Fave batter head for snare drums

[Matched Gripper]

I like the Ludwig Weather Master on my CM snare. Also like the Evans UV1 in my Acro.

 

[Jhouse86]

Remo coated vintage emperor is my new favorite on the ol' black beauty.
Remo coated cs reverse dot on the supraphonic.
Remo coated ambassador on the N&C beech.
Ambassador hazy snare side for all of them.

 

[RogersLudwig]

1. Weathermaster heavy coated
2. Aquarian American Vintage on my Gretsch RB

 

[JimmyM]

Tried a few and still only like coated Ambs. G1 isn’t bad either but I like how the Amb sounds with brushes better. That said, I don’t hate others…I just like what I like.

 

[Cauldronics]

Remo coated CS - usually takes away just enough ring and controls/focuses the sound a bit (like it says on the tin)

Remo coated ambassador - if a snare doesn't sound good with one I don't want it

Aquarian texture coated - slightly different flavor and tone of ambassador

Remo PS 77 - didn't think I'd like it but it's really good for rock, surprisingly sensitive

 

[hefty]

Remo coated CS black dot. Once in awhile a coated Emperor.

 

[Sequimite]

varatrodder mentioned the 10 mil single ply Evans Strata 1000. I'm using that and the 7.5 mil single ply Strata 700. These are orchestral takes on replicating calfskin heads. I don't need gel or tape with either.

 

[DanRH]

Coated Ambie, coated G1’s or UV1 will all work for me.

 

[Drdrumdude3009]

Ambassador is showing up a lot, as is Emperor and UV1, along with the Aquarian reverse dot. A couple of votes for the symphonic heads, as well. This has been interesting thus far. Keep your answers coming!

 

[Squirrel Man]

Depends on what mood I'm in.

Ambassador or Evans G.

Clear black dot if I'm feeling sassy.

 

[hsosdrum]

Calfskin batter (from Stern Tanning) and Remo Ambassador snare-side.

*IF* I had: a) the money, and b) the wherewithal to spend 15 minutes tweaking up the tuning on a 7-drum drumset every time I sat down to play it I'd switch to calfskin batters on the entire set, but I'm too old for that so I use Remo Fiberskyn FDs on the toms and Fiberskyn PS3 Ambassadors on the bass drums. Not quite calfskin but close enough for jazz (or rock'n'roll).

 

[Philaiy9]

Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium. These work well on my two snares, which are both aluminum. I don't really know how well they emulate calf but I like how they cut out some of the high-pitched ring. Plus, they look cool. I've heard that these heads are essentially Texture Coateds that have been coated twice.

 

[JazzDrumGuy]

Depends on the snare material, music and sound. My go to is a coated Ambassador probably on 80%+ of my snares.

 

[Cauldronics]

Ambassador is showing up a lot, as is Emperor and UV1, along with the Aquarian reverse dot. A couple of votes for the symphonic heads, as well. This has been interesting thus far. Keep your answers coming!

Did you mean Remo rev dot?

 

[BruceOrl]

FWIW, on my DW rolled Aluminum I like a Evans Genera Vented Dry, while its big sister, a 6 1/2 maple DW sounds great with a coated Emperor.

My newest, a brass LB401 is singing after I replaced the stock heavy duty Weathermaster with an Ambassador.

All my reso's are either Remo or DW stock.

-Bruce

 

[Drdrumdude3009]

Did you mean Remo rev dot?

Both about the same, frankly.

 

[Seb77]

Coated Ambassador.
For great brush sweeps out of the box and a slightly darker stick sound, Fiberskyn Diplomat.

 

[1988fxlr]

I like most of them on the right drum in the right application. Diplomat to hydraulic all do something I like. Every time I acquire a new snare though it gets a well used coated ambassador for a baseline sound to tweek from. Usually ambassador hazy on shallow snares and diplomat on deep ones

 

[KillinBill66]

Evans UV1 or Aquarian Texture Coated Reverse Dot

 

[varatrodder]

varatrodder mentioned the 10 mil single ply Evans Strata 1000. I'm using that and the 7.5 mil single ply Strata 700. These are orchestral takes on replicating calfskin heads. I don't need gel or tape with either.

They're great heads. Normally I really dislike Evans heads, but these are great. I ended up buying a set of them for the toms on my walnut stave kit, paired with a Remo Renaissance on the bass drum.