Mr. Clean

Come on now... This is ALL personal preference. I know we all want to believe that we can hear a huge difference between almost identical drums, which cranked beyond belief, with all different kinds of heads, in all different climates/situations with all different techniques being used on them... TOO MANY VARIABLES, TOO SLIGHT OF SOUND DIFFERENCE! It depends on tuning... I have a Pearl export that I can put new heads on and if I tune it right it's comparable to my "Expensive" custom kit. I've used the export in professional situations and people say "man that kit sounds good what is it?" However, if I have worn out heads on it and don't tune it right it sounds like poo It depends on technique... Different touches on the drum create different sounds; different sticks also have a small impact on the sound. Playing in the center of the (bass) drum gets a different sound than above center etc... TECHNIQUE makes a HUGE difference. It's usually not the drum it's how you play it. Don't jump to blame a lack of projection on the drum when it might be the players and their technique. It depends on the writing... Sound projection many times depends on the style of music and the style of your writer. Bass drums project if they are the only ones in the corps. playing. Good exposures and smart writing create projection. Perfect example: Scouts 95 (I happen to be in the bass line) I hated the sound of our bass drums on video and live recordings. I cursed Yamaha!! However, cavies drums sounded GREAT! And than so did BD's, was it our tuning or technique or bead placement or writing??? Either way they were the same drums but they sounded completely different. WE COULD PLAY however, it didn't project and when it did I didn't like to sound. I tend to base it on durability in which case I have a hard time with Yamaha and Premier. Yamaha customer service is a lot of lip service. Not that they are bad people...just overworked and under paid. Pearl is next to impossible to reach and tend to be very impersonal. I have heard noting but GOOD concerning Dynasty customer service. Who's to say what is 100%, hands down the best! My .02

MN Brass bass line is good... B) You can check out some of their beats from last year on Drumlineparkinglot.net But once this years beats make it to the site I think you'll be more pleased speaking as a bass drummer. For a bunch of seniors they sure can play some e's and a's. "We've got the runz" -2004 MN brass bass

Minnesota Brass... Because, Their old and their clean!