hey there,,

new to this forum hi there,


I just got a new DW kit, which arrived yesterday ago,

got rid of the stock Batter heads, and put on some remo emperors on,


ER i am not liking the sound, i can get it ok on the 10" but nothing else,

do i need to get some resonant heads,


or do recommend different heads



many thanks

you can try just tuning untill you get a sound you want i guess, but i'm not that helpful in this section so i'll keep checking abck to see what people say as well.








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what kind of heads do you have on the bottom?

you need to put resonant (thin 1-ply) heads on the bottom.

also, get the drum tuning bible. great book.

also, search this website for threads on tuning. everything I could tell you has already been said in 100 other threads.








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Congratulations, you just bought a kit with super sharp bearing edges and extremely fine tension rod threads. You're just going to have to learn how to tune it.








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Dr. Rodney McKay wrote:

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get rid of the emperors. I got a pdp and it came with the dw heads also and I still have the same resonants
on mine and they sound fine. I just changed the stock batters to some evans ec2's.








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Witsnick in the boolia base!

Its odd though,

i think i just want a very particular sound, thats very hard to get


i may put some pinstripes on

fat sound

I like emperors myself.








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pdp wrote:

get rid of the emperors. I got a pdp and it came with the dw heads also and I still have the same resonants
on mine and they sound fine. I just changed the stock batters to some evans ec2's.

Those aren't the same heads that come on DW kits because DW heads actually sound good.

aceridgey wrote:

Its odd though,

i think i just want a very particular sound, thats very hard to get


i may put some pinstripes on

fat sound

If you want a fatter sound Pinstripes would be a better choice.








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Dr. Rodney McKay wrote:

Well, I only know one thing and that is that flying darkness that eats energy can only be very, very bad.

http://www.MySpace.com/PageFive

oh, sorry about that. I guess mine don't have the full ring around them, on mine the coated rings were split into four parts.
But yeah I din't like them very much. Anyways, go for the pinstripes. I have some on my old crappy kit and they even make those sound pretty good.









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Witsnick in the boolia base!

SGarrett wrote:

Those aren't the same heads that come on DW kits because DW heads actually sound good.

dw makes heads? does someone manufacture them for them?








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Remo makes their stock heads for them.

mine looked like that on my pdp.


that's what "good" dw heads look like.
sorry about the bad picture.








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Witsnick in the boolia base!

They're the same style head, not the same quality.








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Dr. Rodney McKay wrote:

Well, I only know one thing and that is that flying darkness that eats energy can only be very, very bad.

http://www.MySpace.com/PageFive

i think they are like ambassadors, with a coated ring around them.


Well, now i am just tuning the drums to the note punched inside the drum, and its a slow painful process getting there, i may purchase the tama drum tuner, just to get the even pitch at each lug, what do you think?


Regards aceridgey

That's exactly what the DW heads are, not the PDP heads. The PDP heads are budget heads meant to keep the over-all cost of the drums down.

The note inside the shell was stamped before any of the hardware or finish were put on. Read the Drum Tuning Bible and follow the directions.

The trouble you're having is the sharp bearing edges and fine pitched threads on the tension rods. These can be very unforgiving if you don't have a firm grasp on tuning lower quality drums. That is, provided you have a DW and not a PDP...it's hard to tell sometimes. Seriously man, I've tuned many DW kits.








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Dr. Rodney McKay wrote:

Well, I only know one thing and that is that flying darkness that eats energy can only be very, very bad.

http://www.MySpace.com/PageFive

would u give me advise about tuning DW kits??? with the fine threads and the bearing edges>?