I cleaned up the old 1984 Tama Imperialstar Steel Snare I have and it looks great! Decided I'm probably not going to sell it, and just keep it as an extra.
Right now it has a relatively new Evans Reverse Dot on it but I don't love the sound it makes. Any recommendations on heads on both sides?
I play a lot of rock/alternative and hard rock, some punk.
Jesse
1986 Tama Crestar - Lacquered Piano White
2016 Roland TD-25K
2015 Tama Starclassic B/B - Indigo Blue Sparkle
I'm a fan of a standard single ply head. Ambassador, G1 or my new fave...Aquarian Texture Coated single ply.
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Pork Pie 14x7 Cherry/Bubinga
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Are ambassador's single or double ply? I play fairly heavy and don't want to wear it out too soon.
Should I bother changing the reso head? It seemed to help a lot on my toms.
Jesse
1986 Tama Crestar - Lacquered Piano White
2016 Roland TD-25K
2015 Tama Starclassic B/B - Indigo Blue Sparkle
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I'll give it a shot then. I'm guessing the reverse dot is what is making it sound so flat, so I'm open.
I've had ambassadors in the past.
Jesse
1986 Tama Crestar - Lacquered Piano White
2016 Roland TD-25K
2015 Tama Starclassic B/B - Indigo Blue Sparkle
FILL YOUR LIFE WITH INSPIRATION TO INSPIRE
DW Collectors - Paragon - Vic Firth -
I suggest the Aquarian Hi-Energy. It's very durable (2-ply with a power dot) and it sounds great, and is a very versatile head. It can't be tuned too low, but it sounds good either medium or very tight.
Ambassador is a 10ML, single ply head that will do you just fine.
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Kits
DW Performance(white marine): 8x7/10x8/12x9/16x14/22x18
Mapex Saturn III(transparent walnut): 10x8/12x9/16x16/22x18/14x5.5
Snares
Pork Pie 14x7 Cherry/Bubinga
Pork Pie 14x6.5 Big Black Bob
Mapex Saturn 14x5.5 Maple/Walnut
Homemade 14x5.5 Maple(10 ply Keller)
Cymbals
Sabian
14" AA regular hats
10" AAX splash
16" AAX Xplosion fast crash
18" AAX Xplosion fash crash
16" HH thin crash
20" HHX stage ride
Remo Emporer X Coated with black do underside. My 2nd snare head, and it sounded amazing. I currently use an Evans EC Reverse Dot head, and I love the sound it makes.
Depends on what reso you have at the moment and what condition it is in. I recently put a ambassador hazy on and sounds really nice. The Evans hazy 300 is the equivelant if you prefer. ambassador batter with hazy is a really nice combination. For extra durability go the emperor which is a two ply 7 mil
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I have a suede ambassador that sounds great!
Jesse
1986 Tama Crestar - Lacquered Piano White
2016 Roland TD-25K
2015 Tama Starclassic B/B - Indigo Blue Sparkle
To each his own.
Jesse
1986 Tama Crestar - Lacquered Piano White
2016 Roland TD-25K
2015 Tama Starclassic B/B - Indigo Blue Sparkle
Just that Ive gone from remo to evans and have pretty much used them all over the years and have found that with the way I tune and my drums I get the sound I want out of the EC2s but thats just me. NUFF SAID but I do still use coated Ambassador on my metel snare
I agree about Evans in general. I just put on new G2's and G1's for reso on all my toms and I absolutely love the sound. Had Remo Pinstripes for a long time (OEM), then got black dots which I didn't like.
Jesse
1986 Tama Crestar - Lacquered Piano White
2016 Roland TD-25K
2015 Tama Starclassic B/B - Indigo Blue Sparkle
Emperor X on the top- Hazy ambassador on the bottom. Perhaps a dab of Moongel.The Moon Rulz
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My personal taste isn't to everyones. I have the Mapex/Remo (Ambassador I think) stock side head, and an Emperor X Coated head for my batter. It took a hell of a lot of work and patience, but I got it sounding so sweet it's unbelievable =] And with the help of and Evans E-Ring.
My snare is god
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