Hey basses drummers

[BDAZdrummer]

wat size bass drums do yalls schools use?

[BDAZdrummer]

ok? well i ask bcuz they plan to take out my 28inch bass out of the line

 

bcuz of the dome for state and they wanna put in a 14 inch bass

 

meaning our smallest will b a 14inch

but i disagree with my directors doing that

bcuz the 28inch gives our drumline

more personality with lower and darker tones

[springbassliner26]

16'', 18''(<---mine), 20'', 24'', and 28'' I think.

 

In my opinion, our top bass puts out massive sound when you just tap it, so anything like a 14'' might be too high pitched and would probably transmit sound way more than any other in the line, possibly making it sound like a tick.

 

And I agree with you about the 28'' being the dark and low tone, but I can see what your director is saying. The sound that the 28'' made, depending on how what the pitch of the head is and how tight it is, could ring forever in the dome.

 

But don't go listening to me, I'm only a sophmore, I'm sure your director knows what he's doing. So I would trust him.

[Lustra.exe]

im not a bass drummer but i'd thought i'd say this.

 

have yall seen that Vic Firth practice pad for basses. it's really cool. yall should check it out.

[SHSfreshmanSNARE07]

ROFL^^^ only a snare drummer...

[txsweetheart183]

  Lustra.exe said:

im not a bass drummer but i'd thought i'd say this.

 

have yall seen that Vic Firth practice pad for basses. it's really cool. yall should check it out.

yea!! omg but idc bout the bass one i like the tenor one.. both very smart.. both very expensive

[hawksnare08]

  Lustra.exe said:

im not a bass drummer but i'd thought i'd say this.

 

have yall seen that Vic Firth practice pad for basses. it's really cool. yall should check it out.

Yeah that thing's pretty cool...

 

Back to the topic, i'm pretty sure we use an 18 (<-- used to be mine), 20, 22, 24, 28, and 32. Maybe it's a 30... I'm not quite sure b/c we didn't have bass 6 when i played bass. (<--good times)

[txsweetheart183]

  hawksnare08 said:

Yeah that thing's pretty cool...

 

Back to the topic, i'm pretty sure we use an 18 (<-- used to be mine), 20, 22, 24, 28, and 32. Maybe it's a 30... I'm not quite sure b/c we didn't have bass 6 when i played bass. (<--good times)

i miss bass drum =[

[percussioninstructor]

Basses...the LOUDEST instruments on the field! The program I teach had a thin year..only 35 winds so percussion blend and balance was a constant issue. I used 16, 20, 24, 26 with very small mallets. The bottom end was compensated in the pit with concert bass. Do you know how hard it is to have young bass players, play softly???

[springbassliner26]

  percussioninstructor said:

Basses...the LOUDEST instruments on the field!

hehe...yeah...for every part we have thats supposed to be soft, we play it at 2 inches and then our director says "alright, basses, add about 20 more p's to that." It's hard to play that soft. Especially triplet roll, geeze, that's tough.