Tama Starclassic Performer B/B drum kit

[Jay]

Hey Cowbell Cowboy
 I also have the Tama Starclassic B/B kit 10, 12, 16, 24. Stock heads were Evans G2 on batter G1 on reso. I swapped all batters to Aquarian. I am still not quite happy yet with my 16" tom, can't seem to get it to equal the tone of the 10" & 12" toms. I removed the reso head just to get my pitch first, (a little too dead sounding) so with the reso back on it's a little too lively again, which got me thinking. Has anyone ever ported their floor tom reso's? Oh come on you've all ported your bass drums, a 20" bass drum is not that far off an 18" floor tom. I was thinking just a small hole like maybe 1" or so. Thoughts?
Or I was going to try puting an Evans dampening O ring inside the drum laying on top of the reso. Anyone ever done that? Well I think I am going to try it, can't hurt.

[audiotech]

I don't play with a ported bass drum. As for your B/B floor tom, it's just a matter of the proper tuning. Evans G2 clear batters and G1 clear resonant heads are just about the perfect combination for those drums. I won't put down Aquarian heads because I never used them, never had the need.

Good luck.
Dennis

[SmackADrum]

I have this kit and use Aquarian Performer IIs on all toms... Floor tom sounds great...

[adsboyd]

I had the exact same kit in the following sizes - 10", 12", 16"
I did like the 16 and got a pretty good sound with an ebony remo ambassador on the bottom but I have recently chnged the kit for the same again but Lava Glass Glitter finish in these sizes 8", 10", 12", and 14x12 floor.  The 14" is a great sounding drum and does not sound much less bassy than the 16x14 I had before.

I changed from the Black to the Red cos I thought the black looked a bit boring on stage and kind of dissapeared when there was a black backdrop. The red is just more special for me!

Pics of my kit can be seen here
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p259/adsboyd/IMG00030-20091120-1740.jpg

The previous black gold glitter can be seen here:
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p259/adsboyd/IMG_2101.jpg