18 Floor Tom Tuning

Post by gaddabout mon may 30 2011 10 13 pm.

18 floor tom tuning.

Some kits have more and others have less any number of tom toms in any size can be added to any any kit it s just a matter of the player deciding what they need. Was wondering if any of you have some strong opinions on tuning an 18x16 floor tom. Tuning chart 8 x 8 9 x 10 10 x 12 11 x 13 12 x 14 13 x 15 14 x 16 14 x 14 16 x 16 16 x 18 4 x 14 5 x 14 5 x 14 6 x 14 14 x 18 16 x 20 16 x 22. A standard five piece drum set for example features one floor tom next to the snare and two rack toms above it.

I have an 18 inch floor tom and a 20 inch floor tom. If you can t do that then do what i do put a remo pinstripe on the top and. I ve been working with a kid who has a really nice custom maple kit teaching him some tuning techniques and letting him develop his own opinion on the sound he prefers. The dealer threw in a pinstripe for free which i also thought would be a good choice.

And yes they are hard to tune but if you find a. On the bottom and then work from there. I have just added an 18 floor tom to my crush acrylic kit and am having trouble getting it to sound good. To get just thump out of your floor tom i d get one of those 16 emads for toms.

Tuning an 18 floor tom. I ve also seen guys use bfsds on floor toms but it really kills the projection of the drum. If i tune it down low like i usually do with my 16 it sounds really thin and papery like there is no bottom head on the drum. I just assumed it would be like a 16 but bigger.

Conquer one handed hihat 16ths in 5 simple steps. Coated g2 over resonant glass is a killer combo for a controlled yet resonant tom sound. Toms floor toms batter resonator depth x dia top head bottom head x 6 x 8 x 10 x 12 x 13.