How To Set Up Your Bass Drum For Maximum Stability And Sound
Photo credit: Glen Bowman
The most important thing to achieve when you're setting up your bass drum is to make sure it does not slip. The second most important thing to achieve when you're setting up you bass drum is to make sure it really does not slip at all. If you've ever had your bass drum slip away from you while you're playing you'll know how important this is and why I'm repeating myself.
If it slips away while you're practicing then its slightly annoying but if it slips while you're gigging then its a catastrophe. Once your bass drum starts slipping at a gig, it will keep slipping until you can't reach it anymore. Not cool and very embarrasing. Usually the only remedy to this is to put something heavy in front of the bass drum. The guys at Rainbow Music told me a great horror story of someone actually having to
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