LM201
Senior Member
After two years of having the same heads on my Supra, I finally bought some new heads. A Coated Emperor batter and a Snare Side Ambassador.
The heads seemed fine out of the box. Since people complain about the heads being dead I did the little tap test to see if it produced a pitch, which it did. So I assumed they were good heads.
I seated them, tuned them evenly all the way around and while the snares off; had a nice tone. But as soon as I raised the snares it sounded deader than before. And when I take the snares off, the snare detunes completely. I thought my dead two year old heads were bad but these new ones are just crap. I can't figure out what's wrong.
When I got the old heads two years ago it tuned up nice and sounded beautiful but now I hate it.
Any ideas how to actually get a nice tone and snare sound out of it? I'm not looking for a particular sound right now, I just want it to resonate while the snares are on.
The heads seemed fine out of the box. Since people complain about the heads being dead I did the little tap test to see if it produced a pitch, which it did. So I assumed they were good heads.
I seated them, tuned them evenly all the way around and while the snares off; had a nice tone. But as soon as I raised the snares it sounded deader than before. And when I take the snares off, the snare detunes completely. I thought my dead two year old heads were bad but these new ones are just crap. I can't figure out what's wrong.
When I got the old heads two years ago it tuned up nice and sounded beautiful but now I hate it.
Any ideas how to actually get a nice tone and snare sound out of it? I'm not looking for a particular sound right now, I just want it to resonate while the snares are on.