Fayray - Deep and wide snare beds, that's how they made them! The bed is slightly off-center under the strainer, but it will not affect the proper operation of the snares, or the sound. Just don't use those real wide snares on it. Normal 20 or 16 strand snares will be just fine.Tip: Crank the bottom/snare head. Tune the top/batter somewhere between low to mid-range. Slack off the snares until they rattle and then -slowly- tension them up until you get a good even response out of them. If a buzzroll -plays itself- when you try it out... you dialed it in just right! It should be real tone-y/clangy out on the rims and give you a mighty Pop dead center. When tuned right, they are very forgiving of any technical mistakes, the wash from the snares is a thing of beauty. If you can dial in that sweet open sound, here is a little video that shows just one style that is custom made for the open sound/tuning of a Pioneer. (Different snare drum used in the video, but same open sound, I'm talking about.) There are just certain styles of drumming that Pioneers are made for. As Troutstudio said; specific applications.Enjoy!John
Thanks for that. I'll give that a go. With the beds so deep and narrow I noticed the head was quite wrinkled around the beds. Is this normal or will a cranked up new head sit ok?
