don strandberg
Member
Its been drilled in to me that you cant beat a new set of skins on your drums. That may be true in most cases. But a couple of things got me thinking.
I just reworked a 79 Slingerland kit. The heads were Remo Enony pins about 5 years old. I bought the same brand and put them on the set. It didnt work out. The old heads sounded much better. Very warm, and fat, with great tone. I put them back on.
Another point. In a lot of drum vids.. I am talking the real pros of the game.. The heads look more then well used. Just last night I was watching a Steve Gadd video. The heads looked like they took a real beating. He was playing a coated snare batter head. Well at one time it was coated. Now you could see a large ring of bright clear plastic were most of his strokes landed. The drums how ever sounded great.
These are guys that could change heads every set if they wanted to. But I suppose if it aint broke dont fix it. Got me wondering?????
I just reworked a 79 Slingerland kit. The heads were Remo Enony pins about 5 years old. I bought the same brand and put them on the set. It didnt work out. The old heads sounded much better. Very warm, and fat, with great tone. I put them back on.
Another point. In a lot of drum vids.. I am talking the real pros of the game.. The heads look more then well used. Just last night I was watching a Steve Gadd video. The heads looked like they took a real beating. He was playing a coated snare batter head. Well at one time it was coated. Now you could see a large ring of bright clear plastic were most of his strokes landed. The drums how ever sounded great.
These are guys that could change heads every set if they wanted to. But I suppose if it aint broke dont fix it. Got me wondering?????