That good bass drum sound.

[inclineline606]

I need help with my bass drum.
The thing is, I can't get that bass drum sound. It's always too low and flabby or too high and pitchy. I have a double ply batter and a single ply (and spray-painted) resonant with a 3.5 inch hole. Any suggestions on muting, tuning, techniques? HELP! 

[king]

I like to use a 2-ply bass drum head. Preferably the Evans EMAD, or the Aquarian SuperKick II. I haven't used a coated reso head in a long time. Usually I tighten my batter head to where I get a good rebound but not so it's too tight. I was just checking out this cool product to improve the sound of your bass drum. It's called the KickPort and you can find it here http://futurepercussionconcepts.com/kickport.html

Here's a cool video of Bob Gatzen giving bass drum tips https://drummerconnection.com/users/drumfreak/media/youtube/199-drummers-only-bob-gatzen-tuning-tip-4-bass-drum

Let me know how this works out for you.

[ThatDrummerKid]

I switch around between the EMAD 2 or the SuperKick II for my kick drum. Sounds great for pretty much any kind of music!

[inclineline606]

I can't afford any heads right now, and if I could, I'd get a new floor tom head. Mine is DEAD.
But once I save up some cash, I'll check out that Evans head. The Bob Gatzen vid helped a lot with tuning, but I still can't get that fat punch I hear in a lot of songs. I think it's just the heads like you guys think.
Thanks a bunch. This website is the number 1 thing that I check for everything about drums.

[kyle7863]

Keep in mind that Most songs digitally alter the sound of the drums to make them sound great, so you might be chasing the non-existent godly bass drum sound, but something that always helps for me is to tune the bass reso head medium tight and the batter head loosely, and than put a pillow on the reso head. check it out, might work for you.

[king]

you might be chasing the non-existent godly bass drum sound
That's funny...but true.
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