I hope that this subject hasn't been discussed already, but I searched and couldn't find any specific answers to this question.
As I posted in another thread, I have a Roland TD20s kit with a Hart Pro snare. The Hart Magnum head on the snare keeps losing it's tension to the point where after a couple of months, I've cranked it down to the point where I either run out of thread on the lugs and/ or the rubber rings on the rim prevent me from cranking it any tighter. I don't want a marching snare feel, but it gets so loose so fast that if feels like a floor tom! I called Hart technical support and the guy said "If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that...". Great.
I want to change all of my drums over to the Harts but am wondering if I can use the Roland heads on them so I won't have the stretching problem (I could use a 12" Hart tom as my snare instead of the 13"). So the question to you all is has anyone tried this? It seems like it would solve my issue if the two are compatible.
On a different note, does anyone else despise the L-rod style mounting system that Roland uses? I can't believe they (Roland) would use a bracket that covers half of the shell and leaves so much bare metal exposed. Couldn't the Roland guys take a look at some of the other manufacturer's mounting systems and come up with something more elegant? Sheesh! This is part if the reason why I like the Hart stuff. You can actually see the shells because they're not obscured by ugly hardware. And the Pearl style mounts are much more adjustable. Just my .02.
As I posted in another thread, I have a Roland TD20s kit with a Hart Pro snare. The Hart Magnum head on the snare keeps losing it's tension to the point where after a couple of months, I've cranked it down to the point where I either run out of thread on the lugs and/ or the rubber rings on the rim prevent me from cranking it any tighter. I don't want a marching snare feel, but it gets so loose so fast that if feels like a floor tom! I called Hart technical support and the guy said "If I had a nickel for every time I've heard that...". Great.
I want to change all of my drums over to the Harts but am wondering if I can use the Roland heads on them so I won't have the stretching problem (I could use a 12" Hart tom as my snare instead of the 13"). So the question to you all is has anyone tried this? It seems like it would solve my issue if the two are compatible.
On a different note, does anyone else despise the L-rod style mounting system that Roland uses? I can't believe they (Roland) would use a bracket that covers half of the shell and leaves so much bare metal exposed. Couldn't the Roland guys take a look at some of the other manufacturer's mounting systems and come up with something more elegant? Sheesh! This is part if the reason why I like the Hart stuff. You can actually see the shells because they're not obscured by ugly hardware. And the Pearl style mounts are much more adjustable. Just my .02.
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