Luke Bennett
Junior Member
Hi,
I've been playing drums for 9 years now, and i've really just put any head onto my kits that I could get hold of, never really thinking of what heads to put on, or when to change them, now as i'm older, I realise changing the drum heads is a massive choice, and one that needs to be changed often like guitarists change their strings. The only thing is, I do not really know what i'm buying. So i'm asking you guys for some advice,
I like to play all sorts of styles on my drums, so would like some versatile drum heads, the styles really vary from rock, to reggae and soul, to jazz, and latin styles, there are more, basically anything I am working on at the time, If I was to have any preferences to my drum sound it would be punchy, clear and defined, like gospel drummers kits, I quite like that sound, especially as I play a lot of rock and pop stuff. Majority of the time I am playing ska though in my ska band, and I realise they have more of a trashy sort of feel, so you can see that the sound I am looking for is quite a versatile sound.
Some recommendations of good versatile heads would be good, or if not, maybe some of your favourite heads and why, or heads that are good for particular genres of music for example, that way, I could always change heads depending on the gig.
Hope you guys can help, and I have given enough information,
Thanks very much,
Luke
I've been playing drums for 9 years now, and i've really just put any head onto my kits that I could get hold of, never really thinking of what heads to put on, or when to change them, now as i'm older, I realise changing the drum heads is a massive choice, and one that needs to be changed often like guitarists change their strings. The only thing is, I do not really know what i'm buying. So i'm asking you guys for some advice,
I like to play all sorts of styles on my drums, so would like some versatile drum heads, the styles really vary from rock, to reggae and soul, to jazz, and latin styles, there are more, basically anything I am working on at the time, If I was to have any preferences to my drum sound it would be punchy, clear and defined, like gospel drummers kits, I quite like that sound, especially as I play a lot of rock and pop stuff. Majority of the time I am playing ska though in my ska band, and I realise they have more of a trashy sort of feel, so you can see that the sound I am looking for is quite a versatile sound.
Some recommendations of good versatile heads would be good, or if not, maybe some of your favourite heads and why, or heads that are good for particular genres of music for example, that way, I could always change heads depending on the gig.
Hope you guys can help, and I have given enough information,
Thanks very much,
Luke