![]() ![]() For toms there are twin ply Emperors in sizes from 8" to 18". “To do it successfully for the mass market using DuPont Mylar has been the difficulty to overcome - they’re not easy to mass manufacture!” For snare drums there are 13" and 14" Powerstroke-77 heads, which consist of twin 7-mil plies (hence the 77) with an additional 5 mil CS dot on top and a 7-mil perimeter underlying damper ring. “There has always been demand for coloured heads in a popular, musical open-sounding drum head,” he explains.ĬolorTone is a significant development because with Skyndeep imaging Remo can now make coloured versions of its established clear heads without changing the sound Particularly - and unsurprisingly - from owners of all types of Perspex/acrylic kits. Remo has actually employed Skyndeep since 2007, particularly on world percussion heads, but Jeff reveals that customer requests were behind the reintroduction of coloured drum kit heads. The colouring is done at the Remo factory”. Jeff Davenport explains that the so-called Skyndeep imaging technique is, “a kind of sublimation process where the ink is printed within the plastic rather than being layered on top. The big advance is in the way the colour is achieved. And so far in three types: Emperor, Powerstroke-77 (P77) and Powerstroke-3 (P3). These are available in six colours - Translucent Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Smoke. ![]() Today, Remo’s Starfire heads, in reflective chrome or gold, are chosen for front kick heads, or for resonant heads generally, particularly as the 12 mil thick laminate has a controlled sustain. ![]()
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