changing bottom snare head

[tooldrums1000]

I am sick of the sound of my snare. So i have decided to change it. Can i use any snare head for the bottom? Or does it have to be specficily for the bottom? On the top of the snare i have a powerstroke 3. I cant decide what one to get for the bottom either? I would like a very high end snare head. So what should i get?

[thecraponline]

Yes, snare heads DO have to be specifically for the bottom. If you use a head that is not specifically a snare head, you snare will not work at all. This is because snare side heads are especially thin compared to ordinary heads, so that they vibrate easily when the top head is struck.

An example of a snare side head is a Remo Ambassador Hazy (it's a good snare side head, by the way.) If you're not sure whether or not a head should be used on the bottom of your snare, just ask the person in the store you're buying from.

[Class A Drummer]

The heads are super thin on the bottom. After playing anything even remotley loud in the same spot for more than a few hits, you will probably puncture a whole in the head.
Ambassodors are great, versitle, and all-around awsome. Just so you know, putting the resonant head on for a snare can be quite annoying if you have never done it before.

[T.Underhill]

Gotta be snare side specific unless you want the drum to sound like poo. So you know what sound you want, what's your snare made from?

[Skitch]

Yes, snare heads DO have to be specifically for the bottom. If you use a head that is not specifically a snare head, you snare will not work at all. This is because snare side heads are especially thin compared to ordinary heads, so that they vibrate easily when the top head is struck.

An example of a snare side head is a Remo Ambassador Hazy (it's a good snare side head, by the way.) If you're not sure whether or not a head should be used on the bottom of your snare, just ask the person in the store you're buying from.

This assumes that you aren't standing in a Guitar Center where stupidity reigns freely!



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[tooldrums1000]

Its made of a metal thats all i know. Its a no name brand called percussion plus. Its my 1st kit i have got.

[tamadrummer132]

your snare or the drumhead...?

[GRUNTERSDAD]

Depending on the sound you want you could get an Evans Hazy 200 or 300 snare side head.

[Pukeboy]

Depending on the sound you want you could get an Evans Hazy 200 or 300 snare side head.

I don't know much about drumheads: if you have a Hazy 200 and a Hazy 250, which one should be on top and which one on the bottom of the tom.

[thumper]

I have an Evans Hazy 300 Reso on my 1968 Yamaha snare, and it sounds either papery, or "piccolo" like, depending on how tight the muffler is, and how hard I hit it...can't go wrong with Evans!

[thumper]

Oh, don't ever put a "hazy" skin on the batter (top) skin..they are meant only for the bottom (resonant) skin. For a top skin I would put an Evans Power center, or an EC reverse dot on your snare. They are damn near bulletproof, and they sound awesome.

[tooldrums1000]

your snare or the drumhead...?

yes my snare drum head is made of steel......Not lol. my snare is made out of steel.