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Old 07-10-2007, 11:07 AM
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Choosing new heads - help!


I have had my kit for several years, but am still using the heads that
it came with. I have decided it's high time to do something about
this... but the problem is I have absolutely no idea what sort to go
for. At all. So any help would be very much appreciated

The styles of music I like and aspire to play are mostly
post-rock and psychedelia, with a bit of jazz-influenced stuff (not
full-on jazz, more stuff like Tortoise - plus I have a rock kit not a jazz kit) and droney stuff. I'm not sure whether that goes any way towards
categorising the sound that I want. I guess I want the Toms to sound
warmer, earthier and more resonant than they currently are, and the
snare to sound snappier and less "dead'' (Should I also get a new
snare, or will replacing the skins be enough? Sorry, I really do know
F.A. about this sort of thing...). I don't really know about
the bass drum, I might leave that for a later point perhaps.

I don't know whether the type of heads affects how easy it is to tune
the drums, but if it does I'd prefer heads that are easy to tune and
keep in tune.

Thanks for any advice/suggestions!
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