Yeah, I know. I was a doubter too until I played a HEAD snare...
and it sounds amazing. My previous custom snare is great, but this one rocked my socks off so much I didn't want to play anything else.
The common problem with "custom" drums (that you may or may not know) is that 99% of custom drums are actually "Keller" shells customized to the drummers specs, i.e.: bearing edge, number of plys, wrap, lugs etc.
There is a man here in Colorado that has taken the science of drum construction to a new level, and he doesn't use another company's shells. He actually crafts the drumshells himself using strips of wood called "staves," and he can make it out of any wood you can imagine... Ebony, Rosewood, Ash, Pine, Bubinga, and of course many flavors of maple and mahogany. (For all you rockers out there, Ebony is a really hard wood and it is SICK.)
I don't work for him, but I've been playing for 18 years and have yet to hear drums like them... they are one of a kind. I'll never forget what this craftsman told me once: "Would you expect a top of the line Martin guitar to be made of PLYWOOD? Of course not... I'm not just making shells, I'm making musical instruments."
His business is very small so he doens't have the cashflow to endorse big name drummers, and that is why you have never heard of his company or his drums.
Check it fellow drummers.
www.headdrums.com
stevem@headdrums.com
mikey. (born in the flood)
and it sounds amazing. My previous custom snare is great, but this one rocked my socks off so much I didn't want to play anything else.
The common problem with "custom" drums (that you may or may not know) is that 99% of custom drums are actually "Keller" shells customized to the drummers specs, i.e.: bearing edge, number of plys, wrap, lugs etc.
There is a man here in Colorado that has taken the science of drum construction to a new level, and he doesn't use another company's shells. He actually crafts the drumshells himself using strips of wood called "staves," and he can make it out of any wood you can imagine... Ebony, Rosewood, Ash, Pine, Bubinga, and of course many flavors of maple and mahogany. (For all you rockers out there, Ebony is a really hard wood and it is SICK.)
I don't work for him, but I've been playing for 18 years and have yet to hear drums like them... they are one of a kind. I'll never forget what this craftsman told me once: "Would you expect a top of the line Martin guitar to be made of PLYWOOD? Of course not... I'm not just making shells, I'm making musical instruments."
His business is very small so he doens't have the cashflow to endorse big name drummers, and that is why you have never heard of his company or his drums.
Check it fellow drummers.
www.headdrums.com
stevem@headdrums.com
mikey. (born in the flood)
