I have a snare tuning question/problem. I can't seem to eliminate the "boomy" sound. Me and my wife have tried tightening and loosening the lugs for the batter head but there is still that slight boomy sound associated with toms.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

I always felt that snares should sound ... err ... I mean you should hear the vibration from the snare wires MINUS any boomy sound.
Mine is like you can hear the normal vibrations from the snare wires PLUS there's a slight boomy sound ... like those from the rack tom. And it sorta like echoes a bit.

I am just just describing it the way I know how Sorry if it sounds confusing ...

This post has been edited by cyberixus: Jan 8 2013, 10:00 AM

Hahaha ... my SPM was in 1988

Err ... ok ... I'll think of something.

Sorry for the poor recording.

Yeah, it sounds better with two layers of felt.
Thank You for your comment and suggestions.

How much is your friend willing to spend on the drum set? and the cymbals?

I had that budget in mind when I was going about sourcing for a drum set. My suggestion will be PDP Z5 which I think you might be able to get for less than RM2k.
And then Stagg DXK cymbal set which I think would fit the budget nicely. Should be less than RM1k.

CAVEAT:But know that the shells are poplar and the cymbals are brass. In time as your friend progress, he/she will be thinking of changing the drum heads, changing the brass cymbals to bronze ones and upgrading the drum set.

I would have been happy with the Z5 and brass cymbals had I not learnt about poplar shells, birch shells, maple shells; and then there is bubinga and and some other obscure wood from some forsaken land far far away. I figured that in the future there will most probably be changing of drum heads and then replacing the cymbals. But the drum set stays. So it figures for me to get a better drum set. That was how I ended up spending above my budget and got the 5 piece PDP Concept Maple series.

My wife is very happy with the purchase. Our drum set at home sounded much better than the one she plays at the music centre where she goes for her drum lessons

Another factor for the purchase was that she fell in love with the white finishing of the drum set. It was the best looking white drum set out there LOL

CAVEAT: I bought our drum set less than a month ago. You might want a second opinion from other drummers here who are more experienced.

Tighten the batter head or reso head?

Ohh ... ok ok .... Thanks a lot. Really appreciate it.

Aiyo ... mana ada jamming. My wife had just started drum lessons. So I bought her a drum set so that she can have more practice at home.
I find that the drum lessons of 30mins per session @ once a week a bit ridiculous for anyone to learn anything. With no drum set at home, it would be near impossible to practice. And by the next session, you would have forgotten what you have learnt in the earlier session.

Occasionally, I sit on the drum throne and start hitting away nia. I don't even know how to read the music book ... with all the lines, columns and "taugeh" So I learn bit by bit from my wife lor. She had violin background when she was younger. She no longer plays the violin though.

On another note, I have heard from a Drummer that there is a very good drum teacher in Station 18 Ipoh. But the drummer couldn't tell me the name nor the contact number or even the address of that drum teacher. Do you know? Where do you go for your drum lessons?