I have used the Ren's on a 1967 Rogers,they were decent sounding,a little wetter than coated ambs and a tad mellower,not bad,but not mellow and warm as an earthtone head,and I have heard they work well at higher tensions on vintage drums,but I preferred coated ambs on that kit.
I put the ren,s on a thick shelled birch Eames kit and loved them on it.
Sometimes you just have to try one of as many heads as you can on a kit,you just never know.
I like a Renaissance for BD batter side. It is solid and fat more than Amb to me. On the other hand, I tried it for 60's Gretsch COB as reso. That was not good so much.
I have used the Ren's on a 1967 Rogers,they were decent sounding,a little wetter than coated ambs and a tad mellower,not bad,but not mellow and warm as an earthtone head,and I have heard they work well at higher tensions on vintage drums,but I preferred coated ambs on that kit.I put the ren,s on a thick shelled birch Eames kit and loved them on it.Sometimes you just have to try one of as many heads as you can on a kit,you just never know.
Thanks for the additional info. I'm thinking of using the Renaissance Ambs as reso heads with coated Ambassadors or Skyntones as batters. But good point about experimenting with heads...sometimes that's the only way to find out what sounds good on a drum.
