it makes tuning a bear for the first couple months until you oil up that head and get it to "break over" the droop, too many cracking sounds, inconsistent tuning etc.
rhythmrhyme wrote:If your flesh ring pulls out of center, it's probably too small. I yard on my heads pretty hard and so long as the hoops and crowns match, the only thing that will cause movement is if the ring breaks or bends. You do need to keep the crown and head centred in the drum, but that can be adjusted once the first few lugs are set.
If the lugs are a bit longer, like with an SOS conga, all the ropes and wire isn't needed. I can do them on my own in a few minutes. LP's and many other drums with shorter lugs are a little more difficult. I just get a friend to help and it takes about 30 seconds of their time per drum, I just don't have that third hand to push down on the other side while I'm setting the first lug I think a simple solution would be an extra long lug to throw in the other side - I just don't have one.
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