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Kelly
 Post subject: Shells
PostPosted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:27 pm 
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Shells I have been experimenting with:
Thin 6.7mm, thin 6.7mm with re-rings and thick, almost a half inch shell.
So far my favorite is the plain thin.
These are all 10 x 10.

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cliff
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Kelly wrote:
Shells I have been experimenting with:
Thin 6.7mm, thin 6.7mm with re-rings and thick, almost a half inch shell.
So far my favorite is the plain thin.
These are all 10 x 10.

Hey Kelly,

Please expand on the comparison observations.

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Kelly
 Post subject: Re: Shells
PostPosted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:07 pm 
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It plays out exactly how you would think.
1)Thick shell:
strong meaty thump, very short decay, aka Signature sound.
2)Thin shell with re-rings: short, loud aggressive thump, some decay, cuts off quick, aka Premier Signia's.
3)Thin shell: Softer, more gentle sounding, not as loud, still full, lively resonance, aka Designers

My gut tells me, If I tried all these with a 10x9 and not a 10x10, all 3 would improve. I think greatly.

Does this make sense to you?
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cliff
 Post subject: Re: Shells
PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:20 am 
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Hey Kelly,

As to 1-3, it is, as you say, what one would expect. Always nice when the chance arises to test 'common knowledge'.

No sure I have a clear idea why the 10x9 would be better.

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Kelly
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 8:57 am 
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I believe it would shave off some of the ''Thickness" and balance out the sound more. All 3 are noticeably on the fat side. Which is expected from a square size
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Jeff
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 5:50 pm 
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What models are the shells , Kel? Custom made?

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Kelly
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 14, 2017 12:01 pm 
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This place Jeff.
The shells are pretty nice and look to be vertical grain on the outside. I like that look. Horizontal bugs my eyes.
I wanted to stay away from Keller shells. They are just too common.
Keller has some Vertical grain birch shells which looked interesting but they won't make an 8 tom. Go figure.

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Jeff
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Interesting. Poplar shells?
Reasonably priced, but NO 24 kick. :evil: :lol:

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Kelly
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They are really easy to talk to and might do sizes not listed. I will find out soon enough when I started asking for some off sizes.
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Goki
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:11 am 
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Kelly wrote:
They are really easy to talk to and might do sizes not listed. I will find out soon enough when I started asking for some off sizes.



A drum project - ohhh boy, how I miss those days .... :(


GREAT to read about this sound-shell-size comparison :)

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