Hey guys,
I wanted to contact a couple of you individually (in particular snills and a few others), but many of you have not listed email addresses...so I'll just go live with my question and hope for comprehensive and diverse feedback.
Recently, I posted my experience with "shimming" my v-ride bell with a circular piece of rubber effluent tubing. It worked great at first, but shortly thereafter resulted in such an increase in sensitivity that the bow was firing the bell intermittently...but enough to be unacceptable for practical purposes. So, I removed it and cut the shim to extend only from about the 10-2 oclock position. This stopped the bow from triggering the ride, but now I have differing and sometimes inconsistent volumes on the bell....with the 6 oclock position being louder and more sensitive than the 3 and 9 oclock positions (where I usually work the ride). The sensitivity is still good though. Weird.
Now, I am wondering if I really should just be shimming that approx. 2 inches around the 6 oclock position, as originally shown in the picture posted by snills? Snills (and others), my questions are...should the shim be right under the strike zone for optimum effect? And is it wise to apply tape directly to that circular trigger?
I am still getting far better sensitivity than without the shim...even though I am having these anomalous volume/sensitivity issues. I'd prefer these issues though to having to beat the hell out of the bell, as before. But, I'd prefer to just get it right the many of you have reported
As usual, any and all insight most appreciated. Thanks a bunch!!
I wanted to contact a couple of you individually (in particular snills and a few others), but many of you have not listed email addresses...so I'll just go live with my question and hope for comprehensive and diverse feedback.
Recently, I posted my experience with "shimming" my v-ride bell with a circular piece of rubber effluent tubing. It worked great at first, but shortly thereafter resulted in such an increase in sensitivity that the bow was firing the bell intermittently...but enough to be unacceptable for practical purposes. So, I removed it and cut the shim to extend only from about the 10-2 oclock position. This stopped the bow from triggering the ride, but now I have differing and sometimes inconsistent volumes on the bell....with the 6 oclock position being louder and more sensitive than the 3 and 9 oclock positions (where I usually work the ride). The sensitivity is still good though. Weird.
Now, I am wondering if I really should just be shimming that approx. 2 inches around the 6 oclock position, as originally shown in the picture posted by snills? Snills (and others), my questions are...should the shim be right under the strike zone for optimum effect? And is it wise to apply tape directly to that circular trigger?
I am still getting far better sensitivity than without the shim...even though I am having these anomalous volume/sensitivity issues. I'd prefer these issues though to having to beat the hell out of the bell, as before. But, I'd prefer to just get it right the many of you have reported

As usual, any and all insight most appreciated. Thanks a bunch!!
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