I need help deciding which Drum heads should i buy, need somebody with experience.?

Question

I'm looking for the best drum heads that can give i really nice BOOM, Smoooth, Low , Nice, Sound. Also I'm looking for the most durables. What kind of drum heads should i use for each of this Toms and bass drum? I have 10" 11" 12" and 13" Toms A 16" Floor Tom and 22" bass drum.
Please i need somebody with experience.

What are Mufflers? i dont exaclty what they are for.

Answer 1

Any of the following manufacturers make excellent heads:
REMO
AQUARIAN
EVANS

All of those companies make various heads for various sounds and performance.
Go to:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/perc/navigation/drum-heads?N=100001+304819
and check out:
Remo Pinstripe
Evans EMAD
Aquarian Performance II

As a note, I prefer 2 ply batter heads with single ply resonant heads. I also personally use Evans heads, but am considering trying the Aquarians as well. REMO are definately the most well known as well as the most widely used heads available, but I favor experimenting with what's out there. ( I leave the EVANS on my main set that I gig with, but I have 2 other sets that I use to experiment with equipment.)

*Mufflers* - or Dampeners are devices to reduce the ring of the drum and deaden overtones. Some of the drumheads listed above have them included. Some people like them, some don't.
As another note, I personally only use the dampener on my snare. Properly tuned drums (batter and resonant heads tuned properly at each lug and then tuned to each other to prevent overtones) virtually eliminate the need for dampeners.

**another note** - If you want a low booming head, be sure that the head you choose will produce the low without being tuned so loosely that it doesn't allow your stick to bounce properly, otherwise you'll end up with a difficult time pulling off multi bounce rolls cleanly.

Answer 2

I like REMO also, I use WeatherKing Pinstripe with the extra fiber between the rim and stripe for my snare and bass, due to the extra abuse they get. For the toms, I use the clear Ambassador heads.

The mufflers are used to take the ringing sound out, personally I use a piece of felt under the side of the top head for this, to me the mufflers are just something else to come loose and start rattling at the wrong moment.

As for your tone question, you can somewhat adjust your heads for this but not much without sacrificing head integrity and durability, if they are too loose they won't last very long. If you are looking for that CD sound, you will have to mike the drums and run the outputs through a mixer and PA.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

I personally like the REMO coated heads, i think it is called wheather king. with a more controlled sound, less sustain, allowing you tune the heads lower. you can use the clear ones but need to add mufflers

Answer 4

REMO