Fiber Skins?

[GhostGrooveMike]

I've been looking at remo fiberskins and really like the classy look. But are they any good?

[crazyguy832]

If you're looking for that vintage drum sound, then I've heard they're perfect.

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[drummerdave]

ive heard really good things about aquarian's modern and american vintage drumheads, if your looking for a vintage sound i would look into those, they are coated too, 1 ply, so that would give you a real vintage sound

[Sabian4015]

They're good, for ,as mention above, vinatage sounding drums.

I heard the bass drum heads are really good though.

[zfzgg]

What is this 'vintage' sound you all speak of?

[RichHunt]

zfzgg: Higher pitch, more boing, less doof.
The vintage sound is fun but it wouldn't satisfy me.

[psychocream]

we talking ringo star vintage or like way way back

[moogoogaipan]

like Buddy Rich vintage. That's the kind of sound I want, but my GC doesn't carry them.
I might have to buy some of musiciansfriend.com

[Caleb3221]

Honestly, I've been using one for quite a while now, and I've never been told "Man, that snare sounds OLD!" It can give a nice vintage sound, but don't think that it won't fit in modern music. They can give a wide variety of sounds, and they sound excellent in any setting. One of the best heads I've used, the only issue is durability, so I've heard. So, if you want something to pound hard and expect to last forever, you might not want to get one. But, at least to my ears, they sound way more than good enough to warrent the increased replacement rate(which isn't actually very high, I've never actually seen one break and the coating lasts longer than most coated heads I've used, it still sounds great for brushes even after the coatings worn on my tom heads.)

Overall, excellent head. But why would you buy a snare head for the look? Anyway, buy one.

[Seafroggys]

we talking ringo star vintage or like way way back

Uh Ringo Starr isn't vintage. You could say he was the beginning of the modern drumset (or rather, his era).

Mylar heads were developed in the 50s, so by the 60s all the newer drummers (like Starr) were using all mylar heads like we do today.

[Zildjian]

Fiber skins last forever to...I had one on my snare for a year before it started to die...They don't sound that good on my artwood unfortunately..

[FullMoon]

ive thought about one for my roto and snare but im broke so oh well

[chewaz]

get the american vintage or the classics from aquarian much better sound than the remos

[zfzgg]

Didn't Ringo use calfskin heads?

[Seafroggys]

Didn't Ringo use calfskin heads?

according to him, he did on Abbey Road. I'm pretty sure he used mylar heads on all the earlier albums, though.

Though its just a guess, I could be wrong. I've been needing to get a hold of that Beatles Gear book, just so I know what gear everybody used (I'm a Beatles fanatic, in case you didn't know).

[RichHunt]

Calfskin heads? Why do I think that's a load of crap? haha.

Fiberskyns are pretty cool and yes they do last for a LONG time. The drumkit I use at church has one on the snare and while it's really start to lost it's tone it's been on there ever since I've been at this church (more than 6 years now) and it's taken a beating from 8 year old kids to 70 year old men.

It's an excellent sound for the church when you hit it hard enough but it doesn't tend to be good for quiter stuff as it loses that snare essence but I think that's more due to its age, new ones would be awesome I'd reckon.

There's another type of head that'll give more of the buddy rich sound I'd reckon. DBJ probably knows what they're called but they're like.. brown. I don't like them much myself.