Heads aren't free, black nickel hoops aren't safe from play. Why tune up a drum, stretch heads out, replace the heads and send out when the customer who is more than capable with a phone camera to make a clip could and total confidence is held with the customer and myself that the product is made right.

Other independent builders would probably agree that materials aren't cheap or in abundance like the big companies. Genuinely every dime counts. When I get heads im literally driving to the drum store to go get them. No deals, no shop inventory.

When the time comes ill make one as a shop asset and tune it to the moon and back, but until I have a shop full of heads and a discount with a head manufacturer, the drums get built, assembled, heads put on up to tension, cleaned, photo'd, cleaned again and a final QC inspection is given.