Drum Gear Reviews

Until recent years, the dampening market has been more or less dominated by one product.

Under the sticks this month is the latest member of Remo's popular Powerstroke family.

The lightweight Reso 7 is Evans' first ever coated resonant head with the firm claiming it "provides drummers with a solution for shorter sustain without the need for additional muffling devices"

Tune your drums like a master

Vintage A heads revisit one of Remo's first designs with delightful results

Quite simply, the finest heads available today

Min-EMADs are more sophisticated than other drum dampeners, but all the more fiddly because of it

Vater's sticky little Buzz Kill drum dampeners are surprisingly effective

Simplified drum dampening rings from Remo

Black in hue, black in sound: 'alternative' skins