My surprise, tuning like Bonham

majortom · Post by **majortom** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:42 pm

So the other day after watching a bunch of Zep youtube stuff I thought it would be cool to tune up my set using the same heads/tunign as Bonham.

I based my info on his former tech jeff Ocheltree who has a nice little vid on the web about how the drums were tuned and the specific heads used.

I was blown away on how seemingly illogical it seemed...tuning the drums quite high especially on the resonant side and the big "drum" sound it yielded, meaning you end up realy hearing the drum especialy on the snare. The snare to me ended up sounding like a timbale' with snares and at the same time WOW! there was that Bonham sound.

Same with the Bass...high tuning(esp. on resonant)/big sound.

Then my biggest surprise, the tighter tension on all the heads resulted in me being able to play much of the Bonham riffs with ease. The three doubles on the bass drum from "good times bad times" came off easy...so much fun!
Just thought i would share this cool experience, Tom.

oldguitars · Post by **oldguitars** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:51 pm

yeah, i don't know why people think that he tuned low.

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 2:39 pm

Yeah when you tune the BD up tight suddenly all of the Bonham crazy foot pedal work starts to make sense! Especially with a full head on the front, then you really get rebound off of the drum head.

majortom · Post by **majortom** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:55 pm

Yep, you're right, full head on the front...I guess the thing i kept saying while I was hearing where ity was all going was the drums are sounding like...well, drums.

I had my girlfriend bang on em a bit and they do sound very nice, they are not the same sizes, which is cool cause they sound different but the same?

themagicmanmdt · Post by **themagicmanmdt** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:38 pm

yep. that's the way to do the kick. it's not for everything, but it's always for everything i'm doing.

MT · Post by MT » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:42 pm

T-rex wrote:Yeah when you tune the BD up tight suddenly all of the Bonham crazy foot pedal work starts to make sense! Especially with a full head on the front, then you really get rebound off of the drum head.

OT, but your sig. gave me a huge laugh. Emo's never been better summarized!

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:30 am

majortom wrote:I based my info on his former tech jeff Ocheltree who has a nice little vid on the web about how the drums were tuned and the specific heads used..

link pls!

T-rex · Post by **T-rex** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:13 am

MT wrote:
T-rex wrote:Yeah when you tune the BD up tight suddenly all of the Bonham crazy foot pedal work starts to make sense! Especially with a full head on the front, then you really get rebound off of the drum head.
OT, but your sig. gave me a huge laugh. Emo's never been better summarized!

I know I love that line. I wish I could take credit for it but a friend of mine saw it somewhere.

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:38 pm

dwlb wrote:link pls!

Jon Nolan · Post by **Jon Nolan** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:09 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:
dwlb wrote:link pls!

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:12 pm

Here You Go!

Judas Jetski · Post by **Judas Jetski** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:17 am

That's pretty cool. Thanks!

C_R_J · Post by **C_R_J** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:19 am

i have had physical graffiti playin on my monitors pretty much non stop for a month now.

its wierd. usually before i record i listen to physical graffiti, or metallicas ride the lighting. who knows. im wierd...

majortom · Post by **majortom** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:17 pm

Sorry for not getting yo that link, I was out of town for a few days with the band...another strange side note about the drum tuing, I play with earplugs in all th tie and have grown so used to how I usually tune my drums that it was very strange to hear them this way, but with the tighter tuning I could definately pull off a bit more in the way of chops easier. lots o fun.

off the subject...did a gig in Silverton Co -26 below on new years!

micyourbrain · Post by **micyourbrain** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 8:22 pm

tune my kit
PLEASE?

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