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Wayne

> Robyn's reaction to getting the drum all by itself makes it worth it.

Yeah well ya should of seen the litl dance gramma robyn did around the house when the mailman handed her the box. Especially after the fact that the drum should have been placed in my hands saturday but mr substitute mailman did not even bother to come up the drive and just left a "sorry we missed you" notice in the mailbox...ooo i was so upset. But all is good now, i got my acro and it is everything n more then i was anticipating.

John...just face it man...you're a nice guy. ;)

> it is everything n more then i was anticipating.

Ask -any- drummer, Acrolites are work-horses! You can tune them nine ways from Sunday for any style of music you want to play. I know you like to rock out in the shed, so I tuned that one just above middle for you. Perfect for a loud Pop when you lay into it. I love Acro's, they have a 'rawness' and an 'open sound' that Supra's don't have. It's what I like about them. You're going to have big fun wailing away on that one. A great sounding snare and bass drum is at the heart of any drummers sound. You now have both!

Keep in there wailin' Robyn!

John

Yes acros are great, I have four very nice ones and love them all!

Enjoy it Robyn!

Good for you John!

I only got to play around with it for a litl bit then had to leave, im babysetting my uncle alan while his wife is in the hospital. I go home tomorrow and will get to mess with it more. From what litl time i got to mess with it, it sounds great. You tuned it up perfect. I did nitice that pop and i thought how cool, i love it. I can see that snare being my #1 snare. Like i've said, i cant wait to introduce the snare and hollywoods to each other. Im gonna try her out with the tie dyes for now.

> You tuned it up perfect.

If you flip off the snares and tap about an inch in front of each tension rod, you will hear the same pitch. You don't want one rod to sound higher or lower than the *reference rod (*the rod you pick to compare all the others to.). Right now, your drum is tuned in the 'middle' of the tuning range of the drum. Right there it's perfect for Rock, Blues etc. If you slack off the top head and loosen the snares so that they are just kissing the bottom head, you'll get a fat, wet Rock-a-Billy type sound. Perfect for buzzy, rolly stuff. If you go higher/tighter than where I set it for you, it'll get real crisp, dry and articulate. Almost a 'military drum' sound. The range on those little drums is impressive and a ton of fun to experiment with. To 'find your own sound.'

As long as you always make sure that when you tap in front of each tension rod you're hearing the same pitch, the drum will always be in-tune for you whether you are up, down, or in the middle of the tuning range.

Enjoy it, it's a quality drum.

John