Pretty cool. Great option to do. I believe the insert holder is plastic and actually is the to keep insert in place but also serves as the tension rod brake to keep tension rod from turning. Great video.
Thank you! That totally makes sense now that you mention it that the plastic insert would have two jobs, hold the receiver in place and keep the tension rod from backing out. Appreciate you checking out the video! :)
The important thing to keep in mind here is they are not plain pot metal rods chrome plated. They are stainless steel, machined to tight tolerance works of art. I also think the inserts are machined from brass maybe, not steel. They would strip most likely, not the rods. All this is why they cost more. They’ll stay in tune longer as well. I wanna do this but yeah, costly.
And easier to cross thread. I like DW just can’t stomach those lugs. If you look closely they are very well built and equipped drums (talking about US made collections).
Thank you! I sincerely appreciate you letting me know. I thought I had brought the volume down enough, my apologies. I'll lower the volume in future videos. Thanks again. :)
Agreed. DW products are indeed expensive. From what I've read on the forums the easiest way to avoid the threads from cross-threading is to take a bit more time in the very beginning. Just to make sure the tension rod is aligned properly with the receiver before proceeding. :)
Hi, thank you for checking out this video! Just letting you know that this is not a tuning video. :)
Great upgrade Brad! 2 times the tuning pleasure. Following from Nashville.
Hi, Ivor!! Greetings from California! I need to visit Nashville again soon. It's been way too long!
Pretty cool. Great option to do.
I believe the insert holder is plastic and actually is the to keep insert in place but also serves as the tension rod brake to keep tension rod from turning.
Great video.
Thank you! That totally makes sense now that you mention it that the plastic insert would have two jobs, hold the receiver in place and keep the tension rod from backing out. Appreciate you checking out the video! :)
The important thing to keep in mind here is they are not plain pot metal rods chrome plated. They are stainless steel, machined to tight tolerance works of art. I also think the inserts are machined from brass maybe, not steel. They would strip most likely, not the rods. All this is why they cost more. They’ll stay in tune longer as well. I wanna do this but yeah, costly.
And easier to cross thread. I like DW just can’t stomach those lugs. If you look closely they are very well built and equipped drums (talking about US made collections).
I agree! Works of art for sure! When I ordered them I had no idea that the tension rod receivers were brass. A very nice surprise!
I don't know if you are aware but DW's over sea's company PDP also has these rods and receivers and it's at least 50% cheaper.
Oh wow! All this time I thought they were made in Mexico! Maybe they moved?
I just assumed they were made in China, Probably is Mexico.
Wow that’s expensive. Now I understand why PDP makes such a big deal about mentioning that their drums “come standard with DW true pitch tension rods”
Hard to hear your voice with that music in the background.
Thank you! I sincerely appreciate you letting me know. I thought I had brought the volume down enough, my apologies. I'll lower the volume in future videos. Thanks again. :)
@RecordingDrumsWithBrad all good, brother. Keep the content coming.
To be fair evrything dw produce is expensive, and i reckon the only way as w/ evrything stripping the threads only occurs by cinching dwn to tight...
Agreed. DW products are indeed expensive.
From what I've read on the forums the easiest way to avoid the threads from cross-threading is to take a bit more time in the very beginning. Just to make sure the tension rod is aligned properly with the receiver before proceeding. :)