I know a guy who uses a 14 x 11 tom tom in a cradle, as a bass drum and it sounds killer in a small room.
I was at a local music shop the other day, and I saw somebody had converted a 12" tom to a bass drum, with wood hoops, legs, riser, tom mount. Lame
SERIOUSLY! When is this silly small bass drum fad going to pass? How small are bass drums going to get before it's over? Eye Ball
All I know is that my bass drum evolved to fit a gig I play. It works very well. I just played it recently on a gig with Wayne Horvitz. He seemed to like the sound of it. And he's played with some pretty good drummers, so maybe it's not just my imagination that super-small bass drums can work in the right setting.
12" sounds a bit small even for me....but I won't rule it out. It's all percussion, after all. Maybe something like that could be used like a left-foot cowbell pedal -except with a 12" drum....?
I was at a local music shop the other day, and I saw somebody had converted a 12" tom to a bass drum, with wood hoops, legs, riser, tom mount. LameSERIOUSLY! When is this silly small bass drum fad going to pass? How small are bass drums going to get before it's over? Eye Ball
8" by 6" ??????
I have made 12x16 bass drums over the years for Jazz drummers..They sound good to me but only for Jazz music..Oh i have also made a 18-Dx16-H bass drum for a friend was played top 40 songs.Mikey
