Re: Remo Heads *HELP*
Originally Posted by
Russ
I think you mean resonant, not resistant. Resonant heads are the ones used on the bottom, and like their name implies are in charge of resonance, as well as additional properties like volume and sustain - they are an extension of your batter(the top) head's sound. Pinstripe is a great choice for a batter head, it has a fat but controlled sound due to a dampening ring around the collar and 2 ply construction. I would not recommend a beefy head like a pinstripe for a resonant head, but that doesn't necessarily mean 2 ply heads don't work on the bottom. I have had some success with a pinstripe over an emperor, despite recommendations against doing it. Fortunately for me, a drum I bought was already set up that way so I didn't have to spend any time and money ordering those heads for the test.
With drumheads there's no real definitive rules to follow, you can use anything you want on either side. If you can afford it, you can experiment and discover new sounds that even today are relatively unknown. I've heard of strange and bizarre head combinations for some reason working well, and giving just the right sound for the occasion. For example, certain heads like ebony pinstripes have a lower fundamental pitch, and others like a fiberskyn have a medium fundamental pitch - so by combining the qualities of each you could create a hybrid tone between dark and medium pitches. Or, you could look for a dark sounding batter and have a dark sounding resonant head and just have a dark pitch. Since both heads naturally have a sweet spot in the same tuning area, there's less effort required to get the top and bottom heads singing as one. Personally i'm using a bright batter and bright resonant, to go for a more lively and cutting tom and snare sound.
Good points Russ, I've heard people talk of using batters for Reso heads so I gave it a try to help tame my floor tom. I put an EC2 SST coated head on the reso and Remo Clear Emperor on the batter and it gives a nice controlled sound and the sustain was shortened to my liking.
Also tried it on the toms except I use my Aquarian Super 2's as the reso, emps on the batter and it gave a nice thuddy classic rock sound, great for recording but probably not a good idea for live situations.
I have one coated Ambassador thats a 12" can't for the life of me find the others...anyway used it as a reso with the Super 2 and results were a nice warm tone with a short sustain.
I'm still experimenting with all the heads I've bought in the past or got from previous purchases...it's been fun and a good learning experience.
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