
I saved up for over a year and just purchased a 2006 Tama Starclassic maple kit. My issue here is tuning the kick drum.....it sounds really, really bad. This one is a 26"x16"....I have new heads ordered but still up to 2 weeks before they arrive so I decided to put the ones on that came with the kit. The batter is a Superkick 2 and the reso is the original Tama Starclassic (not ported).
I tuned this thing low, medium, high and everything in between. I tuned the heads equal, one higher, one lower, visa versa, etc. I have a Drumdial too so I'm able to get the tension pretty equal. I tried without the Drumdial doing the "press in the middle of the head and watch for the wrinkles" trick but no luck. It seems like my pedal beaters are vibrating when I try to play.....like they are bouncing back and forth on each stroke. The left beater is just a bit better than the right but not much. Tried the soft side of the beater and the hard side too...no difference. I am REALLY hoping that a ported reso and maybe dampening the drum may help but I keep thinking.....not every 26" kick drum has a ported reso and muffling right? This is driving me to think I just bought a "bum kick drum"?
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Many thanks,
Joe
First post and almost 2 years behind a drum kit and having a blast!!
I saved up for over a year and just purchased a 2006 Tama Starclassic maple kit. My issue here is tuning the kick drum.....it sounds really, really bad. This one is a 26"x16"....I have new heads ordered but still up to 2 weeks before they arrive so I decided to put the ones on that came with the kit. The batter is a Superkick 2 and the reso is the original Tama Starclassic (not ported).
I tuned this thing low, medium, high and everything in between. I tuned the heads equal, one higher, one lower, visa versa, etc. I have a Drumdial too so I'm able to get the tension pretty equal. I tried without the Drumdial doing the "press in the middle of the head and watch for the wrinkles" trick but no luck. It seems like my pedal beaters are vibrating when I try to play.....like they are bouncing back and forth on each stroke. The left beater is just a bit better than the right but not much. Tried the soft side of the beater and the hard side too...no difference. I am REALLY hoping that a ported reso and maybe dampening the drum may help but I keep thinking.....not every 26" kick drum has a ported reso and muffling right? This is driving me to think I just bought a "bum kick drum"?
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Many thanks,
Joe