I personally don't suggest you sit or jump on a head to stretch it. Once you put it on, Crank it a bit..and let it sit for a while....allow the head to settle naturally. If not, you will have uneven stretching and the head won't last you as long.

Let me re-state:

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Post your tuning methods for the world to see. Tell us what kind of sound you are going for and have achieved. Tell us what heads you are using and even the tools you have on hand to tune the heads. Go into every detail on your tuning method (I don't want to see any one line tuning descriptions). Tell us what has and hasn't worked for you. Like any other thread, if your post is off-topic it will be deleted. If your post is not in a descriptive format it will be deleted. There isn't any need for conversation to go on between members in this thread. Let us make this a pure reference thread for members to easily find different tuning methods without having to read through garbage. This can be an invaluable guide for somebody to find information if it is done right.

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what kind of foam on that website would you use Toe?

High Density, Medium Firm

I ordered the foam for our basses and it has worked wonders for both my high school line and my indy line. To totally outfit 5 basses it cost 57.00 that includes shipping, and spray adhesive. I highly recommend Toe's foam hook up. In the indoor setting we are i think the only local line using a 28" and pulling it off without the judges eating us alive. The drums sound sweet. Thanks Toe for the advice.

Glad it's working for you. Good luck

Now that is some cheap foam.. Thanks for the info!

Does anyone have tuning tips, and sounds/note pitches for this set of drums:

16
20
24
28

im thinking of either buying the line a 22, or a 30 what do you guys think? either way, im anxious to hear your thoughts

Use what sounds best to you.

If you're anxious to hear what people think, search the site....I think I've contributed to a few bass drum tuning threads which we've gotten pretty detailed on the subject.

How do the musical situations of the show effect how you tune. two or three people said something about it but no one really elaborated.