Bass Drum Muffling

greeninc13 · Little Goldfish Joined: 29 May 2004 Posts: 53

Ive been using a pillow to muffle my Rockstar Custom bass drum for a while. It gives the drum too much of a dead sound. Any suggestions on a better way to muffle? Ive recently bought a new evans hydraulic head so buying a self muffling head such as the aquarian super kick is out of the question for now. Thanx

TRIB · Lion King Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 1242 Location: AZ

i think using a blanket works better that a pillow. i dont know... mabey im just wierd...

mufaza · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 3:27 pm Post subject:

I use Tama's Power Kick bass drum mufflers. It's littlebit expensive but it works. Wink

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Snake · Big Lion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 989 Location: DFW

I have a RC too. I don't muffle the kick any more (not since I discovered the greatness of the Super Kick II/Regulator combo), but used to have some foam eggcrate in there. I cut a strip of it that went about half way up the sides and was just wide enough to lightly touch both heads. Worked pretty well - you might want to give it a shot.
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DanielBM85 · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 6:55 am Post subject:

snake, have you found that skin combo for the bass drum to be more than adaquete as far as achieving a great sound? i ordered them for my new kick thats coming in, im going to be using them on maple, what do you use them on?
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Snake · Big Lion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Posts: 989 Location: DFW

I have them on my Rockstar Custom kick. I'm happy with the sound. Tuned relatively loose with no extra muffling, it has a big, boomy sound without too many ringing overtones - I always say it sounds like a canon. If you like your kick more punchy than boomy, just adjusting the tuning (or adding a little extra muffling) will get you there. I bet you'll be very pleased with the SK II/Reg. combo. Cool

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rawrock · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:11 pm Post subject:

the evans EMAD is pretty nice.

babse · Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:25 am Post subject:

I use a Remo Muffler on the bass drum.
It does the job pretty well.

M@ · House Cat Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 169 Location: Ohio

Nullin of Void · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 12:00 am Post subject:

I use an Aquarian with a Falam Slam.

It sounds amazing. And loud.
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paintballer687 · Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2004 1:51 am Post subject:

falam slams are more to protect the head and i wouldnt count it as muffeling.