Everyone loves reel-feel's
Especially the old tan/brown/yellow rubber ones, with the black wood and black "workout" side, People with those throwbacks seem to die by the reel-feel
I've personally never used a heavy hitter pad, Stock or Slim, But I do use the old tan reel-feel with my drum instructor, and Ive used the new age grey reel-feels, Nice, but it's pad hands waiting to happen, So you'll need to adjust to a real snare for a bit before you try and transfer something from pad to drum
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My favorite YouTube comment
On the subject of a bad tenor player
just to let you guys know, being a drummer, he meant to hit the rims, it's part of the effect. It changes it up a bit.