What exactly do the felt pads that sit UNDER the drumheads do? I am assuming these are the mufflers everyone talks about but I dont know what the hell they are supposed to do. I tighten that knob and dont see much difference to be honest.
Also, everyone says to tune a set of drums. How do you do that? I just tightened down the skins as much as i could with a crescent wrench. They should make some kind of special wrench for that. It would be MUCH easier than using that stupid crescent wrench for sure!!! I couldn't find a nutdriver to fit the four sided head of the tension rod either.
I am totally serious here too. These questions proabably seem trivial to the experienced drummers. I inherited my vintage drums from my father and really dont know much at all about drums.
any help would be appreciated
drumhack