I have budget shells so it just makes sense to add budget heads lol. I’m definitely going to try these out. Love the tuna wrap shell too!! That’s a great idea!
Yeah like I bought a flugelhorn made by Levante, the tuning slide trigger isn’t perfect, but everything else I is great, and it costed like 265 dollars too
I don’t know much about drum heads but I think for the price those sounded amazing. I’d expect them to be super easily broken and sound like a drum kit for kids but those were really decent. I guess almost anything can sound good when someone who knows what they’re doing is tuning/playing them.
I was pretty sure you were going to say, "You get what you pay for and these are crap." That's pretty cool that they worked okay. Didn't sound amazing, but they didn't sound terrible. It would be fine for just practicing, jamming or putting on a kit to sell. (I would definitely recommend them for that house kit I played on a couple weeks ago that had absolutely worn out, out-of-tune heads.)
I've been using these on my toms for over 2 years now. They hold up. They are a bit more muted than pinstripes in my opinion. sound just fine and even better mic'd. haven't broken one yet and I hit pretty hard.
@5:24 we used to buy the 20-pairs of bulk sticks that came in bags, and we went to all the stores for used cymbals every month...I am good with my Remo setup to answer the question about these heads
I'm no drummer, I'm a guitar player. So to me, without any knowledge of drum tones, it sounded good. In a live show you definitely wouldn't notice the difference of these to more expensive brands like Remo. (Again, if you're not a drummer). So yeah, it's definitely worth the money.
Honestly they didn't sound nearly as bad as I anticipated, quite the opposite actually. They're not amazing but absolutely decent considering the prize. Maybe not something I'd use in the studio, but on practice kit somewhere or the local church drum set, absolutely.
I love that Tuna Can snare so much holy cow! Also, I'll definitely grab these in the future for my home practice kit when it comes time to replace those, I use Evans SoundOff pads so they don't really need to sound incredible.
I use them on my cheap kit and here theyre called "remo encores". They can sound good as concert toms and IF they are properly tuned and muffled you can also get some decent results.
I've had a set in my studio for years but never replaced the heads cuz I'm broke. I'm no drummer, but I want em to sound decent, and now I know where to get cheap heads.
That last point is actually critical. These heads are incredibly affordable, so if you are having a rough day you can just take it out on the drums. The drums are such a good stress outlet and affordable heads will make me feel less bad if I do ruin them
Hey David, would you ever consider doing a video of DIY vintage yellowing of white drum wraps? I've recently refurbished this vintage Royce kit and half the kit is yellowed which I really like but the other half is not. Trying to figure out a solution.
Nice work David! I’m a Remo guy as I hedge you are too. Why do we like Remo so much? It could be a cool but potentially controversial video idea on different brand comparisons. Remo, Evans, Aquarian, etc. I also appreciate the Saturday morning video upload time. My version of a cartoons. Lol 🤓 Well done David! Keep up the great work.
Hey Dave-been a drummer off and on for almost 50 years (between raising a family and all the responsibility of that) and enjoy your advice and the drummer hacks you share. Wish I could've known these in the 70's and 80's. But on this video the first thing I noticed was how perfectly matched your cymbals were. They matched perfectly with all 3 genres of the music you played. Not even bad drums and/or drum heads make a set sound worse than wrong cymbals. You know your stuff and even at my old ass age (67) I can learn from you. Well done!
Yayyy !!! New content !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS BC IT'S GONNA BE GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!! rdavidr 💯 Edit: I was right! Great editing - best laugh at 5:12 👏 Thank you David Also the heads are "sold out"
how was the feeling though? They actually sound pretty decent for what you pay. However the feeling of drumheads is a big deal for me. Just the last week I bought Evans UV2 for my snare and it feels really good to play on, particulary bouncy compared to other ones.
I was in middle school when I had my Ludwig accent combo mic'd up. I probably had cheap Remo heads and maybe found out tape or rings to get muffling out. Even my parents were impressed when they heard how nice attack and boom they had.
i think judging from the difference I'm hearing when i play vs playback the recording does alot for the sound. Cause my tuning was literal trash but play back wasn’t so bad lol
Prices have going insane. Especially Remo. I went with Evans and that softens the blows of prices a bit. Added bonus is that they have a much longer lifespan. I had G2 clear heads on the toms that sounded, tuned snd looked like new even after two years. Btw. The tested heads here arent available on Amazon
Absolutely, Evans heads have insane durability. The Evans EC RD is the most durable drum head I've ever played, that thing won't ever break. Perfect for hardhitters.
If you only had one kit, and didn't want to ruin your expensive heads this would be an amazing option. Leave these heads on the kit for practice. They don't sound perfect, but well enough. And then just take them off and put your professional heads on for performances. That way, you can have nice heads, but they'll be rotated out with the practice heads and you won't need replacing nearly as often so you actually save a mint over time.
i want my heads to cause moist not prevent it🤣 love your tom work sploosh. def a great option when you let someone use your kit at practice. nah they only destroyed my crashes n splashes.🍻
Attack drumheads sells a full set of 1 ply heads for $51. Could be a fun one to test, especially on that sound percussion set you just made the video on.
I think the main reason they still sound pretty decent is that fact i assume you still have remo reso heads? that's where i feel most of the tone is coming from. would be interesting to hear them with cheap batters and reso's
IMO that’s actually a point in their favor. If you’re going on a long tour, do you want to constantly have to change both heads for a meh sound or just the tops with a good reso for a decent sound?
I would really love if you released a video on how you got your toms sounding sooooo good on 3:25 . I'm sure it took a long time to get that sound but please
Thank you for another amazing video! I will just add that I didn't hear the word terephthalate since the early 90' when we were no longer socialistic country and we were finally able to buy more products that were made in western countrys. That time I fisrt time read about what our - Czech ( made by brand called Amati ) drumheads were made out of.. And I never heard the word again, until now.. but also, I never forgot it.. 😁😁 I can't speak about the sound or quality, I was only a teen and it's a long ago. I only remember that there were coated for snares, clear ones as reso heads ( very thin ones ) and what is now Remo White Smooth were basically the only head in production for rack and floor toms.
I don't have great love for pinstripes muffled sound anyways as I prefer coated emperor's but that said this cheap alternative sounds fine to me and I have no problem with buying these heads to use at home but on the rare occasion of studio recording then I am gonna buy a remo pro pack, simple as! Having a choice is a great thing.
Can you try a set of 'Code' heads? They claim to be British but they are actually made in China. They've nicked Premier's old 'donut' design for one of their most popular skin designs
@@krusher74 No. they are not I know all about who's making what. Al Murray is the MD of Code. Premier are actually back. They are now owned by Gear4Music. BDC is run by Keith Keogh (Ex Premier, as you say. But not with Premier in the glory years, just the decline) and funnily enough he's mates with Code's MD. I see Keith Keogh as a big part of Premier's past troubles but some people think he's some kind of God
Great allaround Heads man!! Sounds perfect as all other heads sounded great too with your earthworks mics !!!But is a fair comparison cause you use the same mics for everything!!!
Hah! I'd bought the 'Lost In Translation' movie on DVD for $2 at a local 2nd-hand store only very recently! 😁 And "Bumblebee Tuna" reminds me of another movie: "Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls" 😄 That snare sounds amazing in the 'Pop' segment! 🤩👍
I'm trying to get into using complete drum kits in my production/finger drumming. What are those two cymbals in the kit? Are they a crash and ride? Crash and splash? Two crashes?
the one on the left is technically a ride, but i use it as a crash. The one on the right is a crash that I use as a ride, but mainly as a crash. Theyre basically 2 crashes lol
Who is the guy that comes out on 5:13? It’s a quick pic of a guy right on the snare head. Was that done on purpose? If so, what’s the reason for it? Oh, and about the drum heads, I would definitely purchase them. They sound alright and great for the price.
Very cool David. Here is the deal, Mylar is a brand name of DuPont and is the same material as the chemical name PET. So Mylar is PET film. PET film is the generic equivalent to Mylar. So are the heads the same as Remo Pinstripes? No. Crimped edges like the old Ludwigs (many people loved and miss those Ludwig heads vs the glued epoxy edges on Remos. How have Pinstripes changes by Remo? Used to be able to see the rainbow effect and "apparent" but nonexistent oil between them. (Newton's rings). Now, that rainbow effect thing is gone. Did they change the orientation of the plys to cause this? I am not sure, but they are different than say Pins from 10 years ago. But I have no new old stock pins to compare to new stock pins. Your drums sounded great with the PET heads and with processing, who would know?
How many of you are going to use these drum heads? I mean, they're only THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS!!!
These heads are regular heads we use in our country (cheapest)
Mostly called remo encore
Definitely
Hard pass for me!
Negative. They don't sound good. I also try to avoid powering the Chinese economy whenever I can
I have budget shells so it just makes sense to add budget heads lol. I’m definitely going to try these out. Love the tuna wrap shell too!! That’s a great idea!
not bad at all. expected far worse but honestly sounds good. the snare in particular worked pretty well
my thoughts exactly!
Same here!
Ngl, I was vibing to the "pop" mix
Not a cheap kit though, I imagine a cheap setup would sound much worse
i think the real change would come after some usage, durability seems like a thing too
Proof that in all instruments, we just always fall for marketing and get caught up in big brand names. These smaller brands deserve a shot.
It helps when you have a good set too
its proof that you dont know shit about the music, they sound bad asf
Yeah like I bought a flugelhorn made by Levante, the tuning slide trigger isn’t perfect, but everything else I is great, and it costed like 265 dollars too
@@azxtntthose dr suess instruments arent cheap
@@guanoApe cheaper than the 1k+ anyone else wanted for one
We aren't going to discuss the tuna can snare? That is...amazing.
I know, right? Yes, please!
Food drums are always great. I once saw alestorm live with a lasagna double bass drum
I don’t know much about drum heads but I think for the price those sounded amazing. I’d expect them to be super easily broken and sound like a drum kit for kids but those were really decent. I guess almost anything can sound good when someone who knows what they’re doing is tuning/playing them.
EXACTLY...that's why you say my drums sound sexy
Ah yes, moist resistance. Very good.
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Enjoying the new editing in your latest videos David. Love seeing you progress in so many different ways man. Inspiring.
I was pretty sure you were going to say, "You get what you pay for and these are crap." That's pretty cool that they worked okay. Didn't sound amazing, but they didn't sound terrible. It would be fine for just practicing, jamming or putting on a kit to sell. (I would definitely recommend them for that house kit I played on a couple weeks ago that had absolutely worn out, out-of-tune heads.)
I think that's like the ones for the snares in my old middle school band class and toms
I've been using these on my toms for over 2 years now. They hold up. They are a bit more muted than pinstripes in my opinion. sound just fine and even better mic'd. haven't broken one yet and I hit pretty hard.
That break at 7:30 is absolute fire! Nicely played, even if it took a few takes to get right.
@5:24 we used to buy the 20-pairs of bulk sticks that came in bags, and we went to all the stores for used cymbals every month...I am good with my Remo setup to answer the question about these heads
I'm no drummer, I'm a guitar player. So to me, without any knowledge of drum tones, it sounded good. In a live show you definitely wouldn't notice the difference of these to more expensive brands like Remo. (Again, if you're not a drummer).
So yeah, it's definitely worth the money.
guitar player here you took the words out my mouth lmao
I don't even play drums but I can't get enough of your content.
Was gifted these by a family member and I still use them to this day for my practice kit, great sound for the price
God damn you got the most amazing drumming content on TH-cam my dude. Love the work you are doing David. Respect brother!
the mix on the pop track was great! really like the compression you put on there :)
Honestly they didn't sound nearly as bad as I anticipated, quite the opposite actually. They're not amazing but absolutely decent considering the prize. Maybe not something I'd use in the studio, but on practice kit somewhere or the local church drum set, absolutely.
I love that Tuna Can snare so much holy cow! Also, I'll definitely grab these in the future for my home practice kit when it comes time to replace those, I use Evans SoundOff pads so they don't really need to sound incredible.
digging the more out there mix you did in the pop section! generally a great production as usual xx
I use them on my cheap kit and here theyre called "remo encores". They can sound good as concert toms and IF they are properly tuned and muffled you can also get some decent results.
Those are not remo anything!
@@doknox here in Brazil we have American Remo and Remo Encore made in China (like this kit showed by David);
@@doknox hence why i used commas.
@@douglasdrummer exactly. They still say remo real small on the top, at least in my case
@@federruchi6147 those are quotes, you are using them wrong.
Rocking my favorite combo of cymbals you use! Great vid dude!
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Perfect for a school drum set! Can even let the students practice tuning with these
dont forget to tell the kids, that other kids that should still be in school are making these in a sweat shop for pennies.
@@krusher74 dude shut up, stop being so weird
I've had a set in my studio for years but never replaced the heads cuz I'm broke. I'm no drummer, but I want em to sound decent, and now I know where to get cheap heads.
That last point is actually critical. These heads are incredibly affordable, so if you are having a rough day you can just take it out on the drums. The drums are such a good stress outlet and affordable heads will make me feel less bad if I do ruin them
After such a beatdown, you should feel good! Breaking through to the other side, perhaps, you should feel even better.
Holy shit, you’re so right about that track sounding just like a Totino’s pizza roll commercial 😂😂😂
Hey David, would you ever consider doing a video of DIY vintage yellowing of white drum wraps? I've recently refurbished this vintage Royce kit and half the kit is yellowed which I really like but the other half is not. Trying to figure out a solution.
I’m actually sitting here looking at one as I type this lol. Been on the list for awhile, just gotta do it! Haha
Here from dank pods you scratch the same itch perfectly liked and subbed keen for more
(makes a joke about head)
Nice work David! I’m a Remo guy as I hedge you are too. Why do we like Remo so much? It could be a cool but potentially controversial video idea on different brand comparisons. Remo, Evans, Aquarian, etc. I also appreciate the Saturday morning video upload time. My version of a cartoons. Lol 🤓 Well done David! Keep up the great work.
Hey Dave-been a drummer off and on for almost 50 years (between raising a family and all the responsibility of that) and enjoy your advice and the drummer hacks you share. Wish I could've known these in the 70's and 80's. But on this video the first thing I noticed was how perfectly matched your cymbals were. They matched perfectly with all 3 genres of the music you played. Not even bad drums and/or drum heads make a set sound worse than wrong cymbals. You know your stuff and even at my old ass age (67) I can learn from you. Well done!
Been here since before you painted that tom man keep up the great vids
your kit sounded so good.... and u f@#$ed it! appreciate the hard work man
Now I want some pizza rolls, thanks David
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Nice video and I really like these heads but I still think you should have A/B-ed them next to real pinstripes 😜
we also have no idea from this if they have any durability or hold tune.
That fill was worth every take. I was watching on TV and signed in on my phone just to post this comment... that's how tasty that fill was!
Attack drum heads were that price and I actually liked them. Same crimp technology.
I like the pop tuning sound. These probably sound better than the cheaper heads that come on cheaper drum kits. And they don't cost any more.
Yayyy !!! New content !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DON'T CARE WHAT IT IS BC IT'S GONNA BE GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!! rdavidr 💯
Edit: I was right! Great editing - best laugh at 5:12 👏 Thank you David
Also the heads are "sold out"
The pop tuning would also sound great in a fusion setting.
Thanks for explaining how some drum heads work (I am not a drummer so I do not know but you helped)
$37 eh? I'm curious to see how this is gonna turn out
Used these same heads on a few kits I flipped. They sound great for the $. I got mine full set back when they were $17 great deal .
David I love your vids keep it up! ❤
I love your videos I wait for them every Saturday this one was fucking awesome ❤
legend 🙌
how was the feeling though? They actually sound pretty decent for what you pay. However the feeling of drumheads is a big deal for me. Just the last week I bought Evans UV2 for my snare and it feels really good to play on, particulary bouncy compared to other ones.
That drag part in the groove lmao nice picture placement
Take the budget sound! I always say a good musician makes anything sound good! Nice touch man!
I was in middle school when I had my Ludwig accent combo mic'd up. I probably had cheap Remo heads and maybe found out tape or rings to get muffling out. Even my parents were impressed when they heard how nice attack and boom they had.
Bro your tedtalk bit there in the beginning. I'm wheeze laughing
The final assessment is valid.......... if you need something to practice on, it's a fine value and can be made to sound ok.
i think judging from the difference I'm hearing when i play vs playback the recording does alot for the sound. Cause my tuning was literal trash but play back wasn’t so bad lol
Prices have going insane. Especially Remo.
I went with Evans and that softens the blows of prices a bit.
Added bonus is that they have a much longer lifespan.
I had G2 clear heads on the toms that sounded, tuned snd looked like new even after two years.
Btw. The tested heads here arent available on Amazon
Absolutely, Evans heads have insane durability. The Evans EC RD is the most durable drum head I've ever played, that thing won't ever break. Perfect for hardhitters.
Would like to say congrats, but pretty sure this is a scam
I was once driving and found myself QUEEZY AT THE WHEEL!!!😉👍🙏🙏🙏
These would be great for cheap spare heads to have on the road just in case. I can see some value in getting a bit more scratch selling a used kit.
If you only had one kit, and didn't want to ruin your expensive heads this would be an amazing option. Leave these heads on the kit for practice. They don't sound perfect, but well enough. And then just take them off and put your professional heads on for performances.
That way, you can have nice heads, but they'll be rotated out with the practice heads and you won't need replacing nearly as often so you actually save a mint over time.
I would say that last track was something of a pop RnB mixture. Two birds with one stone .
Ah the perfect video to end the night with a cold one " This sounds like it should be in a totinos pizza roll commercial" had me dead
i want my heads to cause moist not prevent it🤣 love your tom work sploosh. def a great option when you let someone use your kit at practice. nah they only destroyed my crashes n splashes.🍻
2:17
as a drummer, this is a torture
Awesome vid David. We definitely need something on that snare drum though.
An huge surprise??? 😯
geat review! brought me much pleasure feeling and fortuitous to watching good time review of head
Love the editing! Just bought 'em with your link... don't spend that affiliate money all in one place ;)
Attack drumheads sells a full set of 1 ply heads for $51. Could be a fun one to test, especially on that sound percussion set you just made the video on.
I think the main reason they still sound pretty decent is that fact i assume you still have remo reso heads? that's where i feel most of the tone is coming from. would be interesting to hear them with cheap batters and reso's
yea like the very thin reso ones that i always find on amazon
IMO that’s actually a point in their favor. If you’re going on a long tour, do you want to constantly have to change both heads for a meh sound or just the tops with a good reso for a decent sound?
I would really love if you released a video on how you got your toms sounding sooooo good on 3:25 . I'm sure it took a long time to get that sound but please
Not Fletcher popping up for a second 😂😂😂😂
Here in the Philippines SQOE offers the PDH batter drum head set. It's also good!
Thank you for another amazing video! I will just add that I didn't hear the word terephthalate since the early 90' when we were no longer socialistic country and we were finally able to buy more products that were made in western countrys. That time I fisrt time read about what our - Czech ( made by brand called Amati ) drumheads were made out of.. And I never heard the word again, until now.. but also, I never forgot it.. 😁😁 I can't speak about the sound or quality, I was only a teen and it's a long ago. I only remember that there were coated for snares, clear ones as reso heads ( very thin ones ) and what is now Remo White Smooth were basically the only head in production for rack and floor toms.
a good drummer will always make any kit sound amazing
I don't have great love for pinstripes muffled sound anyways as I prefer coated emperor's but that said this cheap alternative sounds fine to me and I have no problem with buying these heads to use at home but on the rare occasion of studio recording then I am gonna buy a remo pro pack, simple as!
Having a choice is a great thing.
Is upgrading from you beginner kit worth it because I've been playing with 2 $500 drumsets stitched together for 5 years and im just used to it
Intersting, the Soul tuning makes that kit sound like a birch kit.
Can you try a set of 'Code' heads? They claim to be British but they are actually made in China. They've nicked Premier's old 'donut' design for one of their most popular skin designs
They might just be premiers seeing they went bust. some of premier started british drum company maybe some also started code.
@@krusher74 No. they are not I know all about who's making what. Al Murray is the MD of Code. Premier are actually back. They are now owned by Gear4Music. BDC is run by Keith Keogh (Ex Premier, as you say. But not with Premier in the glory years, just the decline) and funnily enough he's mates with Code's MD. I see Keith Keogh as a big part of Premier's past troubles but some people think he's some kind of God
The podium scene cracked me up!
I have that same Opinel knife. Since it's so thin, you can get it razor-sharp super easy 👌
Great allaround Heads man!! Sounds perfect as all other heads sounded great too with your earthworks mics !!!But is a fair comparison cause you use the same mics for everything!!!
I would love to see the „Milennium“ brand B20 cymbals tested some day, really good sounding Cymbals, especially for the price.
Nice Drum 🥁 David 💪🏻💪🏻😊
Wouldn't record an album on these, probably, but if they have good bounce I don't see a problem.
Hah! I'd bought the 'Lost In Translation' movie on DVD for $2 at a local 2nd-hand store only very recently! 😁 And "Bumblebee Tuna" reminds me of another movie: "Ace Ventura - When Nature Calls" 😄 That snare sounds amazing in the 'Pop' segment! 🤩👍
Would tuning the 14 on the snare tuned low give you that 80's Judas Priest sound?
Maybe you could buy another set and use them on the reso side too? 🤔
1 ply heads would work better for that 😂
Great video! I would say though the POP beat is more R&B than POP.
I actually kind of want this now.
Definitely buying some whenever my drummer complains about the heads on the pawn shop drum set.
From where I'm sitting, they sound pretty darn good. But I would probably attribute some of that quality to your mic setup.
I really liked the drumless tracks you used, could you link them here?
Good video! 🤘🤘🤘
At the end of the day: If you’re good, you’re good
5:12 dragging ! 😂
hey man i was wondering what the best seclusion is to clean my rusty drum hi hats, there like black now and i NEED them fixed for someone. thanks
I'm trying to get into using complete drum kits in my production/finger drumming. What are those two cymbals in the kit? Are they a crash and ride? Crash and splash? Two crashes?
the one on the left is technically a ride, but i use it as a crash. The one on the right is a crash that I use as a ride, but mainly as a crash. Theyre basically 2 crashes lol
great content... I'm a key player but my bro and friends are drummers. we all like your vids..
Excellent video as always. You are always a great source of info, but I have to know...were you rushing or were you dragging?
dragging 😒
Who is the guy that comes out on 5:13? It’s a quick pic of a guy right on the snare head. Was that done on purpose?
If so, what’s the reason for it?
Oh, and about the drum heads, I would definitely purchase them. They sound alright and great for the price.
you gotta study up on your music memes
Ok… Cool… I was wondering that it was just me… I’ll check it out…
7:43 how's that effect called? is it just some reverb?
Have you tried the heads with the dampening rings? Same brand and head material?
Drums and knife guy here, shout out to the Opinel. 👍🏻
Very cool David. Here is the deal, Mylar is a brand name of DuPont and is the same material as the chemical name PET. So Mylar is PET film. PET film is the generic equivalent to Mylar. So are the heads the same as Remo Pinstripes? No. Crimped edges like the old Ludwigs (many people loved and miss those Ludwig heads vs the glued epoxy edges on Remos. How have Pinstripes changes by Remo? Used to be able to see the rainbow effect and "apparent" but nonexistent oil between them. (Newton's rings). Now, that rainbow effect thing is gone. Did they change the orientation of the plys to cause this? I am not sure, but they are different than say Pins from 10 years ago. But I have no new old stock pins to compare to new stock pins.
Your drums sounded great with the PET heads and with processing, who would know?
Started out with doubt then at the end sounded like a advertisement for amazon lol jking