Tuning your pacific drums – Pacific Drums & Percussion X7 SERIES User Manual

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Cymbal Assembly

Hi-Hat Stand (continued)

Final Adjustments

Tuning The Snare Drum

Wing nut

Upper felt

Lower felt

Wing screw

Cymbal tilter

Cymbal

6 7

8 5

8" Tom Tom and Cymbal Stand

Snare Drum and Snare Stand

Step 1: Spread open the legs on the bottom section of the cymbal

stand* and tighten the wing screw. Slide the upper section of the cymbal

stand* into the base section and tighten that wing screw.

Items marked with (*) are an optional purchase from your authorized PDP Drum Dealer

Step 2: Attach the fixed side of the single AC991 tom clamp around

the tube of the cymbal stand*. Position the tom arm so that it is directly

over one of the legs of the cymbal stand* and facing the drummer.

Step 3: Loosen the wing screw on the bracket of the 8" tom tom .

Position it on the tom arm taking care that the arm does not touch the

tom shell. Tighten the wing screw on the tom bracket.

NOTE: The AC991 Tom clamp will have to sustain the pounding of your

drumsticks, double-check that all adjustments are tightened securely.

Step 1: Spread open the legs on the bottom section of the snare

stand* and tighten the wing screw. Slide the upper section of the snare

stand* into the base section and tighten that wing screw.

Step 2: Loosen the basket wing screw on the upper section of the snare

stand* and tip the basket up. Pull open the basket arms. To further open

or close the arms, use the knob located at the base of the basket.

Step 3: Place the snare drum into the open basket. Tighten the knob

under the basket to make the arm snug around the snare drum .

Step 1: Remove the rubber band from the radius rod of the bass drum

pedal* and insert the radius rod into the holes at the bottom of the

pedal’s base.

Step 2: Rotate the hex shaft counter clockwise until the spring hub is

at the 6:00 position and the chain is wrapped around the cam. Stretch

the spring up onto the rocker hub.

Step 3: Attach the pedal to the bottom of the bass drum hoop on the

clear batter head side using the drum screw activated clamp on the

side of the pedal.

Step 4: Secure the beater ball rod into the rocker hub so that the ball

rests about one inch higher than the center of the bass drum head.

Position either the felt or the rounded plastic side towards the head

depending on your preference.

Step 1: Spread the legs on the bottom section of the hi-hat stand*.

Step 2: Screw the upper rod into the center of the stand. DO NOT

PLACE THE ROD IN THE STAND WITHOUT SCREWING IT IN. Turn it

clockwise until it is finger-tight.

Step 3: Remove the clutch from the upper rod. Slide the upper tube of

the hi-hat stand* into the base section and tighten the wing screw.

NOTE: To attach hi-hat cymbals*, place the bottom hi-hat cymbal

through the rod so that it rests upside-down on the felt seat at the top

of the upper tube. Open the clutch by removing the bottom nut and

8" Tom Tom and Cymbal Stand

Snare Drum and Snare Stand

Hi-Hat Stand

Bass Drum Pedal

Hi Hat Stand

Bass Drum Pedal

Basket

Knob for Size Adjustment

Beater

Upper Rod

Upper Tube

Base Section

Wing nut

Final Adjustment

felt washer. Position the stem of the clutch through the hole in the top

hi-hat cymbal* and replace the nut and felt. Using the top nut, adjust

the space between the cymbal and felts. Place the clutch on the rod and

tighten the wing screw so that the clutch sits 3/4 to 1" above the bottom

cymbal.

Cymbals*: Place your cymbals on the top (tilter section) of the stands.

Be sure to use a felt washer above and below each cymbal. Hand tighten

the wing nut on top of each tilter.

Adjustments: Position the snare, (14") tom and hi-hat stands* behind

the bass drum. Sit at your drum kit and adjust the heights and angles of

all your drums and cymbals to a comfortable playing position. Adjust

tuning as necessary. (Please see below for tuning guidelines.)

Have Fun!: Play by yourself, play with records or start a band. Ask your

local authorized PDP dealer about available add-on drums, hardware,

accessories, books, videos and lessons.

There is a standard “criss-cross” pattern with which you should

ALWAYS tune a drum. Use the recommended tuning sequence positions indicated

on your snare drum head as a guide. Use this criss-cross sequence for each drum

you tune. The following suggestions begin with the drums completely assembled

and tension rods finger tight.

Step 1: Start with the snare drum. Take your drum key and place it

over the tension rod at position 1. Give the key two clockwise turns.

Step 2: Repeat at position 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8

Step 3: Return to position 1 and turn the key one quarter turn and tap

the drum with your finger about two inches in front of the tension rod.

Using the criss-cross method continue tightening each tension rod

while tapping the drum to make sure it sounds like the previous

position. Continue this process around the drum.

Step 4: When each position is the same pitch, you are ready to start

tuning the bottom (resonant) head.

Step 5: Follow the same procedure and pattern for the bottom

(resonant) head. It is the best to tune the resonant head slighty higher

than the batter head for the snare and bass drums and slightly lower

pitch for your tom toms.

Step 6: Use this same procedure for each drum, including the bass

drum and tom-toms.

Tuning your Pacific Drums

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