Remo’s Vintage A heads

As soon as I saw the add for these heads in Modern Drummer magazine I was sold! Remo’s Vintage A is constructed of 2 ply 7.5- and 3-mil polyester film.  This is the original construction from 1957 and was the first successful alternative to calfskin. And they sound AMAZING!!   Seriously, they just have this great dry sound and I love them on my snare drums, very good snare response.  I have yet to try them on my toms but I’m pretty excited to do so very soon.  

Anyone else tried these heads out?

My Gear

I guess I should start this blog out with a rundown of what I do and what gear I use.

I’ve played in various band situations and most of them fall into the pop/rock category.  I’ve played for the Atlanta based funk band Beehive, the project that came out of Rebecca St. James touring band called Fusebox, and for the last 2 and a half years have been a member of the band SPUR58.  There have been various other gigs in between those and I still play for various local nashville bands as well as do session work when I’m home.  

As far as gear, I’ve been using the same 198? DW kit since 1998.  It’s old and sounds GREAT.  It’s been recorded on almost all of the sessions I’ve done, including the last SPUR58 record, “Sleepwalkers”.  Here are the sizes:  toms (all standard depths) 12″ rack mounted on a snare basket, and a 16″ floor.  My main snare is a 5 1/2 X 14 PDP maple snare with wood hoops and my aux snare is a 5 1/2 X 12 Tama steel snare.  I use all DW hardware and a mix of Zildjian and Sabian cymbals.  My hats are 14″ Zildjian quickbeats.  My crashes are both 20″ and are a Sabian AA and AAX.  My ride is a Zildjian 21″ K heavy ride which I’m in love with.  I have been running click and tracks off of my MacBook.  Those are run through Quicktime.  I’m in the process of learning more about recording equipment and software and also want to integrate electronics into my kit for different situations.  I also have made a cheap 14″ floor tom I have into a small kick drum and use that and some perc goodies for acoustic, or small club situations.  I’ve actually come up with a different idea for that and should be working on that soon.  

Maybe I’ll post some pics of my gear on this post or in a later post.  I don’t even know if anyone is reading this yet so I’ll just wait and see how this whole thing goes.

Tell me about your gear!

 

My drum/music blog

Hey anyone!  Just wanted to start a blog to talk shop a bit.  I’m a drummer who has been playing for a living for the last 10 years or so.  Just wanted a place to throw my thoughts out there on drumming, or just music in general.  I think I’ve got a lot to offer other drummers and musicians out there as well as a lot to learn from them, this is just one way to do it.  I plan on integrating this into a website soon so, stay tuned.  

More to come as I get this thing up and running, looking forward to talking shop with the music world!

Cheers,

Guy