Hey Scott, looks like you've joined the exclusive 20", 22", 24" Blaemire bass drum club. Congratulations! Welcome

This is true. There are now 3.

Thanks Gregg

SA

Scott - Those Rogers parts never looked so good! Very nice job on that one! So how does it sound?

John

I`m not sure that drum goes on a stand, but ya never know !!

It sounds big, deep and boomy. Miked it tonite. There might just be a little too much boom/after ring for the miked sound.

Still no hole in reso.

I am finally getting used to the feel of a larger drum without a reso hole and NO cloth pillow inside.

My 20 with some pillow stuff has real fast response. I am used to that one.

But not much "after boom."

Is that a new phrase?

The stand in question is a little bizarre for a BD.

Needed something to raise it off the ground for a better pool shot.

Luckily, I had a snare stand on hand made for an 18-inch snare.

Fun Stuff Fellows

Thanks for Listinin

SA

I don't like cutting holes in reso heads either! I also never use internal muffling. ie; pillows, blankets, beach towels etc. My fav head combination is; an Evans coated EMAD for batter side, and a Evans coated reso head. By tuning the reso head slowly, if you find a nice tone/sound, just a little above the *lowest fundamental note, (the tension point where the head starts to resonate freely, you'll hear the sound of the drum open up,) then tune up the batter and add or remove as much of the foam muffling rings as you wish from the batter, until you achieve the desired sound. You'll get great 'attack' on the back-end and out front, the drum will sing the note that the reso is tuned to, without a lot of 'over-ring.' Good head combination for me generally speaking.

Love the drum...

John

Hey John,

I use clear Emads on all my Blaemire bass drums. Can you tell me your experience with the difference of the clear and coated Emads?

I've never bought the clear EMAD, so I can't comment on any differences in sound. All I can say is; I like the control the coated head allows for in terms of muffling. Like I said earlier, I don't ever stuff anything inside my bass drums in order to achieve some degree or other of muffling. I want the shell to be able to vibrate freely so I can tease all of the tone out of the drum that it is capable of giving. That's my only criteria; that the bugger sounds good. Like a human heart-beat.

John

Love the Green!

Nice drum.

20/22/24 club? Is there a bd club for 18/20/22 I wonder?