![]() Once the head conforms, you can back off on the tension a little if desired. Outside Roundover Edge: This edge is designed for a trampoline effect bounceback for players that do a lot of Traditional grip drumming where buzz rolling is. Keep it fairly tight over a number of days, tightening periodically to take up slack as the head stretches, and that slack at the snare beds will go away. It might take a little bit of time and tension to stretch the bottom head so that it conforms to your snare bed. (My 1950s Slingerland Radio King also has deep, narrow beds.) A lot of newer drums have more subtle snare beds that you might not notice unless you set the drum shell down on a perfectly flat surface and looked carefully. All my other snares have the standard 45 degree sharp bearing edge, and they all. It's been so many years since I played a snare with these kind of edges, I forgot what I was missing. On some vintage drums, the snare bed is narrow and deep, making it visually obvious. I recently copped a new wood snare drum that was made with 'vintage roundover' bearing edges. It creates a slight curvature to the bottom head so that the snares can maintain good contact all the way across the head. That's called a snare bed and it's a characteristic of almost every snare drum out there. Chicago Drum & Restoration offers a variety of Bearing Edge options. The bearing edge is even except where the snares cross over the bearing edge, on the strainer and butt sides. The bearing edge is the part of the drum shell that contacts the drumhead. ![]() Its the bearing edge on the snare side (bottom).
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