danondrums
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eggcelent
FINALLY! All my drums arrived and everything's set up..!
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Botiarazman
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I swopped out that one because I reeaally like rimshots, and these sound better than the stock 1.6 mm ones and also I break sticks less often and I have less stick chunks on the carpet...
Botiarazman
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Or Evans Ec2-s? Actually I don't know which brand to choose...
Winston_Wolf
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I've used EC2's on a birch kit before. Overall I think they sounded pretty good, though maybe a bit too cold for my taste...
Botiarazman
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So what do you reccomend?
gdmoore28
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Here's a bad shot of mine. I can't locate my good pictures for some reason.
GeeDeeEmm
maxhammerstrike
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Nice clean set up!!
Winston_Wolf
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Well, in general I prefer Aquarian heads, though I've recently been using Remo Vintage Emperors on one of my kits and I really like those a lot.
harryconway
Platinum Member
Buy the plural "ours" and "we" ..... are you jamming with a band (guitar/bass)?
And if that's the case, you might want to go for a more open single ply or double ply head batter, and not a muted head. You won't hear the overtones over the band, but they'll help you to cut thru the mix better.
Botiarazman
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Yes, It's my band's practice space.
Botiarazman
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Okay, then I might try a g2 over g1 configuration.
Botiarazman
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Yeah, the other colors didn't look this cool. But this one, with those badges and those cymbals, I think it's beautiful. Especially on stage.
yammyfan
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Evans make good heads too but so far for me, Pinstripes trump them all. I spent a small fortune experimenting with heads for my birch Absolutes and found what I was looking for using Pinstripes. I then put them on my 2nd generation Stage Customs and they were magic there, too.
Botiarazman
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Maybe a dumb question, but is there a difference between an emperor with a moongel and a pinstripe?
yammyfan
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Not a dumb question at all. Having used both in that exact configuration, I preferred the Pinstripes. The Emperors were great but the Pinstripes sound even better to me. I like lots of warmth and attack without a ton of sustain.
On their own, Pinstripes sound beefier than Emperors and Moongels.
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Botiarazman
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Wow, that's one beautiful setup...
yammyfan
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Thanks! Those are Yamaha Birch Custom Absolutes with Nouveau lugs. The speakers you see in the background are the virtually invincible Pioneer HPM-100's that my dad bought new in 1979. You wouldn't believe what they've been through.
Your Stage Customs are going to sound fantastic regardless of which heads you choose. There's a synergy that birch drums and Pinstripe heads share, however. I didn't believe it until I heard it for myself.
Your Stage Customs are going to sound fantastic regardless of which heads you choose. There's a synergy that birch drums and Pinstripe heads share, however. I didn't believe it until I heard it for myself.
Botiarazman
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Really? Isn't that only a "myth" or something? Is there any explanation?
yammyfan
Senior Member
Pinstripes were standard on Yamaha's Recording Customs (Hokkaido Birch) for years - maybe even a couple of decades. I think that says a lot. I think of Yamaha as a musical instrument company, first. I trust their judgment completely.
I'm not sure what the science is behind the phenomena. Perhaps Pinstripes add a bit of that warmth that Maple is known for while preserving the punchiness of Birch. As mentioned, I wouldn't have believed it had I not experienced it for myself.