| James please could you tell | crash
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| Me how much you torque lug screws when you put a drum together?
I like to put them all at the same tension and just enough to keep them from falling out. When you get them new they seem to be much tighter, I think this choke the drum some and I love open drums.
Now I use a Cordless screwdriver with a torque control, before I just used my hand and kept putting back the screws that fell out.
I have to say that I tighten snare lug screws tighter becuase I put more tension on a snare drum but toms I tune low and open so they get less.
I think this makes a big difference in the sound of drums or I'm just being anal.
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| malletjazz3
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| You mean the mounting screws affixing the lugs to the shell?
Mine are tight "hand tight" - as tight as I can get them using a hand screwdriver, but not so tight that I risk stripping the thread. If a screw has a tendency to loosen up, I'll hit it with a little bit of LocTite when I put the drum back together.
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| crash
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| You would think that by putting them very tight it would put pressure on the shell, well I do anyways.
I found that if you lighten up a bit the drum will vibrate more.
The trick is to put them in not so tight to choke the shell and tight enough so they don't fall out.
I did this on my drums and just did it with the studio's drums and I hear a difference.
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| malletjazz3
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| | My purple kit is going to need some fresh batter heads soon. I'll give this a try at that point, once I have access to the mounting screws, to see if I notice anything. | | Message posted 44 days 5 hours ago | IP Logged |
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| crash
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| Just put more tension on snare drums.
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