I have an old kit cobbled together from various bits and bobs: small Bevery New Standard bassdrum (20") and tom (12"), Premier floor tom (18"), Super Zyn hats, Zildjian ride and Zyn crash. I have a Pork Pie 12" snare.

My problem is in getting a new head for the 12" tom. When I bought it off ebay it came with a clear Remo Ambassador that looked pretty new. I put it through at rehearsal a week or so back and was quite pleased I could replace it with a white coated head to match the floor-tom.

Unfortunately, a 12" Remo replacement head didn't fit! It was slightly too large to fit into the hoop.

I took it back to the shop to see if they had one a fraction of an inch smaller but no joy. (the moron beind the counter tried to palm me off saying "it's measured in Imperial, not metric. That's why." - I was asking for it in inches!)

Does anyone specialise in these? Or am i best to just replace my cheepo (but nice) tom with a different one. Got a few gigs coming up in April so need to get it sorted really!

Thanks in advance for your help, I'm confident someone here will have some advice.