Tighten Up Your Kick Drum Sound! Drummers at Sweetwater understand the quest to find the perfect kick drum sound, that elusive combination of thump, punch, and clarity. They have left no stone unturned in this noblest of pursuits. Laundry has been pilfered. Stuffed animals have vanished. Gadgets have been acquired, only to be later abandoned. So, you can understand their delight when DW dropped these dead-simple and supremely effective bass drum muffling pillows on our doorstep. With a curved profile and dense filling, the DW bass drum muffling pillows can be precisely placed to apply the ideal amount of contact needed to achieve spot-on dampening. And they include stitched-in hook-and-loop fasteners, so they stay in place even when you're laying into the beat — something we can't say for that bathrobe suspiciously missing from the closet. Take our advice. Ditch the DIY dampeners and check out the bass drum muffling