bass drum

I'm trying to put a vinyl logo on a bass drum. It's a marching bass drum, so both sides are batter heads. With the cheap heads which came with the drum, a standard vinyl sticker adhered pretty well, but we weren't happy with the sound and have upgraded to EMAD heads which sound excellent. (We...

Hi everyone, any help would be appreciated. I have an Alesis Surge kit, about 8 years old. The bass drum started having issues about 6 months ago and wouldn't trigger until you hit it 3 or four times, and then eventually just stopped working. I took it apart to try and and figure it out and the...

Putting aside the debate of porting vs. not porting a bass drum head, and putting aside the debate of what size of hole, etc., let's discuss the following: If you do port your bass drum reso head: are there pros/cons to centering the hole between two lugs or is it better to align the center of...

In case anyone is interested in checking out the rocking motion technique for playing the bass drum.

Trying to get the biggest tone I can out of a 20" kick so I trying out the Evans EMAD2. How many of you rock the EMAD? It's my absolutely favorite go to head. Here is a video comparing the factory DW Remo head vs the EMAD2. Let me know what you think!

Am I supposed to leave my foot up or down between base beats? It feels natural to keep it up but the pedals on the TD02kv offer no resistance and so I'm constantly forcing my foot up. If I rest the foot down between downbeats I have to lift it up just before the beat to be able to drop it again...

I've been playing with no reso but was looking into porting but don't know whether to port to lower right side or a big center...or to not port at all I have a 22" x 16" & mainly play classic rock & thrash if that helps at all

This is an absolute game changer in my opinion. I'm super stoked to record my next drum cover now!! I just upgraded my internal microphone with the Kelly Shu kick drum shock-mount system! What an absolute night and day difference from how i was recording with just a mic inside the kick. It was...

What are those things called that you put on your drumheads(bass drum mostly) that protect it from damage. and what website can I go to to see them?

hey guys, im using a tama swingstar kit its sounds good although its consedered low end. anyway i have a 6 inch hole on my front head. and ive put in blanket and stuff in it to muffle to get the nice thud. the problem is i want it to have a louder, bigger sound. i just tuned the batter head...