Maker

Aquarian

California drumhead maker

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.

Models

  • Aquarian Response 2

    Drumhead · United States

    Response 2 is Aquarian's double-ply tom head, with a slightly brighter attack than most of its competitors and the company's Safe-T-Loc hoop.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Categories

  • Drumheads

    The consumable that changes a drum's voice more than the shell does. Single and double ply, clear and coated, with and without built-in muffling.

Representative model

  • 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.