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Hey all, hopefully you can share some experience and advice with me on this.
I have a matching 17"x20" and 17"x22" bass drums for my kit, and I'd like to cut one of them down. I use both drums quite a bit, the 20" more for jazz gigs (but we also play R&B and rock music) but I also use that drum in the studio with the rock band.
I use the 22" on rock gigs, some mic'd, some unmic'd and I also bring this into the studio sometimes. But both drums are pretty boomy, and I want at least one of these drums to be 14" deep (I may even bring it down to 13"). I figure the 20" wouldn't suffer much from being brought down and would really sound great in the studio if it was 14"x20" but I don't think I could play that live with the rock band. If I cut down the 22", I think it'd sound great live or in the studio, but I think I may suffer if I'm unmic'd. Or would I?
I'm really torn on this and don't want to do something that's undoable and regret it after. Anyone do something like this? Have great results or awful sound after?
Drums are a recent (2012) Yamaha Stage Custom.
I have a matching 17"x20" and 17"x22" bass drums for my kit, and I'd like to cut one of them down. I use both drums quite a bit, the 20" more for jazz gigs (but we also play R&B and rock music) but I also use that drum in the studio with the rock band.
I use the 22" on rock gigs, some mic'd, some unmic'd and I also bring this into the studio sometimes. But both drums are pretty boomy, and I want at least one of these drums to be 14" deep (I may even bring it down to 13"). I figure the 20" wouldn't suffer much from being brought down and would really sound great in the studio if it was 14"x20" but I don't think I could play that live with the rock band. If I cut down the 22", I think it'd sound great live or in the studio, but I think I may suffer if I'm unmic'd. Or would I?
I'm really torn on this and don't want to do something that's undoable and regret it after. Anyone do something like this? Have great results or awful sound after?
Drums are a recent (2012) Yamaha Stage Custom.