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screamBRYAN
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 Aquarian Superkick II problem.
I just picked up an Aquarian Superkick II bass head, and I tuned it until it was just snug (not super tight, not too loose) and it sounded amazing, but it consists of two layers of plastic, and after an hour of playing, one of the layers sort of ripped... and I'm scared to drop another $35 into another one for the same result.
I play my bass drum with pearl beaters, and always keep it on the plastic side for a more punchy sound, and I do not play too hard. Could this have something to do with it? Have any of you had any experiences like this?
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:39 pm |
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shine.fm-youth
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you're either playing entirely to hard or it was just a bad head,
i play sk2s and i love them and have never had a problem like this
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SGarrett
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Did you use a kick pad on the head? If not, that's your problem and will happen with any head when you use a hard beater. Me thinks you play harder than you realize.
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:18 pm |
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likelight2flies
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I had that happen to the top ply as well, with a felt beater though...which was either either because I was playing too hard, tuned it too tight or the piece of crap danmar click pad i had on there that fell off might have had something to do with it. I just assumed the glue jacked up the top ply. It sounds like a bad head though. If you don't play hard and you tune it loose, I don't see any reason it would split that quickly.
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Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:36 am |
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disrupt13
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use a patch or something, i have had the same head for like 4 years,
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Manzo
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Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:23 am |
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screamBRYAN
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Thanks alot guys. SGarret, you is probably right 
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xdoseonex
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screamBRYAN wrote:Thanks alot guys. SGarret, you is probably right
if you are in fact using a hard beater then thats your problem for sure. If i play on a head for any amount of time without a slam pad i'll dent it
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:07 pm |
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AmnestysLowEnd
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disrupt13 wrote:use a patch or something, i have had the same head for like 4 years,
damn dude change that head and you will be blown away by the tone.
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Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:23 pm |
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screamBRYAN wrote:Thanks alot guys. SGarret, you is probably right
As usual! Yes, the hard plastic beaters will wear right through the head because the fatigue spot on a bass drum head never changes; it was right in the same place the beater hit on the last stroke.
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Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:21 am |
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screamBRYAN
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Yeah, it actually kicked through completely today! I'm heading out to the music store to pick up another one and i don't know whether i should buy a click pad or a regular bass drum pad. any advice?
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:23 pm |
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EOTE_drummer
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i hate click pads. it kills my low end, and any punch the head would have given.
go with the aquarian kick pad, or remo falam.
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:27 pm |
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ThePloughman
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Well, do you want CLIK or do you want THWUMP?
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:29 pm |
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screamBRYAN
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well i'm in a beatdown/metalcore band, so im thinking im gonna go with the clicks, but i like the thwump to. i hate hard choices 
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Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:39 pm |
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EOTE_drummer
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yeah i was about to say if your in to the extreme metal, you might like click pads such as gibraltar or danmar, but if you are looking for tone stay away from them.
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