Best LP 247A 13" Timbales Head Alternatives

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This is great value for money. I found it best to dampen with water before fitting. Then gradually brought up to pitch as it dries out. Excellent upgrade from plastic / low quality stock heads on most I have seen....

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I needed a non-standard head for a small hand drum, this was not the right size, my mistake. But I do have other instruments where it can be used, so I kept it.

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Better for indoors gigs (specially if you use mic s) of course the mullet will make a big different no matter the size of the skin. They are durable specially if you play outdoors often.

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The price and consistency of these heads make Meinl's doumbeks my preferred choice. Easy to replace and a great sound. Make sure you keep the tension evenly spread across all the screws (both when removing and replacing a head) - this will protect you from any warping of the shell and splitting of your new head. For example - if you number the screws 1 - 8 in a clockwise fashion, maybe start with 1, then, 5, 3 then 7, 2 then 6, 4 then 8, distributing the tension evenly and loosening/tightening only in slight increments. This protects the drum and the skin (both could break if the tension is out of balance), and leaves you with an evenly tensioned instrument. It's also advisable to replace the upper part of the drum in the same position each time you replace a head - locking it in the...

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I've placed this head on my aluminum arab darbuka,and it sounds great. It's stable and durable,so far I didn't have any bad expirience with it. The only thing you should watch out for is to take the correct measures of your current darbuka head (in case you are not using a meinl darbuka) before buying. All in all,it's a great product.

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Very high pitched head for the smallest "snaredrum", but easy torned because it is very thin, more "plastic" material than the material off a head like "ambassador".