eck ill pay $225.00 as im kind and generousCooked Egg

HA! I'll go $230. I think he's missing a zero off his offer???

His laughable offer aside, does anyone know what those little square plastic pieces are mounted on the tension rod heads on the left side of this drum?

Just curious.

They're highly sought after drum mutes I think

LoLoLoLo That's a good one!

I don't know what they're called, but they are supposed to keep the tension rod from backing out.

I have an entire roll,uh...box of those drum mutes. I will even cut them to your custom lengths. What a great guy to give such a generous offer.

Lug locks. They are to prevent the tension rod from loosening from hitting rimshots.

Cute idea which presumes a drum won't go out of tune as long as the tension rods don't move, but whack a head with rimshots all night, that head is going to need retuning before the next gig!

I play a Gretsch Catalina Jazz kit at church. We have it mic'd up inside an isolation booth. The kit sounds great, but the snare sounds like mud unless I hit rimshots. So, I smack rimshots right above a tension rod on every stroke. After having the rod back completely out of the drum and fall on the floor one time, I now tune the snare every Sunday morning. Most Sunday mornings when I get to the church and go through my routine check of the drums, that one tension rod can be finger tightened 2-3 whole turns. That being said, I think the lug locker is not a bad idea...just not totally necessary if you're mindful of the fact that rimshots can cause tension rods to back out.

There's my :2Cents:. Have a great day!