Models
20 models
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Aquarian Texture Coated
A sprayed coating rather than a painted one
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.
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Evans EMAD
Bass drum head with interchangeable muffling rings
Drumhead · United States
EMAD's externally mounted damping system holds a foam ring in a channel around the head's edge, and the ring can be swapped or removed without detuning the drum. It effectively ended the era of pillows in bass drums.
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Remo Ambassador
The single-ply standard
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.
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Evans EC2
Double ply with an edge control ring
Drumhead · United States
EC2 heads carry a damping ring under the outer edge — the "edge control" the name refers to — which removes the high overtones without killing the note.
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Remo Diplomat
Thin single ply for low volume
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.
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Remo Controlled Sound
The black dot snare head
Drumhead · United States
Controlled Sound heads carry a reinforcing patch — the familiar black dot — at the centre, adding durability and attack where the stick lands while leaving the rest of the head free.
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Remo Emperor
Two plies of seven mil
Drumhead · United States
The Emperor is two plies of 7 mil film, which shortens sustain and raises durability against a single ply without the dead quality of a heavier double ply.
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Aquarian Modern Vintage
Thin heads voiced for older kits
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.
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Evans G2
Two plies of seven mil
Drumhead · United States
The G2 is the double-ply tom head most often set against Remo's Emperor: warm, controlled, and durable, with a decay short enough to survive a close microphone.
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Evans Hydraulic
Two plies with oil between them
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.
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Evans G1
The single-ply Evans
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.
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Remo Pinstripe
Two plies with a free-floating edge
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.
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Evans dB One
Low-volume heads for a full acoustic kit
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.
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Aquarian Super-Kick II
Bass drum head with a floating muffle ring
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.
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Remo Fiberskyn
Synthetic film with a calfskin surface
Drumhead · United States
Fiberskyn puts a fibre coating on a synthetic film to approximate the tone and texture of calfskin without its instability, and is used on hand drums and vintage-voiced kits alike.
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Aquarian Response 2
Two-ply tom head
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.
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Remo Powerstroke 3
The bass drum batter with an inlay ring
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.
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Evans UV1
Single ply with a UV-cured coating
Drumhead · United States
UV1's coating is cured with ultraviolet light rather than sprayed, which makes it far more durable than a conventional coated head while sounding much like one.
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Remo Silentstroke
Mesh heads for a quiet acoustic kit
Drumhead · United States
Silentstroke heads are woven mesh rather than film, cutting an acoustic kit's volume by most of its output while keeping the rebound. They also make an acoustic kit triggerable.
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Evans Calftone
Synthetic film with a calfskin voice
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.