Hi Premierdrummer,
First congrets with your beautiful
( No wonder Nico McBrain switched to Premier ) kit!!
I am playing a vintage 1968 Premier birch kit, I have smothered the kit in baby oil so to speak.
I found the ideal heads for my snare and toms.
Because the Premier's (especially birch) are quite bright and open, there can be a bit of a "ring" to them.
I like a touch of "ring" myself but not too much.
I put Aquarian Focus-X on my snare and toms, Classic Clear for the resos.
These heads are the bees knees, single ply coated with a little vented clear muffling ring under neath along the bearing edge.
The sound will remain nice and open, but the "over-ring" is just subdued to a nice level.
When you hit close to the rim, you will still get a ring when you want it.
Also, these heads are quite durable for a single ply and the coating is really hard wearing.
I have a Remo Coated Ambassador on my 16" floor tom, they are the only heads still available for my vintage (off size) tom. I like the head, good open sound but the coating is not as hard wearing as the Aquarian's
Cheers and happy drumming,
Harry