TUNING UP A SURDO W A DRUM DIAL

Howdy all. I have been having the most amazing time out on tour with Dead and Company this summer. While out on tour, I wanted to use my

GoPro HERO9 Black 5K Waterproof Action Camera
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to share a few drum tuning tips I use that help me keep ALL of Mickey Hart's drums in tune, as Mickey has A LOT of drums. LOLOLOL! So here's a quick tip for using a

Digital Drum Dial
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from Big Bang Distribution to help maintain the balance of your drums from gig to gig while out on the road. In this case I use the Drum Dial every 3rd gig to double check the tension balance on Mickey's 3 big surdos. To learn how to re-head, and tune one of these Surdos, please stream the full lesson FOR FREE at

https://www.kennysharretts.com/ppv-on...

These surdos travel attached to a drum rack that itself is secured to the riser decks via my custom ROCK RACK LOCKS from Solid Stage Customs out of Tulsa, OK. The drums are attached to the rack via three mounting points each on drum so they are very secure. The ROCK RACK LOCKS have a shock absorbing lining so the drums take very little abuse in the truck, BUT there is still some shaking. Add the thrashing Mick, Jay, and Otiel would put on these drums every show, and it made sense to tune from show to show, but double check tensions with pitches every 3rd show. So to be scientific, and efficient I brought in the
Digital Drum Dial from Big Bang Distribution.

You can check out the Digital Drum Dial here as shopping via these links helps to support my channel.

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I've used the old school one, and its cool,. This Digital model , however, takes it to a whole new level. IF I want to use one of these, this is the way I'll be going from now on. LOL Either way this tool helped me map out tension imbalances so I could see AND hear how to rebalance the head for the maximum tone possible. It is after all Drums and Space with the Dead. So go big or go home right??!! LOLOL! Thanks for watching, and please subscribe if you have not already done so.

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