14 Inch Floor Tom Tuning

I ve always had trouble tuning them too especially when i had a 14.

14 inch floor tom tuning. Toms floor toms batter resonator depth x dia top head bottom head x 6 x 8 x 10 x 12 x 13. Most importantly though if you tune it up high it still has a great full sound. Amazing tuning and sound. Tuning chart 8 x 8 9 x 10 10 x 12 11 x 13 12 x 14 13 x 15 14 x 16 14 x 14 16 x 16 16 x 18 4 x 14 5 x 14 5 x 14 6 x 14 14 x 18 16 x 20 16 x 22.

I have a 5 piece set of emerald green stage customs that came with a 14 floor tom. Personally i find that a ringy floor tom sounds just fine if you are planning to play with other people but if you need the ring gone tape muffle rings and moon gels should fix it. It just sounded like it couldn t decide whether or not it wanted to be a tom or floor tom. 16 s sound great but only when tuned lower.

Some kits have more and others have less any number of tom toms in any size can be added to any any kit it s just a matter of the player deciding what they need. Support sounds like a drum on patreon. As stated tom toms are the support drums you add to your kit. Taking a 16 inch floor tom and tuning it up high will get the same issues as a 13 inch tom.

Tuning the boing out of the floor tom originally posted by fiacovaz the interval of the 4th is a bit wide when tuned between heads on the same drum but a third is as bad but only if you insist on not keeping the batter and reso head with the same pitch. 14 s are the perfect versatile drum for a jazz setup. A standard five piece drum set for example features one floor tom next to the snare and two rack toms above it. What i am talking about here is what are the noticeable differences in sound characteristics between a 16 x 14 floor tom and a 16 x 16 floor tom that are the same brand and type of wood just with a the two inch depth difference.

Kalos kp 6810 roto tom set 6 inch 8 inch and 10 inch toms with stand.