Sound Advice: Alex Rudinger - Change & Tune Your Snare Drum Heads 

GGD really needs to have your kit in their catalogue, especially that custom snare you got from Declan White. That thing sounds phenomenal, so much punch and clarity and an even attack.

Very soothing, more episodes of Alex tuning please!

The Evans Heavyweight Dry with the 300 underneath is my favorite snare head combo!!

You made that snare sound amazing real fast!👏

Cool! This is the first time I've seen anyone else use the "skip two" method I use. I find it easier than the "star" method, and it has always served me well, no head damage or uneven wrinkles or anything. It's reassuring to see a pro using this method. That drum sounds killer, too! 🔥

Alex’s tone is so 🤌🏼🤌🏼

bottom head must be table top tension,rly high,and then tune your uper head the way you like ,try it ;)

22:22 Noice beat 👍🏼

thank you so much for sharing this 🙏

When changing heads I also use some white lithium grease on the screws. Getting the screws all evenly finger tight will be easier with well lubricated screws.

Alex, great Video.... Appreciate the time and effort you put forth. Knowledge is Power. I agree that sounds Pretty sick !! I don't use Mics when I play. But no matter how I tune my DW Design Series Nickel over Brass 14 X 6.5 snare - I can't get to this sound!! Close, but not the same. I use a HD Dry batter head (I've tried UV 1 and UV2 & a Power Center /Dot head), not come up short?? In my zeal for that John Bonham - Ludwig Supraphonic sound I came across an interesting "Hack". A few weeks ago, while playing at home (I am not a Gigging drummer - jsut a recreational one , retired guy at 71 YO who resurrected playing after 50 Years [1969], I placed my Dw snare on top of my 16 inch Floor Tom to get it out of my way. Doing a Fill, I hit the DW snare and BINGO....That was the sound!! I posted this Inquiry on many Drum Forums. Posters said that i was playing 2 Drums simultaneously ; one poster said jokingly, that I may have invented a new Snare Stand!! If I take the Snare off the Floor tom, it is not the same!! I just retrieved my old Floor Tom to "experiment" with this. I use a PDP Concept maple 6 drum Kit. The DW is an extra Snare. FTR, I use a HD Dry batter head on the PDP maple snare too.

That JT snare is My dream snare. Thanks Rudi for the tech support and thank you Evans for making the best drum products on the market. 💯🥁🤍

His drums and drumming definitely sound good!

Thanks allot

Great video, thank you! Personally I love Rob Brown's method the most, but Alex is by far my favourite drummer (don't tell Rob...). Really interesting that Alex doesn't fuss much over the bottom head - love his approach and acknowledgement of how subjective the whole thing is. There're just so many ways to tune a drum!

Do you know how to tune bongos? If so will you please do a teaching. Thank you.

+evansdrumheads *I's itchin' to test a B14HW batter with a TT14RGL as a snare-side, using guts as an anti-buzz measure.*

The problem I have with tuning a snare is I think I get a good pitch and tone but my sticks seem super bouncy.

just learned its alex roodinger not alex roodinjer