Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Felt, plastic, rubber or wooden beaters, patch or no patch: difference in sound or not?

A video testing 8 kick drum beaters on a 22" Tama Superstar kick drum with a Remo Powerstroke 3 batter and a Tama resonant head, with and without a Remo Falam Slam patch. Tuned to around a 39 Hz fundamental note (tested with a tune-bot).

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PS: learn to unbury the beater!!