They have a vintage coating that is slightly thicker and has the look of a calfskin head. The American Vintage Seriesdrumheads have a slightly larger hoop diameter to allow for an easier fit on most older American made drums that have a hard time fitting conventional heads. The batter heads come in single-ply thin (7mil) and medium (10mil) weights.
SNAPPY SNARE DRUM HEAD SERIES
The best solution has been to use Aquarian American Vintage Series heads. So spare me the lecture about bearing edges.Ĭonsequently, standard 14″ heads just do not fit properly. It is virtually impossible to rework the bearing edges since it is a metal shell. Out of Round Metal ShellsĪnother thing about selecting heads is what to do with a drum shell that is not perfectly in-round? I have a wonderful 1958 Super-Ludwig Model 401 lacquer-over-brass drum that at some point must have gotten damaged and out-of-round. But if I need more snare response I will use 2 mil Evans 200 Snare Side or Orchestral 200. I recommend Aquarian Classic Clear Snare Side or Evans 300 Snare Side. Snare side heads are a little easier to select. Rather than just use the same batter heads I normally use, I discovered the need to try different heads and let the drum decide what sounds the best. It all depending on if I need more or less response and resonance. But I have also successfully used thin 7 mil Evans Orchestral Staccato or Strata 700 Staccato and even 2-ply medium heavy 12.5 mil Evans HD Dryheads. Frequently, I select medium 10 mil thickness heads such as Aquarian Focus X or Evans Genera coated. I don’t like sticking anything on my heads such as Moongels etc.
I generally select single-ply coated heads with some type of built-in overtone ring control. Snare batter heads need to be responsive and control overtones. Here are some tips and trick I use fixing difficult snare drums so they sound great. But before I gave up and got rid of the drum, I decided to get creative and approach those drums differently. So I would start over again – doing the same things I did the first time. I initially approached these difficult snare drums the same way I would any of my other snare drums.
SNAPPY SNARE DRUM HEAD HOW TO
But rather, how to fix difficult snare drums? Considerations such as the type and thickness of drum heads, out of round metal shells, batter and snare side head tuning, snare wires and even rims. The focus of this article is not about the “basics” of tuning a snare drum. But others required a lot more effort and imagination. Many of my snare drums sound great with little to no effort.
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