cliff wrote:
For as long as I have been using the 16/C, 14/G, 12/C, 8/G tuning, I have noticed that the 16" is on the border of being 'flabby'.
I've noticed the same thing. Squeezed my 16 up a notch and it fills out like... well, like a floor tom.
cliff wrote:
The other thing that occurs to me is that my stick bag is hanging from lugs on the 16" (and hence laying against the shell), and this may be doing some damping as well.
Mine hangs there too. It does provide a very mild damping, but nothing like the effect of lower tuning.
cliff wrote:
I would imagine that I could fix this also by going to an 18" as the last floor tom, but I don't think the problem is severe enough to go that route.
I loved owning an 18, and would like one again, except I don't really want to be lugging it around. The 12/16/18 is a very powerful combination in toms.
I am dealing with a different problem: I don't like the 75 tuning on my 12". It sounds great for solo work, but in the music we're playing I need a lower note. Trouble is, a lower note (like 74 top and bottom) opens that drum up to where it overpowers everything, and I am struggling to control it even with finger strokes. I am having mixed success with tuning the reso up about a third, but I'm not fully satisfied. I'm wondering about other head combos, including a more muffled reso.
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