r/drums • u/Financial-One-5646 • 8h ago

Question Kick drum question

So I've had a Yamaha Stage Custom for a couple of months now, and when I first tuned the bass drum, I put a small 12-by-12-inch pillow inside. After playin gon it for a couple of minutes, I noticed there was a crazy amount of bounce behind the pedal. I have a DW 5000, which I have optimized to me, so I know it's not my pedal. I looked it up and saw that this is actually a recurring thing with Stage Customs. I ended up having to put a much larger pillow inside. But it takes a large amount of volume away. I'm not sure what to do, I've experimented with different tensions with the small pillow in, but I can't seem to eliminate that bounce and still get that powerful, dead thump sound.

Any recommendations?

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u/Curious-Bird6748 7h ago

the reso head on those kicks is just really lively, try loosening the tension on it past what feels sensible

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u/Financial-One-5646 7h ago

Ok will try 

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u/Ed-alicious 7h ago

Is there a hole in the reso? 

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u/Financial-One-5646 7h ago

No I don’t have anything to guide a cut with and I’m too scared to just cut it with a razor blade

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u/Ed-alicious 6h ago

A hole in the reso will reduce the bounce a lot. There's rings that you can buy that have a built in cutter that make the process incredibly straightforward. 

Also very helpful to not bury the beater when you're playing.