New tom heads

[GhostNote]

Hey people! yeah, i was just wondering what sort of tom skins, batter and reso that i should put on my drums, atm ive got clear emps for batter and generinc premier heads for the resos. I play jazz/funk/latin and my tom sizes are; 10x6 and floor tom 13x11.


Cheers:chug:

[pauloz!]

I would recommend either coated ambs over clear ambs or coated emps over clear ambs. You can't go wrong with either combo!!

[GhostNote]

Yeah, sounds good, will those combos give a nice jazz sound??

[Tim]

coated emps/dips

[pauloz!]

Yeah, sounds good, will those combos give a nice jazz sound??

Depends on your tuning really, if you get the ambs it will be a lot more versatile and you will find a better tuning range...so that might suit u more.

[GhostNote]

Yeah, i shall try the ambs. Cheers mate

[K]o[L-666]

try them those are a good heads

[Massik Kretal]

Yes ambs are great.

[milkmit]

I have coated g1s all around, and I love em....but my only problem is that the volume is a bit too low. they're perfect for playing with myself (which I do quite often, believe me teehee), but once you get a few guitars going, you really lose a lot of the sound unless you really hammer em.

[Massik Kretal]

I knew someone was gonna post something about Evans.

REMO BABY! REMO!

[Retarded Chipple]

I have coated g1s all around, and I love em....but my only problem is that the volume is a bit too low. they're perfect for playing with myself (which I do quite often, believe me teehee), but once you get a few guitars going, you really lose a lot of the sound unless you really hammer em.

Low volume=jazz? You wouldn't see a jazz drummer playing Rudes, perhapes the same rule applies a bit with heads?

Excuse my ignorance, I'm not really up on jazz, it was just an idea.

[DuckinFutch]

Yea, G1 coated Evan's are excellent Jazz etc. heads, I love mine. My school uses them for our Jazz set, they really are good heads.

[HAX]

For my metal/hardcore set would G2 coated over G1 clears be good all round for the toms? And what for the snare (Sticking with Evans, I have a good dealer)
Sorry to ask in your thread GhostNote but there are too many head threads to make another!

[aznriceball]

coated g1 over clear g1

[milkmit]

heh.. funny how this thread started out all ambs....but now the evans peoples are coming out in force! ;)

[aznriceball]

hey, im an amb guy. but if hes going evans, might as well give him the same combo in a different color

[The_Native_Assault]

What do you mean by jazz, Ghostnote?

Jazz from the 50's and 60's - Attack Jack DeJohnette Sig heads or Evans J1 Etched.

Drummers back then use calkskin, or medium Coated heads after calkskin faded out, heads of equal on both sides of the drum. So you have 2 warm, dry heads of the same type on both side. And most guys would wear out the batter and then swap batters with the resonator so you have a thick, coated, worn-out head on the resonator side, and the resonator on the batter.

And, the audience mostly hears the tone that the resonator makes.

[The Ska Man]

my tom sizes are; 10x6 and floor tom 13x11.



I.....am speechless.....you......................rock!

[GhostNote]

Low volume=jazz? You wouldn't see a jazz drummer playing Rudes, perhapes the same rule applies a bit with heads?

Excuse my ignorance, I'm not really up on jazz, it was just an idea.

Hmmm, it really depends on what type of jazz is played. jazz cant be generalised because there are so many types, you can have loud and soft jazz, i play funk too and the sound you get out of drums can have to be loud or soft. I dunno where the comment about rudes came from??

[GhostNote]

For my metal/hardcore set would G2 coated over G1 clears be good all round for the toms? And what for the snare (Sticking with Evans, I have a good dealer)
Sorry to ask in your thread GhostNote but there are too many head threads to make another!

I have a place in my heart for evans, i use and evans genera dry skin on my snare.

[GhostNote]

What do you mean by jazz, Ghostnote?

Jazz from the 50's and 60's - Attack Jack DeJohnette Sig heads or Evans J1 Etched.

Drummers back then use calkskin, or medium Coated heads after calkskin faded out, heads of equal on both sides of the drum. So you have 2 warm, dry heads of the same type on both side. And most guys would wear out the batter and then swap batters with the resonator so you have a thick, coated, worn-out head on the resonator side, and the resonator on the batter.

And, the audience mostly hears the tone that the resonator makes.


well, i play, swing, a bit of nu-jazz, funk and jazz in a sextet. Yeah, i like your ideas about those heads. Sorry for being ignorant, but i dont exactly know what you mean by calkskin...

[GhostNote]

I.....am speechless.....you......................rock!

Thanks man! I love small sizes, really tight sounding and have alot of presence. Do you like small drums?

[Cocaberry]

For my metal/hardcore set would G2 coated over G1 clears be good all round for the toms? And what for the snare (Sticking with Evans, I have a good dealer)
Sorry to ask in your thread GhostNote but there are too many head threads to make another!

Try the Evans ST or ST dry for your snare. Both have 2 plies of 7.5 mil and the ST dry has dry vents. Both of those heads are very durable.

[The_Native_Assault]

well, i play, swing, a bit of nu-jazz, funk and jazz in a sextet. Yeah, i like your ideas about those heads. Sorry for being ignorant, but i dont exactly know what you mean by calkskin...

calfskin... that was a typo. Current drumheads are imitations of the real calfskin heads that they used to use. It's not practical to use calfskin anymore because it's expensive, and hard to keep in tune inchangin climates.

[GhostNote]

Oh, sorry, i thought you were talking bout something else, my bad. Yeah, i have some really old calfskin heads but there in poor condition.

If im playing funk aswell, would i be goin for; a bright focused sound, a bright open sound, a warm open sound or a warm focused sound?

[The Ska Man]

Thanks man! I love small sizes, really tight sounding and have alot of presence. Do you like small drums?


Love'em.

[aznriceball]

dont get genera dry and dont use a 2ply head on ur snare. both are retarded heads. the people who think they like em dont like em. they just think they do.

stick with the tried and true

[Tre Mitchell]

Yeah I'd imagine coated would sound best for jazz.

[Double Bass Jim]

Coated single plys

[GhostNote]

dont get genera dry and dont use a 2ply head on ur snare. both are retarded heads. the people who think they like em dont like em. they just think they do.

stick with the tried and true

I've used my genera dry for a month and it makes my snare sound pretty effing good, if i could record id post audio. How would you know what my likes and dislike are anyway?

[GhostNote]

[QUOTE=Punkdrummer...]Love'em.[/QUOTE

Cool, wat sort kit u play?