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I've had a Drum Dial in my drum room for years, I love them. It's always nice to check out your tension with a dial and see how you're drum is doing. It also gives you pretty accurate tuning. These are my techniques and I will still tune the drum on the kit... minor tweaks or a complete retune. Remember, Drop Tune, and Check out Bob Gatzen's Tuning Lessons on youtube |
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Drummer Comments (6)
[+] Add CommentPirate Johnson Says TOP Versus BOTTOM: Tension?
Submitted On: Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 - 10:37 PM
Why do most people tune the reso higher on their toms & bass, yet do the inverse for their snare?!?!?!?!?
Pirate Johnson Says ARGH!
Submitted On: Saturday, Jan 14, 2012 - 10:34 PM
What price range should 1 fall under?!? I've saw & heard of people using the dial to tune their full kits. I was wondering if there is some kind of suction created by the plunger or does it have some kind of glue-like crap on it? The top head made it sound like it might have. Is the little tab U removed just to help reproduce the distance from the rim accurately?!?
glennyj Says drumdial
Submitted On: Sunday, Oct 3, 2010 - 7:03 AM
wish i had got one years ago.
drumbo Says drumdial
Submitted On: Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 - 9:01 AM
I should get one! Question: If I bring my drums to a more experienced friend and have him tune them, can I measure the tension with the drum dial, write the tensions down, and then use these numbers to tune my drums later when I change to new heads?
Thanks for a reply.
LEE5336 Says DRUMDIAL
Submitted On: Wednesday, Aug 4, 2010 - 11:53 AM
I got one and certainly helps getting my heads close to where I want them.
Michael Reed Says I like!
Submitted On: Tuesday, Aug 3, 2010 - 10:25 AM
Dude, I wish I had one of those last night! Woulda knocked off some tuning time and left me some more practice time. Rock on!
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