Jeffsjetta Posted July 19, 2003 Share Posted July 19, 2003 i never really liked the sound. ya put a new head on, get it cranked its ok. 30 minutes later it sounds like a bad bongo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10ers4life Posted July 25, 2003 Share Posted July 25, 2003 imo, the 8 inch drum is too close, in pitch, to the snare voice, the larger set up is more balanced in the choir of the battery voices. as far as using it as a spock, tried it and it didn't work alone, not enough projection (even drilled 2" projection holes in it)a 6, 8 combo sounds great, at least it does with BD this year, but i'm still sticken with the six pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jascd Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Personally, I am not sure why no one marches a Timbales Line. Talk about projection! I seem to remember X-men in '91 marching them for a while in the show-pretty sweet! As for the 8" drum, I marched 6(shot)-8-10-12-13, and the HS lines I taught used the same setup. I prefer the basic quad portion to have the 10" instead of the 8", since it has more body, and helps extend the range of the drum "chord". The point aboout the 8" blending with snare voice is correct - it's basically invisible unless you tune the tenors down, but that makes the tenors sound muddy. The 8" is better used as a second shot drum to the 6", just make sure to have a big enough budget for the heads you'll go through! as was also correctly pointed out, you really gotta crank those things into the stratosphere to get a quality sound, but man, there's nothing quite like it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhiatt Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Never used an 8" spock before. But I can imagine how much you'd have to crank the d### thing in order for it to sound decent. When I was in high school, we used a 6, 10, 12, 13, 14 set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jascd Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Never used an 8" spock before. But I can imagine how much you'd have to crank the d### thing in order for it to sound decent. When I was in high school, we used a 6, 10, 12, 13, 14 set up. That's an ideal 5-tom setup. I guess an 8" shot would be better called a "bongo". Essentially, with a 6" and an 8" together as a set, that's what you have: a set of bongos. We could have used that setup well in '88! Our caption head could never get the sound he was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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