Drumheads - Arco

Remo Ambassador

Drumhead · United States

A single ply of 10 mil film, clear or coated, and the head against which every other drumhead is described. The coated Ambassador on a snare is close to a default in recorded music.
Aquarian Super-Kick II

Drumhead · United States

The Super-Kick's muffling ring floats rather than being bonded, so it damps the head without stiffening it — a different answer to the same problem the EMAD solves.
Code Signal

Drumhead · United Kingdom

Signal is Code's mainstream head line, made in the UK across single and double ply in clear and coated finishes.
Aquarian Modern Vintage

Drumhead · United States

Modern Vintage heads are made thinner and warmer than the company's standard lines, aimed at drummers tuning thin vintage shells low.
Remo Diplomat

Drumhead · United States

At 7.5 mil the Diplomat is thinner than an Ambassador, giving a brighter, more open sound at low volume — the usual choice for jazz toms and for snare heads played with brushes.
Evans dB One

Drumhead · United States

The dB One heads cut an acoustic kit's volume substantially while keeping a real drum feel and pitch, offering a middle ground between mesh heads and an electronic kit.
Remo Pinstripe

Drumhead · United States

Pinstripe heads bond two plies only at the outer edge, leaving a small air gap that damps overtones without muffling the fundamental. On toms it produces the fat, controlled sound of a great deal of 1970s and 1980s rock.
Evans Hydraulic

Drumhead · United States

Hydraulic heads seal a thin layer of oil between two plies, producing an extremely short, fat tom sound. It is one of the most idiomatic drum sounds of the 1970s and has never fully gone away.
Evans Calftone

Drumhead · United States

Calftone heads reproduce the warm, dark tone of calfskin in a stable synthetic film, aimed at drummers playing vintage-voiced kits without vintage maintenance.
Remo Powerstroke 3

Drumhead · United States

The Powerstroke 3's underside inlay ring damps the head's edge, which is why it appears on so many bass drums: it gives a controlled thump with no further muffling needed.
Evans G1

Drumhead · United States

G1 is Evans' 10 mil single ply, built on the Level 360 collar that lets the head seat in the bearing edge without fighting the hoop during tuning.
Aquarian Texture Coated

Drumhead · United States

Aquarian's Texture Coated finish is applied as a sprayed texture, which resists wearing off under a brush better than painted coatings and gives a consistent brush sound across the head.

Code Drum Heads

Code makes drumheads in the UK with an unusually experimental catalogue — printed graphics, reverse-dot heads, and hybrid coatings — alongside conventional single and double ply lines.
Evans

Chick Evans made the first plastic drumhead in the 1950s, and the brand — part of D'Addario since the mid-1990s — is one of two names that cover most of the market. Evans is associated with the level-360 collar, oil-filled double-ply heads, and the EMAD system's interchangeable external muffling ring.
Aquarian

Founded by drummer Roy Burns and engineer Ron Marquez, Aquarian introduced the Safe-T-Loc hoop, the Super-Kick series with its floating muffle ring, and the Studio-X and Response 2 heads. Its Texture Coated finish is sprayed rather than painted on.
Remo

Remo Belli's Mylar drumhead, introduced in the late 1950s, ended the era of calfskin and made drums that stayed in tune through weather and travel. The company went on to build world percussion with synthetic shells and heads — djembes, frame drums, and the tunable Roto Toms — and remains the largest drumhead maker in the world.

Percussion Instruments

Instruments sounded by striking, shaking, scraping, or related percussive action.