wallet trick

[McLean]

to dampen my snare i use tape but at each end of the tape i fold over just a little bit so the ends are floppy not flat and stuck to the whole head. what that does is take out some of the overtone vibrations. and i put the tape evenly accross using the lugs as a marker.

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by McLean

to dampen my snare i use tape but at each end of the tape i fold over just a little bit so the ends are floppy not flat and stuck to the whole head. what that does is take out some of the overtone vibrations. and i put the tape evenly accross using the lugs as a marker.

try the sticcky hand

[Whoopysnorp]

In my opinion, all that you need to dampen your snare overtones is the Evans Genera Dry G2 snare head--the one with the little air vent holes around the outside. It has a little plastic ring on the underside of the head that does the dampening. Anything more than that makes for an ugly drum tone, in my opinion--I hate that super-deadened '70s sound. Drums gotta breathe!

[Nubus]

I had one of those heads and I thought it was too damped!

[Whoopysnorp]

It depends on the sound you want--it can be too damped for some stuff. Depends how you tune it, too. A drummer friend of mine liked to take a utility knife and cut out some of the plastic ring when he bought his Genera G2s because he wanted a little less deadening too, but I really like the sound of mine on my snare. It's not going to give you any ringing at all, though--I do actually like a more deadened sound on my snare, but I just hate it on toms.

[cthetranspire]

I find that the moongel has worked best for me, and I suppose that the "sticky hands" are equally as effective!! Not to mention WAY more comedic!! I used to do the tape/paper towel. *sigh, the days of punk rock*.

Moongel though, for real.