16 Snare Heads Comparison Part 1: Sticks by Kai Jokiaho
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 มิ.ย. 2024
- Here's my BIG snare head comparison using a Brady 14x,5,5 Jarrrah Block snare. Check out Part 2 of this comparison here: • 16 Snare Heads Compari...
Heads included are:
0:04 Remo Coated Ambassador
0:30 Evans Coated G1
0:57 Evans UV1
1:23 Aquarian TC14 Satin Finish
1:49 Remo Vintage Ambassador
2:18 Evans '56 Calftone
2:47 Remo Fiberskyn 3 FA
3:18 Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium
3:48 Ludwig Coated Medium
4:16 Remo Coated Ambassador X (slightly used)
4:43 Remo Coated CS Reverse Dot
5:07 Evans Power Center
5:35 Remo Coated Emperor (slightly used)
6:02 Evans Coated G2
6:29 Evans Coated EC1 Reverse Dot
6:57 Remo Coated CS Emperor Reverse Dot
Vic Firth 5B sticks, Brady 22x18 Spotted Gum kick, Zildjian 16" K Light Hi-Hat, Shure SM27 overheads, Beyer Dynamic M201 snare top, Shure SM57 snare bottom.
Recorded with UAD Apollo Quad & Audient ASP880 with a little EQ and Compression. - เพลง
I know how difficult is to do a test like this, and the clips are so even in volume, pitch and performance! You did a Master job! Thank you for share it!
Thanks very much for your positive comment!!
Amazing job. Really. This is so incredibly helpful!! Thank you so much - you really nailed the playing, the level matching and the tuning!
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Now that's what I call a snare head comparison. Excellent!!
Thanks Davy!
Why isn’t anyone talking about the Ludwig head? It sounds amazing, especially in certain tuning ranges, I use it exclusively and with a bit of the internal muffler it sounds amazing on snares. Great video too
Evans calfskin my lord
Remo heads knocked out the competition to my ears. Just fantastic tones with so much liveliness and colour. Well done!!
Remo Ambassador 0:20, Evans G1 0:47, Evans G2 6:22, Evans UV1 1:14, Vintage Ambassador 2:08, Remo Coated Emperor 5:52 (2 plies of 7, like Evans ST), Remo CS Emperor 7:16...
I like the Remo Vintage Ambassador.
1:50
Why does that fiberskyn sound so heavenly to me? I have good earphones btw
Thanks for taking the time, probably hours to do this demo. Everyone has their own opinion of what they like best...as it should be!
Wow KaitsuDrums this is what I call the best snare heads comparison...
Thank you very much! Excellent!
I think you just sold me on the Fiberskyn 3!
Tough call between these:
0:21 coated ambassador
2:38 calftone
3:39 modern vintage medium
4:07 ludwig coated medium
Modern vintage medium seems nicest to me, but the coated ambassador and ludwig coated are next in line (equal second) of these bunch. Good to know how good a basic coated ambassador is compared to the sometimes pricier heads with "vintage" labels though
Greatest snare head comparison i have heard so far ! Thanks
Is it just me or the Remo coated emperor sounded really good?
I think it sounded good too 👍
probalby one of the best tones IMHO
I've been using Emperor or G2 coated heads on almost all my snares for awhile. It dampens just enough of the overtones without choking the drum's tone. I've found the EV1s to be right in the middle between the Ambassador/ G1 coated and the Emperor/ G2 coated.
kulkraghav Yes the Coated Emperor is always the forgotten snare head for me. I use them on my floor toms most of the time so I always have extras lying around. I have a problem not being able to throw heads away. I guess I’m a drum head hoarder.
@@Assimilator702 The Emperor was a part of Bonham's iconic snare sound. I started using them after watching Jeff Ocheltree's Bonham tuning video and they work amazing well on about 90% of my snares.
I just switched to Evans 57 calftones on all of my snares. I love the response and sound of these heads, as well as the vintage look. Great comparisons. They are all great heads in their own way.
0:20
0:47
1:14
1:40
2:08
2:38
3:09
3:39
4:06
4:34
4:58
5:25
5:52
6:20
6:47
7:16
Thanks for that
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Remo has the great consistent sound. (love it!) Aquarian is beautiful. Evans is not for me. Ludwig has a nice workable messy sound.
I love this video! excellent! I can now choose snare heads without wasting my money with trial and error. thanks!
Thanks!! Drumheads might sound different on various snares but at least you'll hear some basic differences.
absolutely! thanks man! :)
and without making review for all heads youve wasted.lol.
beautiful job man!!!very helpful
Excellent druming with excellent video and sound recording! This is a video every drumer must watch. Now I understand why snare is so colurful and a very personal taste. All sound are excellent depends on yr personal liking. Than you so much...
great comparison !
Nicely done..
Such a great video still. So well done. Love the Modern Vintage, Ludwig Medium and straight Ambassador is pretty cool always.
Thank you, great video !!
Thanks!
thanks very much for doing that - as per you tom test, i thought they all sounded great and virtually indistinguishable from each other. i think that probably says a lot about the very high quality of your snare drum!
Gotta love Australian drums! Great video mate!!
Nice...and what a snare drum (Brady) Wow!
the Aquarian Modern Vintage has my vote.
excellent video
Well done video. I generally like the 'faux calf' heads like Remo Fiberskyn (FD 'diplomat' thickness) except I have found that Fiberskyn heads have a tendency for the top layer to delaminate with age. Therefore I have gone to Evans '56 Calftone as an alternative to Fiberskyn. We'll see how those hold up. I just like the built-in 'dampening' effect that the faux-calf heads have and the playing feel of them.
Excellent comparison! I've been using a Remo Coated CS Reverse Dot for over 25 years on my Gretsch ply and Brady Jarrah Block 6-1/2" x 14" snares, and this video confirms that it's still the right one for me. Thanks, Kai, and please keep these outstanding videos coming!
Thanks very much! I have also used Remo CS on this snare all the time but it was fun to experiment and try to find different head possibilities.
KaitsuDrums I'm practically new in the drumming world, but I'm seriously in love hearing the Remo CS and the Ambassador!
Than you very much for sharing your knowledge, is very useful!
Thanks titogap!
Remo just has it
Dude, that kick drum sounds great.
Great comparison
my favorite is #1 Remo Ambassador or Ludwig Coated Medium tied for first very slight edge to Ludwig
# 2 Remo Emperor Coated
I was reading the coments while listening and i though they all sound ok but when you played the emperor it immediately caught my attention. I had to rewind the vid to see what head it was. I love Emperors on the snare and Ambassador coated on the toms can't go wrong.
Yeah Remo Emperor sounded good on this snare :)
Rea)y useful, thank you so much for your effort!
great job !!! thank you so much....
Thanks!!
Great comparison. All of them sound good.
I've got a used coated emperor I'll be trying on one of my snare drums.
I have a PS3 on my nice snare drum. Still has nice tone to it without the ringing.
Have you heard of Attack No Overtone heads ? I've been using the Coated Medium heads on a couple of my snare drums. Sound really punchy and are quite durable.
Thanks for the video 👍
That Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium @ 3:18 sounded pretty good in this demo.
LanceCampeau I agree!
I've been an Evans guy for 20 years, but the Aquarians really impressed me on this.
I'm so sad Brady is no longer making drums....the jarrah block 5.5 is one of my favorites. Hope to see one on eBay sometime. Thanks for the video!
greatest drums eblem logo ive ever seen
great vid!
I loved that you included both snare and snare off comparisons! I just wished that the snare on parts were grouped in one part of the video and the snare off the other part. That way it's easier to remember the different sounds for comparison. Anyway, great video!
The Brady snare sound amazing,
Awsome snare drum 🤩
I here this "Yes!" everytime a remo reversed black dot is played.
That's my usual snare head choice :)
Mine, too.
There are not much snare heads that get nearly to the sound pool where the black dots are in.
Wow lots of favorits there.I liked coated ec 1 reversed dot, power center, ambassador x, emperor coated and uv1 the most.
well done, thank you!
Ambassador X or coated Emperor. 👍
Great job what best brush sounding
That Remo Vintage Ambassador 😍.
I like those new Evans uv1's, they're great and feel responsive
Yes they are pretty good, not so much attack compared to ambassador but the coating will last much longer. UV1's are very easy to tune compared to other heads.
Remo Coated Amb X - Great Job on the Video....
Do you find that there is a difference in feel? Do thinner or single ply heads have more bounce? Do you find more response at lower dynamics? I've been playing coated emperor's for so long that I can't remember if there is a difference in feel, tuning, etc. from an ambassador or ambassador x.
Great video. It's hard to make that snare sound bad =)
Great vid, do u have one with remo p 77
Thanks Jorge! I don't have a video of Remo P77 but i have that head on my Pearl Steve Ferrone snare and it's like CS but a little heavier. And it seems long lasting also, I played with one head 30 hard hitting gigs and it still sounds pretty good.
Helps to have that legendary snare
Than You....Good Job :)
super helpfull. thanks!
Thanks Pedro!
For Brady's nothing beats the Remo CS, it's the standard
Just bought Mapex Maple series...going to update the head on the snare 1st . I like the sound of the Ambassador. Any suggestions for maple shells? Great video !!!!!
55baltimoreboy I have a mapex millennium maple snare with Evans power centre level360 and its good for strong back beat but not good as coated ambassadors for buzz rolls in my experience .
That UV1 Though
Evans Power Center
Remo Fiberskyn 3 FA
Aquarian Modern Vintage Medium
In that order. They all had a great sound that was pretty dry, yet not to the point of being choked. But that Evans Power Center was just synergistic on this drum at this tuning. Perfect snare sound.
Ludwig coated med - Remo vin amb #2 is close in a bunch of ways- that took some time! nice job makin some tasty waves
Thank you for this video!! Such a great help! What do you recommend for funk drumming? Have a DW Collectors maple snare and want something fat without too much ring. Cheers
No problem Robin :) I usually have Remo CS on my snares and it's a good basic choice. Don't worry about the ringing because you can always mute head with tape, moongel or other stuff. I recently bought Snareweight M1 damper it worked great for muting a little unwanted ring. Remo Ambassador works everytime. Evans UV1 seemed to be one of the more durable heads if that's what you want but personally I haven't broken a snare head for 10 years so that's not usually problem.
KaitsuDrums thank you for the reply! Yeah money isn’t in great supply so I had to settle with an ambassador. I’m not usually a fan of muting with moongel, normally sounds too muted, normally detuning a little. I’m a huge fan of big fat snare with lots of snare buzz. However the last head I broke was snare bottom which was horrible. However I might try that CS on the snare. I was using a SD dry and Genera dry which aren’t bad but I might switch back to remo for toms. What’s on your toms?
I just changed coated ambassadors for my toms, great for recording and a little more volume compared to double ply heads like emperor. I think you can't go wrong with either clear/coated/smoothwhite emperors or coated ambassadors and a piece of dampening if needed. If those sound bad then it's because of tuning :) Big Fat Snare is great also, I guess you have watched my demo of those heads? When I use Moongel I usually only have 1/4 piece so it's not so much dampening.
KaitsuDrums ahh ok I didn’t think about cutting those bits up! I knew a guy who bought those window stickers which are the same material as moon gel but a third of the price. At the moment I have g2’s on the Toms which sound nice but maybe don’t resonant as much as I’d like I think I might switch over all to remo and also watch your video
Pinstripe gives fat sound with built in muffling. Or just use old school ambassador with fat leather wallet on top!Try it works.
Great vid. What was your tuning used on theses snares...tks
Thanks Brant! Top head was 297 Hz and bottom head 386 Hz.
Tks I'll try it
remo single coated: 0:12
evans single coated: 0:38
Aquarian single coated: 1:29
Aquarian modern vintage 3:26
(This is just for me, I just want to compare key parts)
I like the CS and the aquariun vintage
Remo reverse dot for my taste although i didn't hear that big difference. I missed the powerstroke 3 :(
I was also surprised that there weren't bigger differences between heads. Sorry for missing PS3.
KaitsuDrums no problem, the ps3 would have killed the wood snares sound :) its better on metal snares
As I said, it sounds good on hard essence woods , I tried once on a carved Jarrah Brady at Sam Ash in NJ , it sounded amazing . I was stupid enough to not buying it .
We all make mistakes :)
This video made me really want a Beyer Dynamic M201.
Ludwig weather master medium was my favorite
Aquarian texture coated were my favorite
Remo heads seemed to have a little extra than the Evan's. And my go to is usually Evan's HD Dry. But every drum likes different heads. Its whatever works sometimes.
Thank you for uploading. I have a question, what is the bottom head using?
The bottom head was Remo Ambassador Hazy snare side head. Thanks for watching :)
@@KaitsuDrums Thank you for your reply : ) After all, the bottom is also the ambassador the best.
Nice! What was your personal favorite? Cheers!
Thanks Julian! I'm not quite sure what was my favourite but I thought that Vintage Ambassador, Emperor, G2, CS were really good for this snare.
Thanko you sir !
The 1st one, ambassador, 2nd the second one g1..close but ambassador slightly crisper and brighter.
Evans coated ec1 reverse dot
using it now, it rules
I'm surprised you didn't try Evans ST Dry , it sounds best on that snare
I didn't have that head so I couldn't try it, thanks for the suggestion :)
Hello, what snare coated drum head single ply would you suggest me considering that I want it thinner than 10 mil? Thanks
the thing that i don't like too much about the coated g1s compared to the coated ambys, is that the coating on the g1s wears down really easily.
Try the UV1s. You will be very pleased.
Thank you, a great comparison. One thing I started wondering: why not put SM57 on top as it's the standard way? ...and also, it would be very interesting to see a snare mic comparison. Both raw sound and well mixed. What's your snare mic collection like? :)
Thanks Jarmo! I recorded snare also with Shure Beta57 but I think BeyerDynamic M201 sounded better and most of the sound are from Shure SM27 overhead microphones.
I get it. I recently compared Sennheiser e905 and SM57 and the raw sound from e905 pleased my ear more. But everybody in the industry uses SM57. Maybe SM57 works better in the mixing process? Of course, using same equipment makes it easier to get "the same sound" a specific record has. But the overwhelming dominance of SM57 cannot just be "because everybody else is using it, too".
Yes SM57 is a standard mic for snare but this M201 seems to be really popular also. I already did a short mic comparison a couple of years ago but it would be nice to better one soon. Maybe I'll borrow mics from friends studios sometime and do a proper shootout. Here's a link for my old mic comparison including SM57 th-cam.com/video/qWB5jZFn67c/w-d-xo.html
Jarmo Valmari If you have got one just post a video of yourself.
2:38 it sound so good
Ambassador then the Evans EC1 reverse dot for me.
I’ve used coated Ambassadors (and sometimes clear) over clear Ambassadors for years and love that combo which is the standard.
I’m now looking for less sustain and resonance.
I liked:
1) Vintage coated Ambassador.
2) Dunnett Resonance coated.
3) Vintage clear Emperor.
4) Coated Emperor.
try a diplomat as reso
Giovanni Caruso : I will at some point. I went to coated Ambassadors with coated Ambassadors as the resonant heads as well, and I really like it!
@@freecitizen2760 yeah. always better to take the same on both sides. clear or coated!
All good but the Remo Emperor was superb 👌🫰❤️
What are the specs of the Fiberskyn 3 FA? Are they like an ambassador? I have these on my toms for several years now, but it seems now there is Fiberskyn diplomat, ambassador and powerstroke. I can't find any info on the specs of the original FA. Also I really like the Fiberskyn, Calftone, and the Aquarian modern vintage. I'd be hard pressed to choose.
Joe, that Fiberskyn is thicker than regular Ambassador but I don't have exact specs.
@@KaitsuDrums That's what I thought... maybe 10+3 mil
The best for me is Evans Coated G1
6:47 - Evans Reversed Dot EC1
4:34 - Remo Ambassador X Coated
3:09 - Remo Fiberskin 3 FA
Sounding almost the same: Evans more middle without high comparing to Ambassador while Fiberskin less resonant than previous two.
and where is Evans HD dry level 360?
REMO....hands down
Which drumhead is using the kick, and what pitch?
Has anyone done a reso snare head comparison??
The true and tried Coated Remo Ambassador
Is the bottom head a clear or coated
Remo heads have a nice bass and warm end that evans missing.
Gorthkill666 you're absolutely right. Except for the calftones which sound almost identical to fiberskyn. Evans work better for sharper, more aggressive playing I think
I'm glad I came across this . I thought I was going mad with old age but dosnt remo sounds much better to my ears for some reason everyone likes Evan's head I really cant stand them.. the 57 sounded ok tho
Is their a way to they the “ting” sound out with the snares on
Yes, practice tuning for a few years.
Try cranking the head up to medium pitch, then detaining one or two to finger tight. Also most important, loosen up the snares to just above a rattle.
A Ambassador on head side ?
Minhas pele preferida pra caixa sao remo