Hi guys, any thoughts on my Ashton Maple shells needing a fix up on the bearing edges? Actually the bearing edges themselves are in mint condition, I bought the kit second hand, it is only a few years old and on fitting new heads found out that my 12" mounted tom and my snare drum seem badly out of square by between 3-5mm which seems like a lot. The problem with the snare seems to be a manufacturing fault, you can clearly see where the factory router has unevenly cut the inside bevel and left the edge quite high by a good 5mm. The tom is a combination of out of square & a poor routing job, not by quite as much but there's still quite a gap under the edge when placed on a flat surface. Maybe 3mm or even more.
I couldn't get them to tune up so thought I'd better check them and whamo! I couldn't believe it, I hadn't even considered they would be so badly out of shape bein so new and they haven't been bashed around at all, they look like brand new still so it does seem they have been like this from the factory.
Any thoughts?
Regards,
Nigel.