bonzolead
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I've seen Gunner a few times I always wondered what size bass drums those were I also remembered he used to put cannons on top of his bass drums.I liked some of Strut's stuff but my fav is his playing on "Fred Bear" by Ted Nugent Funny story I remember seeing him @ Jaggers an old bar back in the 80's and he was playing and singing "Shake Me'" by Cinderella and he sounded just like the lead singer it was pretty crazy.I'm not a member of the 26" club just yet I only have a 24" I do plan on getting a 26" bass soon through.Vinnie Paul used to play 26x26 in Panterra, but he used a lot of processing to get "his" sound.
26 deep would start to sound like a single headed drum with only a little "oomm" at the end of the boom.
With it that deep, you would have to play it harder than the 18 or 20" deep to get a consistently solid sound.
It would probably sound decent, but the actual note of the drum would be pretty long, so doing anything other than AC/DC type kick patterns would get the attack, but less bottom end.
You could put the mic closer to the head a few inches inside the hole, but that defeats the purpose of having a deeper drum--other than for the looks.
With the 20x26 I can keep the mic AT the hole (not inside) and get a good solid, natural sound with a great balance of attack and nice tone.
I know Larrie Londin had some 22 & 24x30" deep drums for recording, but he was able to have a couple mics on the kick, and fool around with the distance from the head etc..
I have some pics of them--they were pretty cool looking.
He used a set for his Pearl promo pic before he went to DW.
Alex Van Halen used 28" deep 24's and 26" kicks live, but his always ended up single headed, so they don't count--unless you want to go single headed on a 26x26....
For rock or metal, it would look cool.
There was a guy in Detroit that used 2 30x30" bass drums custom made by Ludwig (Gunner Ross-Strut, Ted Nugent, Blackfoot...).
His drums sounded really huge though the PA, but like crap unmiked.
They didn't translate well over the radio either..lots of attack and hardly any depth, but in person, they sounded pretty dang cool.
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Bonzolead