im talking drum heads here... what are the pros and cons of each and what are your experiences with each? Just want to get a general consensus before I replace my heads

[full metal]

Well I use clear on my toms and bass and coted on my snare.
I just swiched to the power stroke 3 on all of them and I git a good sound out of them but I had a hard time keeping them in tune and they wore out very quickly.

I have used pinstripes for a very long time but thought I would try somthing diffrent.

[gyutae]

i also have clear on my bass and toms and coated on my snare... the thing is that I think that the coated have a warmer feel to it, especially on the toms.. the clearer have a stronger attack.. someone correct me if im wrong

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[full metal]

yea I do belive that is how its suposed to work.

I just found that the clear heads seem to last longer than cotaded.
I play the crap out of my toms and my clear heads always outlast my snare head.
the only reason I dont go to a clear snare head is because I never could get the right sound out of it like I wasnted to.

[gyutae]

thanks for the clarification... also the coated heads tend to peel especially on the snare.. leaves a white flaky residue..

full metal, if you're thinking about an alternative to pinstripes I suggest Evans 2 ply hydraulics... I made the switch myself and I really liked the results on my toms..

I've heard that the quality of Remo heads have declined over the years.. not 100% sure if this is 100% true but I like Evans heads better

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well judging only on looks, I like clear cuz coated makes ur drums look sorta cheap.. just like the look of clear better.. its cleaner... plus i don think the sound makes that much difference

[full metal]

no offince here but what are you smoking.
who cares about looks. I am interstead in sound qualty.
it is about what sound you are looking for.

I mean the drummer from SOD like to use a coteded batter head on some of his toms and I would imagine it is for sound because my exsperince with those is that they dont last very long when you play hard.
I just prefere the clear heads a lot more in sound and how long it last.

that is so not true dude...
if you didn't care about looks then why get your drums in a certain color laquer or wrap? why not just use the wood? it would be a lot cheaper... of course sound is important but what im saying is that looks count too... im sure if u cared only about sound u would have a pretty ****ty looking flea market kit

also, as drummers we're considered performers.. and i think our performance is somewhat dependant on looks... the hot actress is gonna be more popular than the busted one in the end

[full metal]

All Im saying is that if your kit looks great but sounds like a** then whats the point.

I have seen some perfesonal drummers that kits that dont look all that great but they sound outstanding do they care what it looks like no not really.

I mean I have black heads on the underside of my toms and on my bass but whats on top no one can really see anyways but If I thought I was getting a better sound out of the fiber skins then i would have those on there and I dont care what it looked like.