Head for Acrylic snare ?

[BennyK]

I'm installing a 4" acrylic shell on my Pearl Free Floater . What's your experience with batter heads on these guys ?

 

[Murat]

Not 4 deep but the remo black dot worked great on the Crush and the DW acrylic snares that were 5.5 deep.

 

[RIDDIM]

What kind of sound do you want? What sort of music are you playing?

 

[DannyPattersonMusic]

On my acyrlic snare (12x7) I'm using a Remo clear CS (black) dot batter head. In the past I've also used amn Aquarian coated studio-x batter head

 

[BennyK]

What kind of sound do you want? What sort of music are you playing?

Right now finishing up an album of Leonard Cohen-ish funk rock . A couple of numbers with brushes which the blackdots wouldn't be practical for , though I do like them on 402's .

 

[Trilock_Gurtu]

Maybe a coated pinstripe.

 

[xsabers]

Reverse power dot or similar.

 

[xsabers]

Ooh, I forgot, I just put an EVANS HD Dry on my Pork Pie acrylic and am liking the results.

 

[BennyK]

I installed a brand new Ludwig Weathermaster medium coated - very crisp with depth .

 

[dsop]

I don't think you can go wrong. Just treat it like any other snare.

 

[Tmcfour]

Sabers mentioned the reverse power dots, they make these coated so you'd be able to use brushes as well.

 

[RIDDIM]

Leonard Cohen? Now I'm thinking Daniel Lanois. If I wanted a deeper, looser/swampy sounding snare, acrylic would likely not be my first choice.
That said, have you checked out Evan's Black Onyx heads?

 

[rondrums51]

I installed a brand new Ludwig Weathermaster medium coated - very crisp with depth .

Good choice.

 

[JDA]

Head for Acrylic snare ?


READ THE DIRECTIONS?

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[BennyK]

Thanks Ron ... I'm keeping an open mind to other possibilities , but the Ludwig medium seems to work most of the time .

 

[RickPlaysDrums]

I installed a brand new Ludwig Weathermaster medium coated - very crisp with depth .

That's the ticket!

 

[latzanimal]

I've found that acrylic shells are more reflective of the head chosen than wood or metal shells..

I have a clear emperor on mine at the moment...

 

[singleordoubleheads]

Don't laugh but I run a clear Hydraulic as a batter on my clear Vistalite snare 6.5 x 14. It sounds incredible imho.

 

[BennyK]

Nobody's laughin , this is serious business .

Thanks

 

[mebeatee]

There is a 6.5x 14 Zickos snare that lives in a reh space down the street and has a Fiberskyn 2 on top with a clear ambo snare on the snare side and it is fabulous!! A nice warm sound from what can be a brittle sounding drum.
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