what heads are you using?

Remo coated ambassador batter, remo amabassador snare

Maybe experiment with a moongel JC...

I can even tame my 60s and 70s MIJ snares with one in the right place.

Sometimes all that is needed is lean one halfway off the rim.

Good luck man !!

Beautiful work, btw, as usual!!!

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Moongell is a cheap/easy solution.

Thanks for the tip guys, I will definatly try them.

JC

JC. Moongel is a good solution. If you are not happy with the results, ther is always more Moongel. For a temp fix, try a small loop of gaffer's tape. If you don't have that then duck tape will work as well. At that point you will have a pretty good idea if the Moongel will solve te issue.

If not, then try either a Remo coated CS head or an Evans Genera Dry. I use the CS heads a lot as the dot darkens the drum and controls the overtones a bit, but mostly for the addition strength in the head. The Genera heads have a series of tiny vent holes around the perimeter that really do dry the drum sound out. I have found them to be a good fit for certain snares.

As to the Acrolite, thise are great drums. Basically a Ludalloy Supra without the finish and a couple fewer lugs. It will be tough to beat that.

Ya I have to agree that my Acros are the best sounding drums I own. But I do not have a Supra or supersensitive or that many snare drums at all really. I tink I have about 14 snare drums.

Thanks for the drum head tip. I am going to try the moongel for 6.00 Im sure they will be used somewhere. If that don do it, I will try different heads.

Thanks again everyone!

Almost done. Spent the day putting the bass drum together. The screws did not want to thread into the lug casings very good so I ended up running a 8/32 tap through all of them to clean them up. Also painted the bass drum hoops and glued the steel inlays back into place using the silicone again.

Now its down to the 16" floor tom, I will get that in the next week or two. The kit looks nice but part of me wishes I had bought the steel wrap for the rest of the kit because it is kind of rough. Oh well, its a nice kit and I will have fun playing it.

Jeff C -- lookin' good!!

Bill

Jeff,

Man those drums just look loud! They look really good too. How does a black dot head with a nylon tip stick sound?