Remo 16" Ring Control

I have a Pearl Export, perfectly good middle-of-the-road kit in my opinion, but the toms are all really resonant. I mean really, REALLY resonant. So much so, with the original skins on (which aren't brilliant anyway), that you avoid playing them. So in a rehearsal studio scenario you have a couple of options. You can either spend hours fiddling about with tape and tissue and cushioning and tuning. Or you can buy one of these, fit it and play. Took just a couple of minutes to fit, totally took my ringing toms in hand, they sound great now - a bit of tuning and I've got a perfectly passable sound for practising. Top notch 'lazy' solution for toms that resonate way too much.

I'm pretty sick of hearing people harp on about their unwillingness to compromise on the beautiful tome of their bass drum by using a muffling system that comes in between the head and the shell. Then they go and stuff a pillow or a blanket into the drum!!! The Remo muffle ring system works! I use it on all of my bass drums. Yes there's thin plastic in between the wooden bearing edge of the drum and the rear of the head. But it's soft and conforms neatly to the shape of the edge. It allows much better resonance of the head and shell than a drum stuffed with pillows! I love it. Both on kick drums AND marching bass drums!