What’s your favorite drumhead on your Snare 🥁?

@MatthiasKnorrMusic

3 жыл бұрын

Any 1ply Remo head actually. But my absolute favorite would be the Remo Ambassador coated. Great for all styles of music, brush playing possible and it feels great while playing. For me they bring out the most natural sound out of any drum.

@jcsk8

3 жыл бұрын

Ambassador coated. But for really tight sounds on 5 inch snares I had good sounds with an Remo pinstripe clear.

@chromebull884

3 жыл бұрын

Aquarian Hi-Energy

@jc3drums916

3 жыл бұрын

Evans G1 coated. It sounds better than than the UV1 while still having a coating that lasts much longer than Remo's. I get better results with Remo on the snare side though.

@jonhattanrai

3 жыл бұрын

Evans Hydraulic for phat snare and low tunings and Evans ST Dry for medium and high tunings.

If Remo had explained it like you guys just did, their sales would increased 3 times or more. This is a great explanation for both new and seasoned drummers… thank you

@cremist2317

2 жыл бұрын

🤫Shhh... don't tell Remo lol.

@DoomyDrummer83

2 жыл бұрын

@@cremist2317 😂🤣

@GUSCRAWF0RD

2 жыл бұрын

Bruh I got a whole library of heads I wouldn’t have if I knew what I wanted right away

@shekukpaka1490

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@ryangrissom1948

Жыл бұрын

This video gave me answers to questions I didn't know I had.

7:03 Ambassador 7:09 Ambassador Clear 7:15 Emperor 7:22 Controlled Sound (Dot) 7:28 Powerstroke 3 7:34 Pinstripe

@unclerhombus

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. So much unnecessary talking.

@_Ike

2 жыл бұрын

@@unclerhombus Some people want to know the differences between them. He said at the very beginning that they'd all be played back to back at the end. It's not unnecessary talking. It's informative.

I just love the Controlled Sound so much, even on a entry level matching snare, with the right tuning, it can make wonders.

@c.r.blankenship9040

6 ай бұрын

I put the controlled sound on all my snares!

@andrewferrara11

4 ай бұрын

This is a great drumhead for recording, but for live performances, maybe the Emperor X or the Evans Heavyweight Dry

You guys consistently have high quality, well produced content. Well done

@ArtOfDrumming

3 жыл бұрын

thanks Jonathan - we're just doing as best as we can.

@Lupine.

3 жыл бұрын

Free sign-up on their site, as well!

@BRADSLINKMAN

2 жыл бұрын

And they are delivering high quality videos not in their native tongue. Sehr gut!

@ArtOfDrumming

2 жыл бұрын

Just trying our best ;-)

@NbgmrvAlmelo

2 жыл бұрын

@@ArtOfDrumming Allo Allo.... 😂🤭 AUFMACHENNNN 🤫😡😠😈

recently switched over to ambassadors on my toms, and the difference is just night and day. with those heads you can almost make toms sound like timpani. just a wide open, massive sound

For my low volume jazz playing which includes lighter weight sticks and brushes, I use the Remo Ambassador Renaissance batter and resonant heads on my 5" x 14" mahogany shell snare drum (Gretsch 30" bearing edge). These heads are excellent for light and distinct brush sounds. For my higher volume playing jazz and light pop and classic rock playing which includes heavier sticks and brushes, I use Ambassador coated batter head and Ambassador clear/hazy snare head on my 6" x 14" maple shell snare drum (Gretsch 30" bearing edge). These heads are also great for brushes but work better in bigger venues. Obviously, the size, type of shell and bearing edges affect my choice for each type of venue. Wonderful description. I wish your info was available back when I started out as a professional jazz drummer back in the early 70's.

This video is quite honestly the best I’ve seen in snare drum head comparison’s. They were all put onto an aluminum drum. It would be nice to see this done on a wooden snare, as well if that hasn’t been done yet. Thanks for posting!

Powerstroke3 has been my go-to snare batter for many years. Die cast hoops and Masshoff tuning method for the ability to go from low to high and ringy to dry with a few turns of a tuning key.

Very very helpful! Thank you for the video. I like how well organized and clear it explains the differences.

Best video about drum heads i’ve ever seen. Very interesting features. You guys should make a video like this one with evans drum heads as well! Great job!

Depends on the drum. Still love the regular old coated Ambassador. Also love the Fiberskyn Diplomat. Coated CS is great, as well.

@danlc95

Жыл бұрын

Those are my favorites too!

Just came across your channel. Thank you for the time you put into this. As a new drummer, but also very snobby guitarist.. this is EXACTLY what I needed.

@ArtOfDrumming

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your feedback!

Great idea ! Very educational. Keep up the awesomeness.

Great video which I found really helpful, think you've sold me on the emperor double ply. Love that crisp sound, and favouring hard rock/metal drumming myself the added durability is very welcome!

Great video! The Ambassador (the coated / single ply one) sounds like butter. I also like the dotted one.

I like the coated pinstripe on that drum

Very informative thank you great sounding demo! Nice Job!!!

Right now I'm working with a power stroke on a 6.5 deep snare. Was working with a clear pinstripe on a 5" deep snare. Taking some getting used to that deep powerful sound. Plus the 5 is metal and the 6.5 is Maple. Both sound good to me. Just real different. Thinking about using both by putting one or the other to the left of the high hat.

My personal favorite snare top head is the powerstroke 77. You should definitely include it in a video in the future because it has a very unique timbre.

Excellent explanations !! Great video. Thank you !

Searched this kind of video for a long time. Thx

@Assimilator702

3 жыл бұрын

There’s PLENTY of snare head comparisons on YT. Check out the Timpano Percussion channel. Nothing wrong with this comparison. However it’s been done before.

Great stuff - love the direct comparison demo! The classic Ambassador then the Powerstroke to my ears 👏

@favd2002

Жыл бұрын

same

@stuartmenziesfarrant

Жыл бұрын

Yep

Remo definitely has to owe you guys royalties for the sheer number of heads potentially sold due to the expert presentation, high production value and amazing drumming in this video. Hands down, the best product demo/comparison vid i've seen...youtube or otherwise!

@alanduncan1980

Жыл бұрын

I've seen better.

Awesome video, great comparisons 🤙🏻

Great video. I learned a lot from this. Thanks for sharing this

thanks for showing love to the clear ambassador. Not many people know the clear ambassador for the snare gives the snare so much crack tuned high , its the best snare head ive use. couldnt be any happier! great review

@kenwheeler5837

3 жыл бұрын

Try a clear Pinstripe or Emperor I use both

Remo Coated CS is how I roll. Very versatile snare head✌

Excellent, thousands of thanks for this work !

Great vid . i liked The coated pinstripe and that groove !!

Awesome thx man! Now it will be easier to decide what snare head to purchase!

Thank you. Great video. Love mine Coated Emperors on all drums for that nice vintage sound.

@ArtOfDrumming

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a cool choice - to be honest I didn’t expect the emperor being a good option on a snare but it definitely is.

@_-_Michael_-_

3 жыл бұрын

I prefer it because I’m not fan of that open sound of single ply, but also don’t wan’t to put on controled heads, two ply showed to be ideal, if I want more mufled sound I can add those mute rings or gel on top.

@jacobbutler7942

2 жыл бұрын

Do yourself a favor and try an emperor x on ur snare.

Controlled sound sounds absolutely amazing I’m real life. If your going for the perfect amount of overtones with excellent tones with (arguably the best durability).

@ArtOfDrumming

2 жыл бұрын

Great drumhead for sure!

This is the best comparison video I've seen!

AOD, terrific video and content description of various REMO batter heads for Snares. I'm a 71 yo, resurrected drummer, playing again after 50 years[1969]. I play for retirement enjoyment / hobby at home , no Gigs (yet!!). I have a DW Design Series 14 X 6.5 Nickel over Brass Snare drum and a PDP Concept Maple 14 X 5.5 Snare (part of my PDP 6 drim Kit). The DW was purchased USED an it came form the previous owner with a HD Dry batter head. It sounded great, right out of the delivery box. A few months ago, I replaced the HD dry with anew HD dry head. I cannot achieve the same sound, either too "cracky" or too choked. I re-installed the reso head, re-installed the snare wires, and re-installd the Batter heads. Tuned and re-Tuned. CI tried a UV1 and a UV2 - NG. I did stumble upon a "weird" hack. I placed the DW snare on top of my 16" Floor Tom one day to get the drum out of the way. Doing a fill, I hit the DW snare - and Bingo !! That was the Ludwig Supraphonic - John Bonham sound. Take the drum off the Tom, not the same. If I play the DW in the snare stand, it is not the same sound. I posted this on various drum forums, and posters have responded by saying I'm palying two drums simultaneously or I may have invented a new Snare Stand!!. I'm tempted to try the Remo Emperor head? BTW, it was the same response on the PDP Maple snare too. Any thoughts??

Well done as always! Thanks and Blessings!

May sounds weird but every snare as is own best drumhead, my go to is the Remo ambassador coated , but sometime, it's a Remo CS, a emperror , a Evans G1 or a Ludwig weathermaster medium. Depends on the shell material, tickness and depth. Usually i go trough 5 snare head with various tuning to find the sweetspot ! Great demo guys.

This came just in time cuz I'm planning to change mine

@ArtOfDrumming

3 жыл бұрын

Great! It‘s surprising how big the difference is!

@trustnugget280

3 жыл бұрын

Ok Shakespeare

excelent, clear and simple , you roll!

Great video. Thanks!

Thanks for this really useful video.

Well done! Remo Ambassador coated here!

You forget the Emperor X. This is my favorite for now. Not a long time ago my fav was Pinstripe. But with metal snare it’s too high

Great explanation of each and well done with the structure too (meaning tuning each to the same level and having each played after their explanations and then also having the direct comparisons)! I use Evans myself and specifically use hydraulic heads for my toms. Just to experiment I tried a hydraulic head on my DW Edge snare drum. It was quite different from the coated heads and predampened (reverse power dot) type heads I've tried in the past. Fun experiment and good sound but not nearly as versatile as actual snare heads.

Thanks for the comparison. I am starting my study on drums, and I want to understand the difference between all the drum set elements to take the best step in buying my first one. I will keep an eye on your channel because it looks exactly what I want. Thanks!!!

I love this videos, they’re super useful!

Great and very informative

this is very helpful, thanks!

He Looks like a captain from the German soccer team!...and for sure he knows how to tune a snare drum!!! Great video, helped a ton!

I'm not a drummer but I'm an aspiring producer. For the 80s inspired sound I'm going for I liked the Empreor the most! Not much ring if not at all and letting the reverb do the sustain. For stuff like alt rock or math rock I loved the Ambassador Clear, and for most metal I think the Pinstripe will work well :)

Perfect explanation thank you

Very interesting..most useful to have a direct comparison on the same drum at same tuning. My favorite of this group is the Emperor. One type of snare drum batter head not reviewed is the 'faux calf' type heads..like Remo Fiberskyn and Evans '56 Calftone. I have an Evans '56 Calftone head on a wood shell 5 x 14" snare drum and it is perfect the venue I use it in..a church praise band. Great for jazz too.

Great video comparison-I like the CS and ambassador-that slick bass drum, though!👍

I have tweaked on bottom and top head brands on every part of a drum kit. Remo is All around the best with Sounds, Tuning, Durability and taking Abuse if you are the "Brick Layer" type drummer. And Evans has a few good all-around tasty ones too. But Remos never disappointed me once.

I have a coated hydraulic snare head (that is a 2 ply with mineral oil sandwiched between the layers) that I really love for rock. Then I have an extra thick single ply I use for jazz. Both are Evans.

@seanbeauchesne2443

2 жыл бұрын

I have the Evans hydraulic heads on all my toms but not the snare... you making me want the hydraulic snare hehe

@lucksury

2 жыл бұрын

@@seanbeauchesne2443 I’m considering switching the heads on my toms from Evans EC2 clears to the hydraulics. I have a black hydraulic on my snare and it sounds great. Super fat and punchy with almost no overtones

Thanks, great tips

Great informative video!

Really helpful. Thank you.

Great very useful, thanks

I love the coated ambassador X, classic warm sound with more durability. Also love the coated cs real crisp with just enough overtones, I hated the pinstripe I bought once years ago, only good thing that lifeless head had was durability. That's it. I have never played an emperor snare head and I am curious to try it out. I also read of a great drummer who records rock with super thin diplomat heads, just plays one song and replaces them every studio day!

very good comparison.thank you.

@ArtOfDrumming

3 жыл бұрын

🙏 comments like this keep us pushing forward!

My personal favorite is the ambassador coated or an Evans G1 coated. With these heads I can get the wide open sound or if I want a more focused sound I can use Drum Dots or Drum Rings depending on the room or the amount of muffling I need.

I’m liking the coated, pre-dampened Power Stroke 3!

Really enjoyed the vid. Im looking to change heads on my snares, this really helped. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍

This is the best video ever. Thank you very much dude!!!

Very Well Instructed!!!!

Dude. So good. Ty!!

that emperor coated sounds really great😋

I'm quite a hard hitting drummer and I absolutely love the coated ambassador! Every time I try something else I go back to it, I just love it's throaty crack LOL Best head in my opinion

@ArtOfDrumming

3 жыл бұрын

We totally agree with that!

The single ply coated Ambassador all the way (for my toms too)! Have tried many heads in the past on my Sonor Champion (+ Sonor snare 5x14 and my Supra 6.5x14), but kept coming back to it... since some 20 years now I have stuck with it and have never looked back. I love the way it sounds and how it plays... the way the sticks feel when I play Ambassadors - the responsiveness. I like the openess and I love the ring and when it's too much for the occasion there's nothing a piece of tape or my wallet or hanky can't fix. Great video, as usual!

@prongATO

Жыл бұрын

Same! I used to muffle the crap out of my snare and get the thickest “overtone control” heads I could find then I embraced the overtones for what they were and play singly ply Aquarian heads on all my drums.

@Darrylizer1

5 ай бұрын

You really can't go wrong with a coated Ambassador. If the overtones are too much I control them with a moongel or a half a moongel or a drumdot. I love the Evans Genera Dry and HD Dry too which have tiny vents around the perimeter of the head to control overtones. But the Ambassador is the best all arounder.

@provocase

5 ай бұрын

I liked the Evans Genera Dry with the vents too. But ultimately I'm a lazy drummer who's not really fond of swapping heads all the time... so coated Ambassadors it is! ;)

Saludos desde México 🇲🇽 el controlled sound es mi favorito 👍🏼

Very good in my boxes, I've already used emperror skyntone controlled sound ambassador

I never understood the differences of these drumheads and I just knew I like remo over evans. This helped so much you explained it really well.

@thomastucker5686

Жыл бұрын

Why remo over evans? Just curious because I have been playing a long time and don't know the difference.

@ham.productions

Жыл бұрын

@@thomastucker5686 cuz more pros use it 😂😂😂 I don’t know the difference either lol 😂 I just like the sound control one

I've been playing with the same snare head for at least 4 years now, still sounds good

@ArtOfDrumming

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@rohayek8492

2 жыл бұрын

Does it tho? Or have you just gotten used to the sound? A drumhead normally lasts a max of 6 months

@DBMMXXVIIXVII

2 жыл бұрын

@@rohayek8492 I don't play very often, I hit hard but to me the head is still good. It's a Remo controlled sound X, pretty durable... In the last few weeks I noticed it's getting weaker, maybe it's time to change it

Waw, I love the double drum heads, it's gives nice sounds

Emperor coated or controlled sound is the way to go thanks for sharing this video

I mentioned this on another of your videos but man, I changed the way I hear snare drum sounds as I played longer. I used to hate the overtones from the snare but now I absolutely love hearing the difference of my steel Sensitone snare vs my 12 ply Maple Masters Custom snare. When I get a bronze or brass shell, I think my snare drum collection will be complete. (Until I want aluminum or titanium! Lol)

@Darrylizer1

5 ай бұрын

One's snare drum collection can never be truly complete. There's always something new!

Good content, I'm sending this video to my drummer

@ArtOfDrumming

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏 for spreading the word!

Thank you very much for that great comparison of REMO snare drumheads. Please do another with EVANS drumheads and at last a comparison with snare drumheads from both manufacturers. Thank you! With regards from Germany!

Great video

Great videos

I think my favorite drum shell for both live and recording, has to be the aluminum shell. I've heard many different brands and even though there are obvious differences between different depths, they all sound great for their respective sizes. For me, the perfect head for snare is the controlled sound coated black dot..This snare with the black dot coated is a perfect, all around and versatile snare sound.

Love the controlled sound. Have you tried the Evans Genera HD Dry Drumhead? I want to try this next.

I like the sound of Ambassador Coated, Powerstroke 3, and Pinstripe here.

this video is the perfect format of a comparison, my only observation is that on the overhead takes, tue use of ring shot accentuates more the shell and makes it hard to tell the difference between them

best video about remo snare drumheads.. i prefer the controlled sound coated..;)... it's good at funk, reggae even in hardcore..

evans hd dry is definitely my favorite snare head same with the evans hybrid

I put a PowerStroke 3 in my snare and with just tunning it sounds great, didn't have to put any muffle

Wish I woulda had this video when I started drumming!

Definitely going double ply

Nothing beats the coated ambassador for any type of music.

I found the Power Stroke 3 a good option if you intend to play a wide variety of styles. As a single ply the overtones are close to the classic Ambassador, but the added damping around the edge means you can get much more controlled sound with lower tunings etc.

@Darrylizer1

5 ай бұрын

The Evans Genera and Genera Dry are the analog in the Evans world. The Dry has tiny vent holes on the perimeter of the head that eliminates the overtones more than the Genera. I've used all three, all are good.

@sulimanorlanes8167

5 ай бұрын

i like the power stroke 3.... almost no overtone.

Best drum video of all time.

I liked the last one and the one with circle in the center

As far as your test goes. i liked the 1st and last. Ambasador and pinstripe. But i also like clear for toms.

THANK YOU

Excellent content. Thanks for your time and effort making this demo video. Best wishes.

Controlled sound is my definite go to snare head

In my 60 years of playing the Evans Dry Genera sounds and plays the best on my Ludwig 4x14 Supralite and my 6 1/2 x14 Super Sensitive. Rim shots are clear and sharp and there is no need for any type of muffling. Most importantly the head is easy to tune to get a perfect sound.

You make great videos 👍

@ArtOfDrumming

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Buck 🙏 - always trying as best as we can.