[ricflairandy]

Any good?

Having some mates round, but dont want these if they are going to take sensetivity away?

[Pug72]

Mine worked great but only after cutting off the coloured ring so it sat inside the pad area.

Before modifying them the sensitivity suffered, they are sized to cover the whole pad, rim included which produced dead spots round the edge.


Defo recommend them though after attacking them with scissors as they make quite a difference to the noise produced.

[Pug72]

Here's what they look like after my cack-handed scissoring.

[ricflairandy]

thats cool, im only really worried about sensitivity , not arsed if i ave to cut around them a little. I just dont want dropped hits and stuff.

[Pug72]

Just should add that the pads won't make them silent, but more of a "thud" compared to the naked pad's annoying "tock" noise.

[Bursar]

Odd, my official silencers fitted my EL drums like a glove. No cutting needed, and they stayed in place without a problem.

As mentioned, it changes the sound from a sharp thwack to a duller thud, and they do affect sensitivity, but I did the penny mod on my ELs and that helped loads.

[ricflairandy]

I have the QM if that makes any difference

[BOUMSONG]

Originally Posted by Pug72

Just should add that the pads won't make them silent, but more of a "thud" compared to the naked pad's annoying "tock" noise.

How significantly would you say sound is improved/reduced?

[Pug72]

They aren't silent if that's what you mean.

It's a definite improvement, nowhere near as annoying as without.