when you say ring, do you mean the ringing noise or a dampening plastic ring?








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Paiste - Alpha hats and ride, 2002 crash, twenty splash
Stagg - BM crash

buy a coated ambassador from your local drum shop, gc, sam ash, etc. bring your drum and have them put it on for you. Describe the sound youz want and, if they know what they're doing, can tune to your needs. or save up a g and buy a canapus or longo or something. you wont have to ever worry about any "ringing kind of sound" again. option a is probably more budget friendly...

cheers, i got an emporer x snare head and just tightened it alot, and its given me the sound i want








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Mapex M birch - purple
Paiste - Alpha hats and ride, 2002 crash, twenty splash
Stagg - BM crash

BR523 wrote:

I second the suggestion of Evans Genera Dry and HD Dry heads. I tried them 4 years ago and havn't used any other heads since.

I wouldn't suggest that. I have an M Birch snare too and my HD Dry head goes horrible with it.








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DW & Mapex Hardware
Zildjian Cymbals
Evans Heads

i think there is too many variables when you are trying to recommend something like a head, because its different people with different opinions playing different styles with a skin that is tuned differently on a different drum!








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Pearl & Mirage kit.
Crappiato Snare
Bring Back Steve! (BBS)

boyd_s wrote:

Scrogs wrote:

Try reading this first and see if you can fix it.

http://home.earthlink.net/~prof.sound/id3.html

I would say if tuning it doesn't make it sould the way you want, try some different heads.
Sounds to me like you don't want so much ring or overtones to it, so try a Evans Genera Dry or HD Dry.
Or any head that has some built in muffing. The battle is just beginning.

+1

+2








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