SIX MONTHS AND PLOAY AT HOME

ROCK,COUNTRY,BLUES-

My drums have never sounded better as a result of my frequent use of my drum dial. Although I have a fairly good set of drums (Sonor) the sound of my drums is something I would compare with the best sets on the market.

My drum dial came with the case and accessories. The high-impact case keeps my drums safe in transfer from place-to-place. It's most useful featuers include ease of operation and consistent tensions. I have a lot of fun "playing with" and experimenting with my drum dial.

As I indicated above my drums have never sounded better. I have a six-piece set of 9-ply natural maple drums, and the drum dial increases the natural warm sound of my wood drums. Simply put....wow!

My drum dial appears to be very well constructed. It came without any blemishes and I take excelent good care of my "toys"--especially this toy. I am confident that it will have a long service life as a result of my careful handling of it.

The drum dial, in my opinion, is worth its weight in gold. As I look back I don't understand why I didn't invest earlier in a drum dial. I am interested in the new digital drum dial but hate to fool around with electronics and batteries. I can just see me at a gig tuning my drums and running short on battery life. Maybe you might think about including extra batteries?

I ahve had no need of any repairs so it is hard for me to rate this support section.

Not sure what sex my drum dial is but I think its a guy since it likes to measure stuff. I would like to see drum dials in a rainbow of colors like red, yellow, blue, pink---for the girls.

Active muscian

1960's, 70's rock

Drums for 15 years

Rock

I am a professional drummer with over 40 years experience as well as having excellent pitch (I am a singer and guitarist as well). I thought of myself as having excellent drum tuning skills. I just borrowed this from a friend and WOW!. Last week I spent about three hours retuning a used kit that I picked up and it sounded great, but when a friend of mine said you have to try this thing, I thought why not, there are definitely some overtones that I could still use to get rid of. After about an hour with the Drum Dial, I can say that I never had a kit sound better. I was actually surprised at how well I did on my own getting the head tensions correct, before using the Drum Dial. I was never off by more than five pounds and in most cases not more than a few, but even the minor tension adjustments I made with this thing absulutlely rocked my world. What is more; I can only imagine how much quicker it would have been the first time with the Drum Dial.

Comes with info on what tensions to use.

Very straight forward.

I am guessing that this is just an adapted lab device. Very high quality

The ammount of time saved would make it worth while at twice the price.

Wouldn't know, didnt need it and doubt that you ever would

Active Pro

All

over 40 years on guitar, drums, bass, a few others.

classic rock, Christian, country, blues, and inner-solar blabatronic.

More of a tech, less of a musician. Jam with friends

Rock, Metal

Drummer

I play nothing but rock.

Organ, keyboard,drums/58 yrs

Christian Gospel.

25 years, Percussion, any stringed instrument

Country, Rock, Blues

Professional Musician. 14 yrs. playing the drums.

Blues, Classic Rock, Modern Country

Retired

It's not that the drum dial itself has sound, but it allows me to easily tune my drums so they sound better than they ever did when I was tuning them without the dial.

The one additional component besides the actual drum dial is a stair-shaped piece of metal -- the edge gauge -- that rests around the center pole of the drum dial and spaces it an ideal distance from the rim. It's a handy measure, but it does not stay well in place and seems more of an afterthought than an actual element of the dial's design.

The drum dial is very easy to use and helps to take the guesswork out of tuning drums; it really speeds up the process.

It seems really sturdy. I haven't had any problems with it, aside from the edge gauge which, while useful, could have been better executed. In its current clip-on relationship, it doesn't stay put very well. The needle on my dial doesn't point to zero, but I saw a video online that says it only should point to zero when rested atop a flat piece of solid glass ... and it does. Still, that it's not at zero when at rest does irk me a little, irrational as that may be.

I don't think the drum dial was a steal, per se, but if it lasts me the rest of my life it will have been worth every penny. As of now, it's quite valuable and a very appreciated invention.

I'm just putting a 6 because it's a neutral grade; I haven't dealt with their customer service. I did, though, check out their how-to calibration video on YouTube, which was handy.

This is not a sexy product; it's purely functional but immensely useful.

hobbyist / active musician

Rock, Country, Metal

played drums for 36 years

Rock/Country/ Gospel

Playing Banjo with group and jaming with others 20 years.

Bluegrass

30 years experience in both bands and teaching

Rock, Country, Old School Rock, Blues

I have been playing for 27 years. I am a drummer/percussionist. I play professionally fro several bands in my home state.

Country, southern rock, rock, metal, And blues.