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How Do You Tighten Your Tuning Lugs? (Locked)

oldfartdrummer
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12 August 2005

Drum key, speed wrench, torque key, vice-grips, Leatherman??? What is your most common way of removing and tightening the tuning lugs on your kit? Inquiring minds want to know...... ...from a Native American language meaning "Stale-Lump-In-Back-Of-Leather-Pants"
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deltadrummer
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12 August 2005

First of all they are called Tension Rods. The lugs are the things that hold the threads for the tension rods.

Now for a complete description I will paste the same post that I've doen before....

I tune a little different than most since I combine 30 years of feel to my tuning process. But basically it's this.... Remove ALL heads.... Clean Bearing edges and rims with non alchoholic cleaner. Run a THIN coat of vasaline around the bearing edge. Place the resonant head and the rim on the shell then dip each tension rod into a little vasaline before starting it. Once all the Tension rods are in FINGER TIGHTEN them as tight as they can go. Now SEAT the head (with the palm of your hand in the middle of the head press hard). Using your durm key tighten the head to just get rid of the ripples and 1/4 turn more. Follow the same procedure on the batter head. Now adjust both heads (no more than 1/16 of a turn on each tension rod) independently until the drum "Groans" that is the optimum tuning for that drum. You will know it when you hear it.

Steve

Studio Technologies

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SBL1
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12 August 2005

I have a Yamaha "Power Key" which is basically an oversized drum key with a longer "T" handle I use to change heads. I have a regular drum key on my key ring that I use to tweek the tuning on my kit. Lee
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oldfartdrummer
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12 August 2005

Oops, thanks Steve! Lugs, rods, screws, hexes, bolts...you know what I mean! snick Maybe I should stop posting after that ninth beer..... ...from a Native American language meaning "Stale-Lump-In-Back-Of-Leather-Pants"
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ASDdrummer
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12 August 2005

usually use the key that came with my iron cobras but always have a back up on my key ring FUCK ANDREW
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Snoopy
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13 August 2005

Yeah too many beers for u old fart.. this is in the polls section too!! haha Snoopy <-- Thats my drums!
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Menalaus
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13 August 2005

i use to keys opposite each other for the toms, and i use my fingers when doing the snare Rich
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Menalaus
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13 August 2005

doh i got confused i use my fingers to tap the head not tighten the rods Rich
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oldfartdrummer
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13 August 2005

...I kinda figured. ...from a Native American language meaning "Stale-Lump-In-Back-Of-Leather-Pants"
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SBL1
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13 August 2005

sometimes if i'm feelin frisky i'll tighten my rods with my mind Lee
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