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snare side heads (still havn't found what I'm lookin for)

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Been playing around with some snare drums that I'm repairing, and a 14" hanging tom that I turned into a 7" snare by cutting it down and reworking the bearing edges and snare beds. So I've had the opportunity to try a bunch of different brands and weights of snare batter heads. I have my favorites figured out for each drum, but it has occurred to me that the choice of snare side heads is actually pretty limited. I mean batter heads you have coated, uncoated, vented, reverse dots, and different plys and thicknesses. But snare side, not so much. Beyond deciding if you want a diplomat, ambassador, or possibly an hazy 300 not a lot of difference to be heard. My question is this: is anybody out there tweaking bottom heads with dampening, tape, using unconventional setups to tweak the snare side heads' sound? I know calfskin feels and sounds palpably different, but frankly I don't hear much of a change from one weight or brand snare side head to the next with the current offerings of plastic heads. Allowing for personal preferences with tuning, are there any innovations out there with snare side heads?

Thanks all

Glen

Posted on 13 years ago
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I have been real pleased with Ludwig thin snare side heads. Very responsive.

Posted on 13 years ago
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Evans Hazy 300.

John

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Posted on 13 years ago
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Yep, I agree that Evans hazy 300 is also a really good snare side head.

Posted on 13 years ago
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My pick is a Ludwig extra thin head.Thats whats on all the snare drums that i rent out to studios.On wood and metal shells from 3" to 10" deep and from 10" to 15" head size....Mikey

Posted on 13 years ago
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another vote here for ludwig. i do use the remo diplomat when i can't find a ludwig.

mike

Posted on 13 years ago
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Remo white, coated, Vintage A on top, Evans Hazy 300 snare side, Puresound 40 strand snare wires....works everytime.

Posted on 13 years ago
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Thanks for your replies. I agree, Remo A on top Evans Hazy 300 on bottom. gets the job done, and works every time, but my point is that this combination still feels and sounds like vanilla to me. I don't hear anything out there that sounds different even, if not better. I will try the Ludwig items mentioned, but I have a suspicion that they too will be more vanilla (with a Ludwig logo). Am I asking too much to hope for a real innovation in snare side heads? Seems to me that somebody has a tweak or two or as yet untried material for a bottom head. Maybe I'm barking up the wrong tree, and should really be experimenting with differing snare wires. Perhaps we have reached the end of the line and Remo and Evans are the best we can ever hope for? Na, didn't they close the patent office once before, claiming that everything that could ever be invented had already been invented? I don't buy it, there has to be some ingenuity left out there. Just sayin.

Glen

Posted on 13 years ago
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