How To Tune Your Bass Drum For Phatness : 22" Edition

Please join Drumeo! bit.ly 22×20 Sonor SQ2 Beech Medium : Stratawood High Gloss Ebony There are a million conflicting views on how to do this. This is how I do it and Ive tried to lay it out in a way that anyone can give it a try as well 🙂 In this video Ill walk you through tuning a bass drum, muffling and a few tips on dynamic playing with an open tuning. STOP BY MY WEBSITE www.AaronEdgarDrum.com CONNECT WITH ME ON FACEBOOK http FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER www.Twitter.com PRIVATE WINNIPEG DRUM LESSONS www.AaronEdgarDrum.com SKYPE DRUM LESSONS www.AaronEdgarDrum.com LEARN MORE POLYRHYTHMS www.AaronEdgarDrum.com LEARN MORE METRIC MODULATION www.AaronEdgarDrum.com LEARN MORE BEAT DISPLACEMENT www.AaronEdgarDrum.com LEARN MORE TIME SIGNATURES www.AaronEdgarDrum.com LEARN MORE RUDIMENTS www.AaronEdgarDrum.com SUBSCRIBE TO CATT HALPERNS CHANNEL www.youtube.com

20 thoughts on “How To Tune Your Bass Drum For Phatness : 22" Edition”

lAmAMeatPopsicle
February 20, 2013 -

Unnngh…. Dat kick.
Nic Sheds
February 20, 2013 -

New drumheads are tight-ish. By tensioning them tighter than you normally would, you "stretch" the drumhead. Basically, when you hit your drumhead, it stretches, and detunes to a lower tension. Newer drumheads detune lower than "stretched" drumheads. It’s an ancient chinese secret that people like if they’re nitpicky about tuning and consistency. Buuuuuuut Aaron could easily blow my explanation out of the water.
chaosdelta23
February 20, 2013 -

Do you, by any chance have a video of how your base drum sounds?
chaosdelta23
February 20, 2013 -

could somebobdy please explain to me what he means by stretching out the heads?
julianisdope
February 20, 2013 -

Im pretty sure they just come standard with sq2’s
BigBoyMurray1987
February 20, 2013 -

Where did u get those tension rods
ddrummer1989
February 20, 2013 -

Sound’s good I dig the snare drum more though lol.
anoitedman
February 20, 2013 -

Great tuning technique!!!! Wow!
DoctorKnowYou
February 20, 2013 -

Hello, I was wondering if you could give me a few pointers. Currently I am using a 22" by 16" kick drum with a Remo Powersonic with a kevlar kick pad for the batter, and a Attack Medium thickness, single ply, self muffling head as the resonant with a 5" port hole. The drum produces a very dead and quiet sound even with no muffling. I am looking for more power and a thud, I am using Iron Cobra’s so I don’t think the the pedal is a problem. Perhaps the thick resonant? Any pointers? Thanks!
thelethalmoo
February 21, 2013 -

i have too have mine pointing at a wall, kinda suck no matter how i tune it it will allways kinda kill some of the sound
CHRISDRMS27
February 21, 2013 -

How many Drumsets do you have ??????
15mforero
February 21, 2013 -

Thanks aaron so i should change the heads to get a more punchy low end sound? What about clear vs coated? What diffference in sound is there?
aaronedgardrum
February 21, 2013 -

The P3 has a lot more attack and less boom than the EMAD. Arguably of course, it’s all in how you tune it. I personally find with the EMAD the low is enhanced and it’s a little more warm and oomph sounding.
aaronedgardrum
February 21, 2013 -

Yessir, there’s no processing on this recording.
15mforero
February 21, 2013 -

Does your drum sound like the recording in person?
15mforero
February 21, 2013 -

The powersroke is coated and i have a folded blanket barely touching each head
15mforero
February 21, 2013 -

It doesnt sound punchy like yours
15mforero
February 21, 2013 -

It is 18×22 and i have the remo powerstroke 3 on it
aaronedgardrum
February 21, 2013 -

Nice! That’s what I like to see. Drum community is always so helpful. 🙂
aaronedgardrum
February 21, 2013 -

Hmm, strange, what size? If you want lots of low, a never fail combination is a clear EMAD and an Onyx reso, tune both as loose as you can without a growly sound. Then experiment with your muffling. 🙂

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