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Contents Drumheads Drumheads Contents Drumset Drumheads Clear 4 Coated 6 Emperor X™ 8 Smooth White™ 10 Suede® 12 Renaissance® 14 Ebony® 16 Fiberskyn® 3 18 Pinstripe® 20 Controlled Sound® 22 Powerstroke® 3 24 Powerstroke® 4 26 Snare Side 28 Marching Drumheads Snare Batter 30 Snare Side 32 Tenor 34 Bass 38 Symphonic Drumheads Concert Bass 42 Tympani 44 World Percussion Drumheads Nuskyn® 48 Fiberskyn® 3 50 Conga Head Selection 52 Bongo Head Selection 54 remo.com Drumhead Selection Guide © 2005 Remo, Inc. As the world’s leading drumhead To further enhance perform ance specialist, REMO®, Inc. has levels, REMO® has also developed developed an incredibly wide a variety of collar and hoop designs variety of drumheads. Not only is that provide optimum head response a full selection available to meet and vibration as well as easier the diverse needs of contemporary mounting and tuning. These designs drumset players, REMO® heads include curved, flat and low, medium, also bring advanced technologies and high straight and angled collars and exceptional performance as well as the proven technology capabilities to the specialized of the original WeatherKing.™ needs of players in the marching, concert, and world percussion REMO® advances, coupled with areas. REMO®’s commitment to serving the worldwide drumming com- Through the development of munity, have vastly improved the different drumhead designs, REMO® quality, consistency and variety of has been highly successful in available drumheads. This is why refining and improving drumhead most of the world’s top drumset The World’s Most performance. In general, drum- manufacturers and most of the head perform ance can be put world’s top drummers use REMO® Recorded Drumheads into three main categories: drumheads. No wonder REMO® sound (tone, color, pitch, sustain), drumheads are found on more feel (response, sensitivity) and recordings than any other drumhead. presence (durability, tuning range). REMO® drumset drumhead types currently include; Clear, Coated, Smooth White,™ Suede,® Renaissance,® Ebony,® and Fiberskyn® 3. REMO® World Percussion drumhead types currently include; Fiberskyn® 3 and Nuskyn.® REMO® also has a variety of drumheads for Marching, Orchestral, and For additional information on specialty applications. Each type, REMO®, drumhead types, weights, style and variety of head has its collars and hoops, please see own tone, sustain and durability your REMO® quality retailer or as rated in the performance visit remo.com. profiles accompanying each head. ® ® ® Clear Diplomat, Ambassador, Emperor Featured Artists Diplomat ® Anton Fig Late Show with REMO®’s brightest, most SNARE / TOM TOM David Letterman open sounding head due BATTER / RESONANT to its single layer of 7.5-mil Model No. Size ® Mylar fi lm. They’re known for BD-0306-00 6” Marvin McQuitty their bright tones, resonance, BD-0308-00 8” Independent BD-0310-00 10” and sustain and as resonant BD-0311-00 11” (bottom) heads opening up BD-0312-00 12” BD-0313-00 13” the sound of tom-toms. Also BD-0314-00 14” Mike Mangini available in 2-mil Snare Side BD-0315-00 15” BD-0316-00 16” Independent Heads for accentuated snare BD-0318-00 18” response. BD-0320-00 20” TONE BD-0314-00 DARK BRIGHT Marc Quinones SUSTAIN The Allman Brothers SHORT LONG DURABILITY LOW HIGH Carter Beauford ® Dave Matthews Band Ambassador SNARE / TOM TOM BASS DRUM BATTER / The Clear Ambassador ® BATTER / RESONANT RESONANT heads are medium-weight Model No. Size Model No. Size heads made with a single ply BA-0306-00 6” BR-1316-00 16” Chad Smith 10-mil Mylar® fi lm to produce BA-0308-00 8” BR-1318-00 18” Red Hot Chili Peppers BA-0310-00 10” BR-1320-00 20” an open, bright, and resonant BA-0311-00 11” BR-1322-00 22” sound with plenty of attack. BA-0312-00 12” BR-1324-00 24” BA-0313-00 13” BR-1326-00 26” TONE BA-0314-00 14” BR-1328-00 28” Teddy Campbell DARK BRIGHT BA-0315-00 15” BR-1330-00 30” BA-0316-00 16” BR-1332-00 32” SUSTAIN Independent BA-0318-00 18” BR-1334-00 34” SHORT LONG BA-0314-00 BA-0320-00 20” BR-1336-00 36” DURABILITY BR-1340-00 40” LOW HIGH Rob Bourdon Emperor ® Linkin Park Clear Emperor® heads are SNARE / TOM TOM BASS DRUM BATTER / made with two free-fl oating BATTER / RESONANT RESONANT ® plies of 7-mil Mylar , making Model No. Size Model No. Size Mike Portnoy them the brightest sounding BE-0306-00 6” BB-1316-00 16” Dream Theater multi-ply heads and most BE-0308-00 8” BB-1318-00 18” BE-0310-00 10” BB-1320-00 20” durable of the classic clear BE-0311-00 11” BB-1322-00 22” WeatherKing® series. BE-0312-00 12” BB-1324-00 24” BE-0313-00 13” BB-1326-00 26” TONE BE-0314-00 14” BB-1328-00 28” DARK BRIGHT BE-0315-00 15” BB-1330-00 30” BE-0316-00 16” BB-1332-00 32” SUSTAIN BE-0318-00 18” BB-1334-00 34” SHORT LONG BE-0314-00 BE-0320-00 20” BB-1336-00 36” DURABILITY BB-1340-00 40” LOW HIGH DRUMSET DRUMHEADS remo.com 5 ® ® ® Coated Diplomat, Ambassador, Emperor Featured Artists Diplomat ® Karl Perazzo Santana The Coated Diplomat® is slightly TOM TOM BATTER / SNARE BATTER RESONANT warmer than the Clear Diplomat® due to a coated single layer of 7.5-mil Model No. Size Model No. Size ® Mylar fi lm. They’re known for their BD-0110-00 10” BD-0106-00 6” Vinnie Colaiuta bright warm tones, resonance, and BD-0112-00 12” BD-0108-00 8” Studio/session great BD-0113-00 13” BD-0110-00 10” ® sustain. Coated Diplomat heads BD-0114-00 14” BD-0111-00 11” are best known for accentuating snare BD-0112-00 12” SNARE BATTER - M5 BD-0113-00 13” drum response. BD-0114-00 14” Dave Weckl Model No. Size BD-0115-00 15” TONE BD-0116-00 16” Independent DARK BRIGHT M5-0113-00 13” BD-0118-00 18” SUSTAIN M5-0114-00 14” BD-0120-00 20” SHORT LONG BD-0114-00 DURABILITY LOW HIGH Gary Novak Independent Ambassador ® The Coated Ambassador® heads SNARE / TOM TOM BASS DRUM BATTER / are medium-weight heads made with BATTER / RESONANT RESONANT Will Calhoun Living Color a coated single-ply 10-mil Mylar® fi lm Model No. Size Model No. Size to produce a warm open, bright, and BA-0106-00 6” BR-1116-00 16” resonant sound with a warm attack. BA-0108-00 8” BR-1118-00 18” BA-0110-00 10” BR-1120-00 20” Coated Ambassador® heads are the BA-0111-00 11” BR-1122-00 22” Keith Carlock standard of the industry for both live BA-0112-00 12” BR-1124-00 24” Steeley Dan, Sting BA-0113-00 13” BR-1126-00 26” and recording situations. BA-0114-00 14” BR-1128-00 28” BA-0115-00 15” BR-1130-00 30” TONE BA-0116-00 16” BR-1132-00 32” DARK BRIGHT BA-0118-00 18” BR-1134-00 34” SUSTAIN BA-0120-00 20” BR-1136-00 36” Russ Miller SHORT LONG BR-1140-00 40” Independent BA-0114-00 DURABILITY LOW HIGH Emperor ® Cindy Blackman Lenny Kravitz Coated Emperor® heads are SNARE / TOM TOM BASS DRUM BATTER / warmer and more durable than Clear BATTER / RESONANT RESONANT Emperor®s. They’re made with two Model No. Size Model No. Size ® free-fl oating plies of 7-mil Mylar fi lm, BE-0106-00 6” BB-1116-00 16” Matt Chamerlain which gives consistent open warm BE-0108-00 8” BB-1118-00 18” Studio/session great BE-0110-00 10” BB-1120-00 20” tones which accounts for their popular- BE-0111-00 11” BB-1122-00 22” ity among many of today’s Studio, BE-0112-00 12” BB-1124-00 24” BE-0113-00 13” BB-1126-00 26” Pop, R&B and Rock drummers. BE-0114-00 14” BB-1128-00 28” BE-0115-00 15” BB-1130-00 30” TONE BE-0116-00 16” BB-1132-00 32” DARK BRIGHT BE-0118-00 18” BB-1134-00 34” SUSTAIN BE-0120-00 20” BB-1136-00 36” SHORT LONG BB-1140-00 40” BE-0114-00 DURABILITY LOW HIGH DRUMSET DRUMHEADS remo.com 7 ™ Emperor X Coated Featured Artists ™ The EMPEROR X is the thickest Cyrus Bolooki snare head ever made by REMO®. New Found Glory It was changed into a production item after more and more artists began ordering them as custom Travis Barker heads. Mike Fasano (Warrant) who The Transplants was the fi rst to create the buzz about the new 20-mil head, loved the idea of a “snare head with this Tommy Lee Motley Crüe much attitude”. He in turn got John Tempesta (Rob Zombie) and Matt Sorum (Velvet Revolver), Tre Cool Matt Sorum (Green Day) and Travis Barker Velvet Revolver (The Transplants) hooked on the new head too, and the list continues to grow. Jon Wysocki Staind Marketing efforts have fueled the BX-0114-10 demand in stores and made this one of our best introduced heads John “JR” Robinson Independent ever. For hard hitters, you’ll love the ™ Emperor X sound and durability. The Emperor X™ drumheads are the Nicko McBrain most durable Mylar® heads in the world. Iron Maiden They’re made with two free-fl oating plies of 10-mil Mylar® fi lm with a 5-mil reverse black dot, which gives consistent focused warm tones which accounts for Tre Cool their popularity among many of today’s Green Day hardest hitting Rock drummers.
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