First time trying this, enjoy!
I enjoyed your video, and you sound great. I've installed 10-12 skin heads over the past 60 years, but always calfskin (or at least I assumed they were). I don't do one very often, so when I do, I feel a little rusty and it can be a bit stressful, and I definitely do one when I know there will be no interruptions. I find the trickiest part is having it end up with the right crown height; too high and the flesh hoop can bottom out on the little shelf on the heel, and too low and the tension hoop ends up sitting up too high. Predicting how it will end up after the head has been installed can be a crap shoot, at least that's been my experience. Another tricky step is the trimming of the excess head; one slip and the knife may cut the head meaning I start over again. That hasn't happed to me. Yet. I see you live just up the road from me.
Great video work and composition too! Very artfully done.
Thanks for the video Eli
I may try this on a 1926 Gibson tb2 conversion
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I take the head off and trim using scissors and there is no slip risk. It also does not cut it score the stretcher hoop.
Historically it was pretty much always calf, and for a good reason.
I just watched the video… yeah, I let it dry before I trim it with scissors. I see you were cutting into the hoop, that is too bad.
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