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Originally Posted by Jimbo  The mass of the shell certainly increases with the plating. However, the additional mass is such a small percentage of the total mass that its affect on tone is insignificant.
Plating is measured in microns. Those drum shells are measured in millimeters. (1 micron = .001 mm)
I think the thickness of the Acro/Supra shell is about 1 mm. Let's say the chrome plating is about 2 microns thick . That means that if you were to look at a cross-cut of a Supra shell you'd see 1 layer of plating next to 500 layers of Ludalloy! In this example the plating accounts for 0.2% of the thickness of the shell.
The density of the plating vis-a-vis Ludalloy is certainly a factor here, but I doubt the difference is enough to overcome those proportions. |
So then we'll have to say that the tone differences (which to me are fairly large) are due to the lug issue. I'm sure some of it has to do with the fact that these drums are 40 years old as well. Either way, I can't get my acrolite to sound like the supraphonics and vice versa. Both great drums.