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LM402 Supraphonic Heads

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Hello all,

I have a LM402 70's Pointed Badge Supraphonic that I'm going to record with. I'm new to the Supra's so I was hoping some of you Supra or Luddie experts could help me with head selection for recording. Ultimately it's all subjective, but I was hoping for some suggestions.

I'm a fairly heavy hitter and I like to tune my snares fairly high up (I look more for attack/articulate notes and I like the stick response I get from tighter heads).

I was thinking 2-Ply and coated. Maybe a Remo Emperor?

Anyways thanks for the help,

Ryan

Posted on 11 years ago
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Ryan,

> Maybe a Remo Emperor?

Perfect choice! That plus an Evans Hazy 300 snare head and you'll be good to go. Crank the snare side to an 'A' note and the top to a C or C#. You'll get a nice, dry, articulate response from the drum. Unless it's ringing too much, record it open and unmuffled at first. Add small squares of Moongel as needed to customize the sound for yourself.

I like to record Supra's 'open' because any over-ring or extraneous tones from the drum use the same bandwidth as the other instruments... in other words, you won't hear it, it gets lost in the mix. What you do get is; -all the sound the snare drum can produce-. Nice, full, classic, authoritative, Ludwig snare sound. One mic over/one mic under the snare. The overheads will pick up the snare too and give the sound a 'big room' feel.

Break a leg recording!

John

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Posted on 11 years ago
#2
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Can't really argue with John's helpful pointers. A coated Emperor is a great choice for the batter. I would have recommended a coated Ambassador as a first choice, but since you say you're a heavy hitter, the 2-ply heads are probably a better choice.

While the Evans Hazy 300 is certainly an excellent head and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anybody, I've found that the clear Ludwig snare side head makes Ludwig snare drums sound their absolute best (to me, of course). I have no idea why, and certainly don't have the ear or the words to qualify my findings, but I just hear something different in that head. Some extra twang that adds tangible mojo to the sound.

The Ludwig heads have very shallow collars and for whatever reason, I've always attributed that to adding to the magic.

Cheers,

Ryan

Posted on 11 years ago
#3
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Use the heads John Bonham used, Remo Coated Emperor and Remo hazy on the bottom.

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 11 years ago
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i always use a remo coated emp or ambas on top, and a remo hazy snare bottom or ludwig bottom.

i have also used a ludwig clear strider head on top. love that one but they don't make them anymore. so i only pull it out when i have to.

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Posted on 11 years ago
#5
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Hey thanks for the help all!

Grabbed a Remo Ambassador/Evans Hazy 300 today and the snare is SINGING.

-Ryan

Posted on 11 years ago
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