no a 24 in not necessary 22 or even 20's have played and recorded more rock and roll than all the others combined.....

good point...

I have played 24" bass drums all my life. I have 14x24" bass drums from Slingerland(5-ply, also a RK), Tama(Superstar), Gretsch(80's Stop-sign), and Yamaha(Recording Series 16x24), and they really get the job done. Mounting the toms on the kick has never been my concern, just the real estate onstage.

They have always recorded well.

Never had a problem tuning the 24"'s, even with a 2-bass setup(Slingerland 5-ply). Once, I put a coated EMAD on the Superstar with an intact front head while playing outdoors. Even then, after I hit it *once*, everyone in my band turned around and gave me this "no flippin way you are playing that" look. It sounded like an 808 sample.

It's only been within the last 10-15 years that I got into 22's at all. 24's or 20's were my bread and butter for a while.

Dan

Ok, so they're all good! Is there a little bass envy from the 20/22" crowd? I just picked up a 24/13/16 set of Slingy's and am really diggin' the bass drum! Play what you like, and don't worry about being 2" short..........

There's absolutely no sense in arguing about bass drum size. They all have a great voice from the 18 to the 30 if they have the right head, tuning, muffling, mic placement, engineering, & equalization. I believe the immense body of work on records & CD's gives good evidence this.

True, no right or wrong here. I'd love a 24x14 kit to add...

I'd probably still end up using 22s mainly, but at times the extra beef would be fun....also, tuning and heads have much to do with it, and of course the type of drum...a Ludwig 3 ply is probably going to be sweet on a 24. I was reading somewhere that one of Bonham's early kits was actually a 24 and not 26....

I have mainly played 22`s. I picked up a early 50`s 24x14 Radio King last year. This is my first 24" and wow I just love the way it sounds. Not as "boomy" as I thought it would be, very warm sounding. Love it! however, I would not want to be packing this drum around alot, heavy as heck.

While 24's are nice and I'd love to have one someday again, I get a great sound out of my SL 22". Also the newer offshore Luddys we have has a 22" and it also sounds great. Both project very well and have that nice deep thud sound I like and that goes right through you.

I just got a 24" 3ply. I am getting ready to order heads for it. I am really looking forward to trying it out. I have always played 22" prior to this.

Nice! Hopefully I'll be getting one soon...will probably go for a full kit and might go the restoration route (taking orphans and rewrapping)