Mitch enjoyed seeing it on facebook yesterday.

Cool thanks! Some nice feedback on that post, good group of fellows.

Mitch

Mitch yes they are.

cool! your amazing!

Nice Mitch. 10 lugs good call and looks so nice too. You'll never hear the extra holes when your playing them. :D The single flange hoops look great I really like them myself.

> so they should fill and disappear nicely...

Mitch - Use a little wood filler and one of those pens made for touching up wood furniture! I did it to a mahogany tom I had with extra holes and the touch-up pen made the plugs disappear.

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Great job on the drums. To me, single-flange hoops with clips just screams vintage! Nice work buddy.

John

Thanks dudes. You guys are the best!

I was very surprised by the change for the better in tone with the sf hoops, maybe cuz less material, the fact they're brass, the particular way they tension. I dunno but there's some magic there. Mind you I'm comparing them to MIJ hoops I had on the drum. Maybe Ludwig NOB triple-flanges would do the same? Different kind of tension dynamics than the single-flange...thoughts?

The big holes will get carriage bolts. They have dark wood filler in a tube at the hardware up the street, little nozzle like a mustard squeezer, might work good for the little holes. If it doesn't dry the right colour I'll dab a little burnt sienna and raw umber on there [but thanks for the tip John!], those two seem to equal mahogany.

I'll post again here when I open it up for reinforcement panel installation...

Mitch

That's a good looking 22!

Hey Mitch, how is the tuning go with the single tension rods? I have always wondered about that.

Jeff, I have the Emad batter on there, the one that comes with the foam damping ring you insert into the plastic holder - it has made every bass drum I've owned including MIJs sound fantastic, but this one's the best yet. I never put sheets or pillows in there except for recording if a damped tone is called for.

It's true you can't tune the batter and reso independently, but with just a coated amb as reso, and the thicker Emad batter, it works out about the same. Technically you're supposed to have the T-rods at the back for access while sitting at the kit, but to me they are too cool to hide at the back.

I use the method where you finger-tighten the heads, then apply pressure with your hand to reveal wrinkles, then *just* tune the wrinkles out. Even with that loose tuning I find backing it off once in place produces the ultimate slightly flabby whomp!

All this to say - the tuning goes just great! In the end all it is is half the work lol!

Mitch