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Best Tuner
By: Marshaun Jackson
Submitted: 3/4/2024
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I’ve been playing drums for 26 years and over time I’ve used different methods of tuning. However the drum dial tuning has made it easier for me to tune my set and it only takes minutes. It took me 35 minutes to tune my entire set last week. It really doesn’t take long or much effort. I play mostly by ear, can read too but playing by ear allows for me to be extremely sensitive to sound, tone, pitch, etc. drum dial has made tuning better for me. I highly recommend this .
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Easier to use than you think
By: Travis Sies
Submitted: 11/7/2023
1 person found this review helpful.
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Took 15 mins to tune all my heads was able to get perfect pitch with this dial.
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Very satisfied.
By: Eric Brown
Submitted: 11/6/2023
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Very satisfied. Really speeds up tuning.love the sound coming from my drums after tuning.
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DrumDial Precision Drum Tuner
By: Kenny K.
Submitted: 9/6/2023
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I am not a traditional drummer per se. I play a custom foot-drum for guitar players. It has an 8"x18" kick drum, a 10" snare, hi hat, shaker, and a crash cymbal, all built into one unit with 6 pedals. So, I wasn't really sure how to tune the heads. I bought this tuner in hopes of an easy way to tune without having to have the knowledge of a traditional drummer, and it has worked like a charm for me. It comes with a guide for different drum heads and a sheet to write down your own settings on your drums.
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Nice! Thumbs up.
By: Guitarman
Submitted: 9/6/2023
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Nice! Thumbs up. Thank you for fast shipment. Arrived just in time to use for next gig.
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Great tool for getting drums in tune quickly, really made it easy for rme
By: Robb Charbonneau
Submitted: 8/4/2023
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I always struggled tuning drums by ear, the Drum Dial made the process so much easier. I bought the Drum Dial when I bought a new Tama Drum Set, and used the Drum Dial to dial in the tuning, and the drums sounded amazing, so glad I made the purchase.
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It works.
By: D Loving
Submitted: 7/4/2023
1 person found this review helpful.
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Simply works. Makes it easy to get correct tones. Helps with tuning for those who aren't experts. Makes it quick.
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Easy to tune evenly
By: Jimmy
Submitted: 4/27/2023
2 people found this review helpful.
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This works so well, came back after not playing for 15yrs so my ear isn’t what it used to be. This tuner made it simple to get all pieces in order and sounding great!!
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Excellent Product
By: Sticks B
Submitted: 2/25/2023
2 people found this review helpful.
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Heavy duty, built with precision and quality. Works great. Intuitive design easy to use plus great video instructions all over YouTube. Highly recommended.
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Why didn’t I buy one of these years ago?? It’s takes less than 5 minutes to tune my 4 piece kit!
By: Ron
Submitted: 2/6/2023
2 people found this review helpful.
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Why didn’t I buy one of these years ago?? It’s takes less than 5 minutes to tune my 4 piece kit!
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Awesome Tuner
By: Red
Submitted: 1/31/2023
2 people found this review helpful.
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Great Tuner, get your drums in perfect tune! Easy to use. Must have for a drumer.
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Works like a charm
By: Corey Planck
Submitted: 12/27/2022
1 person found this review helpful.
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Great for someone who has no prior experience tuning drums!
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Must have
By: TamaHank
Submitted: 11/21/2022
1 person found this review helpful.
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Ifbyour tap tuning stop. Should have had one of these long ago.
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Easy enough for a guitar player!
By: Steve
Submitted: 10/27/2022
1 person found this review helpful.
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As a guitar player and pianist just entering into the world of drums, this tuner was incredibly simple to use and had my drums sounding great in no time
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Very easy and accurate.
By: Brad Murphree
Submitted: 4/28/2022
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I've been a percussionist all of my life and always tuned by ear until this year, 2022. I went on a limb and bought this drum dial knowing that I've never used one before. The box included very easy instructions and recommended setting for all sizes of drums. I was amazed by how fast it was for me to place new heads on 7 PC kit and had them set to the recommended setting suggested; that would have taken me hours to do this.
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amazing for tuning
By: joey
Submitted: 3/6/2022
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it makes tuning drums quick and easy,i have had it for around 2 years and it definately meets my expectations
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Use the Drum dial as an additional tool and the tutorial videosfor tips.
By: Dave
Submitted: 2/26/2022
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?? Awesome Use along with other techniques along with the vudeo tutorials for tuning knowledge
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excellant drum tuner
By: tp
Submitted: 12/20/2021
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The fastest,easiest way to tune your skins. Takes out the guessing
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It's a great way to train your ears
By: Rloew
Submitted: 12/9/2021
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Great product, would recommend this to anyone, especially if they haven't developed a sense of tuning by sound.makes it easy to change the sound
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Better than your ears
By: Greg c
Submitted: 9/6/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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I can tune my but the drum dial makes them near perfect. I tune my snare tight but This will help get different sounds on different songs.
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Awesome tool
By: Jeremy b
Submitted: 8/27/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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This device is awesome and easy to use. Very useful drum tuner worth the money.
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Game changer
By: Justin G
Submitted: 7/12/2021
2 people found this review helpful.
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I thought I knew how to tune my drums pretty well. I’ve heard good things about the drum dial and decided what’s the worst that could happen if I bought. I have never had my drums sound this good. Every single drum I tuned with this thing was amazing. If you play add this to your arsenal. You won’t regret it
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Good product
By: Patrick womack
Submitted: 6/6/2021
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It tunes your drums real quick. I love it and make your drums sound great
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you need the drum dial!
By: Brandon Schenck
Submitted: 3/6/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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this is the best tuner on the market for sure! you get precise tuning every time and its very easy to use. if you dont have the ear for tuning them this is the product to get!
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Works exactly how it should
By: Will h.
Submitted: 1/8/2021
1 person found this review helpful.
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Very pleased with the drum dial works perfect the drum in unison very happy
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best drum tuner
By: JAMRHAMR
Submitted: 12/29/2020
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I used to just tune my drums by ear. Now, after using the Drum Dial, I can tune them to an exact pitch. Each drum in my kit now sounds 10 times better than before. I should have tried this a long time ago!
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We ordered a new drum set for Christmas and thought this would be a great help in setting it up.
By: Auttra
Submitted: 12/21/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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We ordered a new drum set for Christmas and thought this would be a great help in setting it up.
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Worth the $$
By: Crystal Wait
Submitted: 12/9/2020
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Makes life so much easier. Very easy to use and very helpful
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It Works
By: XOC
Submitted: 11/6/2020
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If you're not a drummer and you need to get your drums set playable really fast, this is a great little unit. Eliminates a lot of guess work and will get your set to sing very quickly. A good drummer would still fine tune the results to taste, but very user friendly.
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Made tuning a breeze
By: George
Submitted: 11/4/2020
2 people found this review helpful.
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I found this handy little device and their tuning chart got me the sound I was looking for in very little time.
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Neat Gadget !
By: D.A.
Submitted: 8/11/2020
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This is one of those gadgets you probably don't NEED, but you should DEFINITELY have. I watched a few reviews on how to calibrate it properly, and once I had it down it took less than ten minutes to tune my entire kit. I was happy to learn that I wasn't too far off by hand either! I'm surprised how heavy this tool was. I'm going to keep it in the box to keep it nice & safe. I'd recommend it for anyone that has less-than-perfect ears (like me!).
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Great tool
By: ThatOneGuy
Submitted: 7/28/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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I love this thing, first I’ll tune my kit by ear and once I get the sound I like I then go back with this dial and makes sure every lug is right on with each other.
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Awesome tuner!
By: Chad
Submitted: 4/30/2020
4 people found this review helpful.
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If you have a drum kit you need one of these little bad boys. It's super easy to use even during loud scenarios.
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This drum dial tuner is really nice. Is helps applies the right amount of of tension on each lug.
By: Rick Cesario
Submitted: 4/17/2020
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Applies the right amount of tension to each tuning key.
It makes it easier to tune your drums.
3 weeks.
Yes.
I feel anyone who try's this drum dial tuning key will love it. You can tune both sides of your drum very quickly and install your kit back together. If they need to be tweak a little, you can do that after your kit is back together.
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Why did I sell in first place
By: A Scott
Submitted: 4/9/2020
2 people found this review helpful.
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Had before and got rid of. Biggest selling mistake ever. Makes tuning super easy for me and now my kids
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Works great.
By: Frederick Brooks
Submitted: 3/30/2020
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Great product and services, will buy more! Looking forward to doing more business with you!
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Drum tuning made easy!!!!!
By: Pedro Medrano
Submitted: 3/5/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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This product is the bees knees!!! Literally as easy as it gets to use. Right out of the box within 10 minutes you can tune your drums quietly and they will sound completely consistent!!! 5 out of 5 stars!!!
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Perfect for clean tuning
By: Scott Balkum
Submitted: 3/5/2020
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Easy to use. Makes drums sound their best. Just place it on the head near the lug and measure the pressure. Adjust them all the same. Simple.
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Great tool
By: Charitysue1
Submitted: 2/26/2020
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This thing is great , it is easy to use and very accurate.
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Proper placement and for me I have the best luck with new skins.
By: Brian Clark
Submitted: 2/25/2020
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My wife is learning the drums. I wanted to get her all the right tools to help her. This drum tuner is a must have for a beginner. I am happy to give 4 stars
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I got the best so far out of my drums
By: Beto
Submitted: 1/8/2020
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I thought i knew how to tune a drum until i got this tuner. Wow, my gear sound great. I love low tones on drums and this tuner helped achieve the tone i was looking for
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Great product
By: Jerry Hester
Submitted: 1/6/2020
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Does exactly what it's supposed to. Gives a accurate tension measurement and is a excellent base to tune drums. Some tweaking reqired but a solid starting point
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Great for non-drummers!!!
By: Mike
Submitted: 12/10/2019
2 people found this review helpful.
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Okay i watched video upon video on how to tune drums. I play guitar and have a visual reference when using a tuner...relatively new to drums as my 7 year old has taking a STRONG liking to them. Well they need to be in tune and the drum dial gives a consistent and visual reference as a starting point. Its easy to use and it does work. I tuned the drums based on everything the videos had told me and still sounded like poopy kaka. I started fresh with the drum dial and now were in business. Kid was happy, i was happy...this is just a happy product. Worth the $60
Dial came with a common tension guide to refer to which was helpful but as with drums in general its all about the players preference.
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Consistentency as advertised!
By: Alias4km
Submitted: 11/7/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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The drum dial does everything it claims, works very well at fine tuning each lug point to be the same all the way around and saves me soooo much time from chasing it around by ear. The best part is the accurate pitch change as you flow from one tom to the next. Great tool for getting each drum in my 7 pc kit in tune with itself and each other!
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A must have tool
By: Mike
Submitted: 10/6/2019
2 people found this review helpful.
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Nothing like an off tune drum set to ruin your mixes. Have a few of these around the house to use on other drummers sets.
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Heavy Duty , Precision tool.
By: iAm
Submitted: 9/21/2019
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Great ! Must have for any/all drummers. NOTE: this item does not come in the hard case like in the video . Does not have glass piece either but in all fairness, if I had read the info instead of just watching the video I would have known that. Very pleased with purchase anyhow
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Time Saving, Must Have, Drum Tool!
By: Kevin
Submitted: 7/27/2019
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This is a time saving, must have, drum tool! Much like a guitar tuner, you just can't get that precise with your ears. This made tuning my drums so easy! It really takes the guess work out of getting all of your tension rods equal.
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Easier than I thought!
By: Todd Marushin
Submitted: 7/25/2019
2 people found this review helpful.
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I was skeptical. Now I’m not. Seems to work perfectly as long as you seat your new head. Works equally as well on old heads too. I love it!
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Great Tuner!!!
By: Tyler Z.
Submitted: 6/5/2019
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Does a great job getting drums in tune, super easy to use, and it’s affordable. I love how quick it is to get a great sound when I feel like changing it up and having a lower or higher sound from the drum. Great for people who have trouble tuning by ear!!
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Awesome
By: Norman Johnson
Submitted: 5/9/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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Easy to use , makes your tuning so much easier , well made ! Recommend this highly
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Makes everything easier!
By: Juanita Terrell
Submitted: 5/6/2019
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This product saved me so much time. It usually takes me a while to tune my drums because I'm not that good. This makes it so much easier and quicker. I'm happy that I got this product and it works really well.
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Very Worth Having
By: Russ
Submitted: 4/5/2019
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A great tool for any drummer to have on hand. Of course sound is subject to taste and this gives you a great baseline to work from. It will keep your new heads wrinkle free, and very easy to work with.
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Love it!
By: Angie
Submitted: 3/25/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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Made tuning my drums easy. It is easy to use and worth the money.
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I love this thing but it is a bit tempramental
By: Bill V
Submitted: 2/23/2019
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This is a great tuner but just a hair temperamental but yet very effective
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Well worth the money
By: Estee Barrett
Submitted: 2/2/2019
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Awesome Head tuner
By: Jeffrey DeVries
Submitted: 1/6/2019
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Wish I would of bought this years ago - works great
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Well worth the money
By: Frank G
Submitted: 12/28/2018
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This item is well worth the money if you don't know how to tune a set of drums. Just follow the directions and your drums will be in tune in no time.
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Great item
By: Phillip
Submitted: 12/5/2018
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Works great. Reduces tuning time
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Best money spent.
By: William M Cross
Submitted: 11/27/2018
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Makes tuning so easy. Easy to use. So if your thinking about it, do yourself a favor, GET IT).
I'd definitely recommend this.
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Good Tuner tool
By: Ivor Carcamo
Submitted: 11/8/2018
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Good tool to use to get even tension on heads, mostly on resonant side, i use this to get even tension first on all heads then tune up or down on batter heads to get desired sound (personal preferance) at first it takes time and patience to figure it out and get everything where you want it. Gets easier by the time you finish.
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Impressed
By: Anthony Norton
Submitted: 11/7/2018
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I thought that I was pretty good at tuning my drums and I did get the tone that I was searching for. However, now they are perfect using this tuner. This makes it super easy to make sure you have the entire head even and tuned to your exact specifications without even striking the drum once.
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WHAT I NEEDED
By: Big E
Submitted: 10/14/2018
1 person found this review helpful.
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As a new beginner drummer I lack the ear to tune but this came in real handy. I would recommend to anyone starting or experienced.
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Worth the price
By: Luis
Submitted: 10/4/2018
1 person found this review helpful.
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Great product
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Excellent tool
By: Daniel
Submitted: 9/5/2018
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Allows you to get a precision tune on all you heads. Awesome!
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well worth the money i love this product. 5 as my rate.
By: larry morris
Submitted: 7/22/2018
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this drum dial tuner is very acaract.i love it very much it works perfect an very easy to use will worth the money i did not go wroung by buying this item very nice.it is alsome. thank you ams.larry morris.
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Great way to tune drums
By: Timothy
Submitted: 4/10/2018
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A very precise tuner. Will definitely show whether you have a bent rim or out of round drum. Easy to use and makes drums sound perfect
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ITS OK
By: Lee
Submitted: 2/28/2018
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WOULD I BUY AGAIN??? NO
THERE IS NOT A LOT OF INFO ON THE INTERNET ON HOW TO USE PRODUCT. THE VIDEOS THAT ARE ONLINE ARE PRETTY OLD. OH WELL
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An Excellent Tuner For Electronic Drums with Mesh Heads!
By: Mountain Dan
Submitted: 9/1/2015
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I recently bought a Roland TD-11Kv electronic drum set which included all mesh heads. While I know how to tune a regular drum head by sound, I quickly found that technique doesn't work with the virtually silent mesh drum heads!
To address this issue I bought the DrumDial through AMS and it arrived the next day: fast! Tuning drums always takes time and patience, but this device really makes it much easier!
FYI: The included space gauge should be positioned on the inside of the head's retainer ring - not from the inside of the rim's impact pad. This makes using the DrumDial a little more finicky then for a regular drum, but nothing to worry about.
I emailed DrumDial and asked them if they had any suggestions for tension settings and this was their reply:
"...thank you for the e-mail. DrumDial works great with Roland mesh heads, Remo silent stroke heads and all types of other mesh heads (single ply, dual and triple). Very good starting points are: toms set to 65-70, snare set to 75-80 and Bass set to 70"
This is a very well built piece of kit!
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Nice gadet
By: Rudy Sanchez
Submitted: 4/10/2015
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sure make tuning simple. I'm very old school but figured I try this for our set. Can't believe how easy it made tuning. great price too!
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This Drum Dial works like a charm!
By: Jeeps
Submitted: 12/9/2014
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The drum dial works very well and gets the sound from my drums that I wanted.
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Best device for tuning drums!!
By: Chuckv
Submitted: 11/11/2014
1 person found this review helpful.
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Have tried others, so decided to purchase the Drum Dial
This tool works, and is easy to operate. I advise the buyer to read the directions.
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This is what i need instead of guessing when tuning a drum head
By: K260SOLO
Submitted: 6/17/2014
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love this time saving and persice tool without errors
By: troublecliff from waukegan IL usa
Submitted: 3/2/2013
yes its a measuring device that is simple to use and very accorate.
is the gauge that allows you to place it in the right spot and the needle to read the desired tension. if I could make it better it would be digitial and sencitve needle to hurt itslf if droped.
after use it was so sweet and persice,this is what I was looking for. Happy as ever.
Your general opinion of this product.
very good and a must have for all drummers
ohh yeahhh
classic
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Happy with the produck
By: Jzpolock
Submitted: 1/29/2013
it's quite Heavy and the quality appears to be well made
this make drum tuning quicker and the sound quality is much better. you can always tune by ear after and then check with the DD ti fine tune.
makes the drum tuning sound much better
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well worth the cost, just which is was a little pless expensive although the price match was good.
with the price match yes.
it's a drum tuner
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goodbye tap tuning
By: micslinger from U.S.
Submitted: 8/29/2012
well made much heavier than expected
quiet tuning, ear fatigue is no longer an issue
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Your general opinion of this product.
still need to start and finish with tap tuning, but waaaay easier when replacing heads
yes, a little leary about spending the money, glad I did!
nice easy to read dial
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Very helpful for the initial set up or new head replacement.
By: Doug
Submitted: 1/2/2012
Well made.
Have'nt heard anything out of it yet. :)
Sure is.
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Great For Tuning, but Touchy!
By: Chad
Submitted: 3/20/2011
So far it is dependable
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Value is good!
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Great Product
By: Randy Reno from Crown Point, Indiana- USA!
Submitted: 8/29/2010
I've owned it for a couple weeks and it seems to be made well and dependable.
Great Value- the Drum Dial is a qood way to get your heads right in the ball park, then you can tweak them for tonality.
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This is the best drum tuner I have ever used!
By: Dale Ebertson from Omaha, Nedbraska
Submitted: 12/19/2009
Very dependable and made very well. Check out this link on how to calibrate the tuner:
http//www.drumdial.com/calibrate_video.htm
Drumdial work very well. I can tune a drum faster and better than the torque style tuners using the drumdial. My drums haven't sounded this good in years.
Excellent value. This is a high quality precision machined drum tuner and it's made in the USA! It has an excellent warranty.
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It does not matter how good you are
By: SPEEDY from Jonesboro Ar
Submitted: 5/17/2009
very well put togeather i will get years of use out of this tool. Mine is not for sale get your own
Easy to use and sound construction
It helps you to dile in the tone even in a noisy room
Your general opinion of this product.
My drums were almost tuned perfect without this tool now they are purfect.I can tune to a different sound quick saves a lot of time.My drummer friends love it.
I would have paid more
great quality tool
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Great tool any performing drummer should own!
By: Chris from Dayton, OH, USA
Submitted: 3/1/2009
Very well built, precise instrument.
It will pinpoint the correct tuning at each lug position faster and more accurately than you can by ear.
The Drum Dial will likely improve your overall tone but more importantly it will enable you to reproduce the exact tuning you had previously with the old head. Your tuning will be associated with a fixed value on the dial you had with the old head, resulting in much easier way to reach that exact point evenly around the drum in much less time with the new head.
Your general opinion of this product.
Some musicians argue that they don't need such a device to tune their drums, that it is only for people who cannot do it on their own. Well I disagree. I can tune my drums by sound but it takes a good deal longer and you must have a quiet room. The Drum Dial can help you tune your drums accurately in a noisy gig environment where you cannot hear the drum well enough to tune it correctly. It has been a lifesaver for me on gigs fine tuning my kit before I go on stage or at rehearsal where there typically is loud music playing in the background.
A little pricey, but the unit is built well and performs well.
Nice clean, well designed product.