Nature of the beast. You're talking a very small drum made of steel. I seriously doubt any kind of head is going to completely dry it out without some sort of dampening help.
all the best...
I have a 10"x5.5" Tama Hammered Steel Popcorn snare drum and wanted some opinions on heads (any brand is fine.) Currently it has an Aquarian Jac Dejohnette head on it, which is a single-ply with a thicker coating. However this head has a very thin sound and a lot of the metallic-sounding overtones are very noticeable.
I just want a really tight dry sound, very little ring (if any.) Would prefer not to use external muffling. Since this drum is hammered, it is much warmer and less bright than a regular steel shell, so I figure this should be fairly easy. Any ideas?
Nature of the beast. You're talking a very small drum made of steel. I seriously doubt any kind of head is going to completely dry it out without some sort of dampening help.
all the best...
A lot of choices out there.
As mentioned above, the Remo Emperor X has two 10 mil plies of film.
There's the Remo Vintage Emperor that has two 7.5 mil layers.
The regular Remo Emperor has two 7 mil plies.
There's the Evans EC reverse dot with a 7 over a 10 mil ply.
or...a small folded piece of paper towel and painters tape works great for me.
Last edited by Olimpass; 08-25-2016 at 09:40 PM.
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