I've done the same test with vintage drums. I've 'a-b' toms from different manufacturers (more modern) and asked several drummers to identify them. There are variations on these, but that seems to be about it. A warm calfskin drum, a warm vintage drum with mylar, and a modern cutting drum. My gut tells me that there are about three types of drum sounds that we hear. Fact is, they sound great.Īgain, I ask.do we know what sounds good? I haven't the heart to tell them these are the dreaded 6ply shells that everyone shuns like the plague. I get gobs of comments (most of which I've deleted) that talk about how wonderful the old vintage Luddies sound. I have a 6ply Ludwig kit that I've posted on YouTube. My question is this.Is there a BEST? It seems to me that we all have opinions and they are very different. Slingerland drummers weigh in on the RadioKing vs 3ply vs 5ply. We even have some guys saying that Ludwig lost that vintage tone when they adjusted the pressure rollers by 1970. Some say it has to be 3ply, some say it's the Jasper multiply. It seems that the more people I ask, the more I realize that no two drummers 'hear' drums the same way.
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