tookstr
Tiger Talk Pro
Reged: Jan 16 2006
Posts: 246
Loc: MN
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I tried Evans drum heads years ago and gave up on them because the heads separated
from the hoop during winter when the drums had to go in and out during sub zero
temperatures.
A store clerk talked me into trying them again and told me the new Evans are very much
improved
Well, It’s been really cold lately and my snare side head let out a snap and here I go
again. It kinda ticked me off because I don’t carry a spare snare head.
It wasn’t over tightened and the bearing edges are fine so I guess it’s back to Remo for
me.
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TS
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Reged: Jan 25 2006
Posts: 364
Loc: Vermont
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Can't you store your drums out of extreme temperatures? Any mylar becomes brittle in that case.
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LambChops
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Reged: Aug 28 2005
Posts: 1548
Loc: CA
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Sub zero temperatures? Not good in any case. I suppose Remo heads or any head would snap in extreme cold.
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tookstr
Tiger Talk Pro
Reged: Jan 16 2006
Posts: 246
Loc: MN
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Maybe I got a bad head, they did come out of a sale bin.
Minnesota winters are brutal on all kinds of equipment and I sometimes don’t have the
time to let the gear warm up before I start hitting.
No one else noticed that the snare drum turned to cardboard during the gig so it’s mostly
my perfectionist ego acting up again.
Thanks for listening to my rant.
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TS
Tiger Talk Pro
Reged: Jan 25 2006
Posts: 364
Loc: Vermont
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Take it from me, I grew up in temperatures that dropped below -40F. It's a bad idea to have *any* drums that cold. I saw many a cracked vistalite and drumhead in my day.
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jmfdrums
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Reged: Apr 11 2005
Posts: 237
Loc: Illinois
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I was in a drum line a long time ago with six snare drummers. We were on our way to Comiskey Park to play during pregame ceremony in April. It was about 25 - 30 degrees and three of us cracked our Remo heads as soon as we hit the drums. That sucked...
I guess what I'm saying is if you can't allow your drum to warm up you will probably continue to break any head you use.
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roger strange
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Reged: Dec 09 2003
Posts: 1621
Loc: Nova Scotia Canada
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Tookstr: We meet again. The cats are right. You can't expect any mylar to hack below zero temperatures and then get nailed before warming up.(2 hrs) Before I came to N.S. here in Canada I lived in Ontario and did a lot of playing into Northern Ontario where it gets really frigid. I never left my kit in the vehicle. During those years I lived in an apartment with my family and rented an extra storage pen in the basement of the complex and used severe locks and extra link chain on the door. It paid off. I never blew a head and I've used Evans for decades as well as Remos from time to time.
Now I have a house down here with a drum room and still do a lot of gigging and sessions through the winter. I never leave my kit in the van or never store my playing kit in the garden work shed. I'll take the extra time to lug the brute down into the basement near the furnace and just stack them in the corner in their cases. I do however, wrap the drums head to head in thick terry towel. Basically to give them an extra layer of padding in the cases but it also seems to keep the frost out of the cases if they are out in the cold for more than an hour or so.
Bottom line? get some storage out of the cold where they are at least in an environment that goes no lower than 50 degrees farenheit, and don't buy older bargain Evans or Remo, buy new! Otherwise not only will the heads mess up but just think what's happening to the ply glue if your drums are wood. The only shells I've found that can take sub-zero are fibre-glass shells by the way.
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