BTW, if you decide to let this set, go, I will put them on a layawy plan, these would make a nicely rounded addition to mine.

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Quick update: I had a chance to start working on these. I decided to remove the snare system on the rack tom because the snare had to be undone to mount the tom onto the bass drum. The guy that did the mod had to have been totally high.

Four holes were drilled for the snare throw, not very small ones, either. But the good news is that the snare beds cut are very subtle. So subtle, in fact, that I didn't even think they were there at all when I first looked. So I'm thinking that I can leave the edges alone at this point. However, when I put the heads back on (a Fiberskyn FA batter and clear Diplomat reso) I wasn't all to impressed with the sound. It had to be tuned really high, and even then sounded a bit choked.

And that leads me to my question. Would the addition of snare beds totally mess up the sound and/or tunability of this drum? Or could it be that the heads are the problem? I've never used a Diplomat on a tom before, would I have better luck with a medium thickness reso head?

Your thoughts are appreciated as always.

Believe it or not, I use a Hazy 300 on one of my floor toms and always sounded bad, until that went on, now it is wide open and sopunds wonderful. With the addidtion of the snare beds, you may very well have some issues. You can work that out by gradually building up with wood filler.

On another drum project I used Plastic Wood filler that was recommended on another site. I haven't used any other products like that before, so I have no real point of reference, but I didn't like the stuff, and it didn't seem to work particularly well. It didn't adhere to the edge like I thought it would and when I sanded it most of it came right off. I dunno, maybe I did something wrong. Point being, if I can get away with leaving the edges as they are with the right set of heads and tuning, I will.

By the way, I just removed the snare system from the floor tom. Cleaned it up, edges seem fine, and I put a medium clear head on the reso side. I'll use the Amb snare side for an actual snare drum. Too late to play tonight, but I'll tune it up tomorrow and see how it sounds.

Cool. I use a lot of it on these dry, splintery old shells wtih great results. I don't use Plastic Wood. It is something else, I'll have to look.