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Placing the Banjo supported upside down again, I place the drum dial up to but not touching the edge.
In this instance its reading 91, the reading is not important, what is important is that every tension lug (hoop) has the same amount of skin pull happening.
In this instance its reading 91, the reading is not important, what is important is that every tension lug (hoop) has the same amount of skin pull happening.
Repeat around the whole inner perimeter, adjust as required.
If you do not have a drum dial, this can be also achieved with a good ear, just tap the skin around the perimeter and listen to make sure they all sound the same.
If you do not have a drum dial, this can be also achieved with a good ear, just tap the skin around the perimeter and listen to make sure they all sound the same.
Put the resonator back on, job finished.
Our head has now risen enough to make our shims contact our ruler, this head is now at the right tension.
If a gap still existed you would just repeat the above steps until these two surfaces touch.
If a gap still existed you would just repeat the above steps until these two surfaces touch.
To make sure the head has an even tension at all locations we use a tool called a drum dial.
The drum dial measures the deflection of the skin.
The drum dial measures the deflection of the skin.
Here the skin is reading 94 on the drum dial, so I adjust the nut with the red arrow pointed to it, to bring the number back down to 91.
Do every single nut.
