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Posted by Rick on 11/20/2006, 12:01 am, in reply to "Vintage vs 45 degree standard bearing edges....."
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I found this description of vintage bearing edges and modern edges. He says it much better than I,
"...Many older sets were manufactured with a bearing edge that has anywhere between a 35 to 60 degree chamfer cut on the interior side of the shell. On the outer side of the shell, in many cases the bearing edge is rounded over on the outside and crown area as opposed to that of the newer manufacturing techniques. Now add a bent or deformed hoop to this and I don’t care what head you pick, it will always have a “thud” element to the sound. The closer you move to flatter bearing edge or a bearing edge of 35 degrees on the outside or inside, or rounded as the case may be, the drum will exhibit more of the “thud/cardboard” sound. With newer drums, which usually are a 45 with a very small radius of less than 1/16 of an inch (some kicks very as do snares), resonance is easy to achieve..."
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