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Drum Lessons: Billy Ashbaugh: Tuning Tips Part 3

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Billy Ashbaugh: Tuning Tips Part 3

by billy ashbaugh on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 15:46

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In this final of the 3 lessons we're going to take a look at tuning the floor tom and kick drum. We'll also discuss some basic drum maintenance.

I hope you enjoyed this little series on tuning. Remember, these are only my personal views and I recommend that everyone explore as many concepts as possible until you find the sound you're hearing in your head! Good luck!!

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DISARRAY Says FUNNY YOU SAY CHECK THE INSIDE SCREWS!

Submitted On: Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 - 11:01 AM

WATCHED THIS VID TO SEE IF YOU HAVE SOME SNARE POINTERS, I LOVE BILLYS SNARE ON THE YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH TIMBERLAKE BEAT BOXING, AND CHANGED FLOOR TOM HEAD THAT NIGHT BEFORE PRACTICE. LOW AND BEHOLD, I DIDNT LISTEN AND HAD A SCREW BUZZING AROUND THE RESO HEAD AND THAT WOULD HAVE SUCKED LIVE MAN! GOOD POINTER. LOVE THIS SITE. KEITH

billy ashbaugh Says Re: FUNNY YOU SAY CHECK THE INSIDE SCREWS!

Submitted On: Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 - 12:18 PM

Man...that's happened to ALL of us. How do you think I got the idea for the pointer :)
Thanks for watching!!

DISARRAY Says Re: Re: FUNNY YOU SAY CHECK THE INSIDE SCREWS!

Submitted On: Thursday, Sep 23, 2010 - 8:42 PM

besides most of bob gatsens stuff, you are very reputable in my book. love the site and push it all the time to my students and fellow drummers. you are very talented. i rec ord and tour with several projects and have a hard time getting my snare consistent from room to room. i trigger my kick for that reason, but do you think the snare triggering in smaller venues is worth while? note: all time favorite snare tone is your vid with justin timberlake beat boxing. give a little hint on achieving that, orthe reason we are unable to achieve that! i run an alessis d4 and an auto comp for kick and snare. just kick triggered though. 13x7 tama metalworks with black x, ambass reso, and puresound blasters. i always end up with super tight heads to get that crack pop, and take it just a touch off being choked to get depth back. your thoughts? am i just trying to achieve what is only gonna come from a brass picallo? check some of the keith feulner videos i posted to get an idea of what the outcome is. the bluesy funk jam, pop rock, or drummerconnection.com tune are the cleanest snare so far. thanks in advance billy. keith

billy ashbaugh Says Re: Re: Re: FUNNY YOU SAY CHECK THE INSIDE SCREWS!

Submitted On: Tuesday, Sep 28, 2010 - 4:29 PM

Wow...thanks man! I really appreciate that.
As for triggering in small venues, I'm not really sure it would translate out front if it can't be put in the PA and be part of the mix....I guess it depends though.
Thanks for the compliments on the snare sound. A lot of what you hear has to do with the processing and mix our front of house guy...I got lucky :) I actually tune much like you do. Top & bottom heads are very, very tight. I think tuning this way helps the snare to project and the sound really fits the music. The snare I used was not a brass piccolo, but it still had that sound through tuning, micing & processing. Hope this helps!
I'll be sure and check out some stuff you posted...
Thanks,
Billy

DISARRAY Says Re: Re: Re: Re: FUNNY YOU SAY CHECK THE INSIDE SCREWS!

Submitted On: Wednesday, Sep 29, 2010 - 7:24 AM

GREAT BILLY. I REALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE ADVICE YOU GIVE HERE AND THE REAL WORLD PROJECTION YOU GIVE, AS WITH MOST EVERY MODERATOR HERE AS WELL. GREATEST SITE FOR THE ASPIRING OR WORKING DRUMMER. THATS A GOOD BLEND.

billy ashbaugh Says Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: FUNNY YOU SAY CHECK THE INSIDE SCREWS!

Submitted On: Wednesday, Sep 29, 2010 - 12:59 PM

:) Thanks

Onsetdrummer Says tuning

Submitted On: Wednesday, Sep 1, 2010 - 12:37 AM

I tune my batter head on my bass drum just tight enough to where my claws dont wiggle at all. same thing with the resonant side. This gives me alot of power, things have been know to fall of shelves in my room because of that.

drumfreak Says I love it!!

Submitted On: Sunday, Nov 1, 2009 - 3:39 PM

I love it!!

Grasdackel Says Thx

Submitted On: Friday, Oct 30, 2009 - 2:36 PM

Thx man!!
This helped me very much! Now my drums are back on the road again...

ThatDrummerKid Says Nice video

Submitted On: Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 - 10:18 AM

I helped shoot it :] yay

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