You could also go for the powerstroke fiberskyn.....and save the hassle of the felt....

[COLOR="Purple"]dang...they have those ?Coffee Break2[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Journeyman...check out EgoCentric single point lugs. I usually use those as replacement lugs when I renovate an old sorta thru-lug kit like the Classmate. No need to redrill or drill add'l holes...and you end up w/ independently tunable heads. Just a thought. Although, I agree with you that, for a bass drum, the existing equal tuning setup isn't bad really.....Remo Fiberskyn bass drum head with a falam patch sounds like the prescription I would go with for the bass drum batter.....if t seems to "lively", stretch some felt across it.[/COLOR]

So, I got the Fiberskyn and tried it with an Ambassador coated reso. When I tried it, I saw the value of having a heavier head on the batter with the thru-lug design: because the tension is same front/back, the thicker batter head has a lower pitch, which is what I like. Inspired by that I put an Aquarian SK1 on the batter, and with a felt strip on the Ambassador reso, it's aMAZing. Great thump with just enough quickly decaying boom.I'll find a good use for the Fiberskyn on another kick too. Experimenting is half the fun, of course. Thanks again.