wildbill
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After years on an electronic kit I've only recently returned to the acoustic one, so I'm still experimenting with heads (which is a costly hobby here in Oz!). Based on the specs I thought the EC2's would produce the sound I was after, but they're too dry and plastic-y... Which may have been what I thought I was after, but I now think a regular 2-ply such as the G2 or Remo Emperor would be better.
It'd be great if there were a store that kept a variety of heads around that you could bring a drum in, put the head on, and give it a few whacks to see if it's what you're after.
Really impossible to tell what it's going to sound like from the manufacturer's descriptions.
It'd probably only pay off for them in big cities, and not at first, until word got around.
I've got some electronic stuff too, but I started acoustic, then electronic, and now back to acoustic again. Actually, I've got a mix of stuff that's working good for me.
EDIT: just tried some Remo Controlled Sound heads with the black dot that I had around. They muffled these drums right down and might be an option if you're looking for that sound and will always be playing with sticks.
I'm thinking though that Yamaha matched these stock heads up with these drums to allow them to ring out in their clear state. And that's exactly what they do. It's not something I'm used to. I normally muffled my drums too much to shorten the sustain and eliminate overtones. But I think I'm going to run with these stock heads for a while and let my ears get used to them. Maybe just a slight bit of external muffling, but I'm going to try not to over do it with these drums.
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