what would you guys think of vented toms?








_________________
"Two of you sold my wallet,
one of you stole my tie.
Didn't you say that you're wathing?
Do or die!"

Dale Crover-

Drums already have vents in them but if you mean like OCDP style vents then you might aswell hit a box to be honest.

Never tryed them but I heard they give a clean sound








_________________
I got it from uh, the get wet shop!

if you want to vent your drums more than the factory vents then you might as well just take your bottom heads off. it will make your drums sound like crap WITHOUT having to drill holes in them to make them sound bad.

teehee








_________________
Pearl Drums
Meinl Cymbals
Tama Pedals
DW Hardware
Vater Sticks
Evans Heads

pearl does it with the cheaper sets
drilling the mounts right into the drums.

Thats not a vent though, thats a way mounting the drum.

A vent is where the air pushes out for sound purposes, whereas the air would be pushed out through the tom holder into the bass drum where it would get lost.

i know its not intended to be a went but its a close example to what hes talking about.

Not at all, the actual vent on all drums is closer to what he means, just much much smaller.

if we're talking about holes drilled for hardware being considered as vents then my 12 inch tom has24 small vents. a.k.a. the holes drilled for the lug screws.

the purpose of the vent is to let some air escape quickly before it all gets to the reso head. the bigger/more vents, the less air hitting the reso head. hardware holes do not promote enough air escape to be considered vents

drummert2k wrote:

if we're talking about holes drilled for hardware being considered as vents then my 12 inch tom has24 small vents. a.k.a. the holes drilled for the lug screws.

the purpose of the vent is to let some air escape quickly before it all gets to the reso head. the bigger/more vents, the less air hitting the reso head. hardware holes do not promote enough air escape to be considered vents

yeah your exactly right there.

but if u want to vents your toms by making a bigger vent for them, look into buying drums with factory made vents, you could very well ruin your drum/s trying to make them bigger yourself. either that or take the Reso head off, but that would make your drums sound like trash.








_________________
Tama/Zildjian/Remo/Vater
www.myspace.com/scotthurford

get a hole cutter at your drum shop and put a port in your reso. ive thought about doing that myself.








_________________
double bass ludwig classic maples. blastbeats over swiss triplets.

meta L ucas wrote:

get a hole cutter at your drum shop and put a port in your reso. ive thought about doing that myself.

just use a razor blade








_________________
Tama Starclassic Bubinga kit #1
Tama Starclassic Birch kit #2
DW snare
DW 9000 double pedal
DW 9000 series hardware
Zildjian A and Z custom Cymbals

i have tested this myself, to be honest it's i tad bit less ringy but thats it

Just do what drummert2k said, just take off your reso heads, that way when you play them and realize how bad it sounds, you can just put them back on and you won't be out any money.








_________________
www.pjclevenger.com

www.medicinemandrumsaz.com

DML Special: 20% off all drums.

Two wrongs don't make a right, but three rights do make a left!