A Quick Guide For Setting Up & Tuning Your Kit

Our Drum Channel faculty shows you everything you need to know to get your drum set up and sounding good.

Gregg Bissonette has become known as one of the most versatile drummers in the business. His broad experience ranges from big band, blues, and rock to Latin, fusion, and much more. His warm, easy-going, down-to-earth manner, combined with a perfect balance between professionalism and a strong work ethic, has made him one of the most respected drummers in the music industry. Gregg has played in Ringo’s All-Starr band for over 20 years and has amassed a body of work that would be too long to list, playing with artists such as David Lee Roth, Toto, Santana, Maynard Ferguson, Joe Satriani, and many more.

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Set up your kit with rock drum legend Stephen Perkins of Jane’s Addiction. Then learn how to tune with studio legend Gregg Bissonette and DW drums co-founder John Good “the guru of tuning.” This course also covers getting specific sounds for your snare and bass drum with lessons from studio drummer Blair Sinta. Also, there is a trick lesson from Don Lombardi that went viral on YouTube, “Secret Floor Tom Dampening Trick.”