Remo Powerstroke 3 clear 22"

This is another skin that I’ve used many times. I was lucky enough to get a package for free of them on 2003 and I still have one of them left. The Powerstroke 3 is a great head, probably one of the most known. I had this head on my kick on my band’s last tour in March.

You will find this head for about $40 in the market. Look for value packs, they can save you a few bucks.

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The Powerstroke 3 gives a bright and punchy attack with a decent amount of resonance. The outer edge ring is the responsible for the controlled overtones quality this skin has. I usually use this head without a falam slam pad, I think, it kills a little the voice of the drum, but again, it’s a matter of taste. If you need more attack definition, the falam pad can always help.

This is a single ply ambassador-weight head with an underlay ring at the outer edge of the head to subtly dampen unwanted overtones. It comes with a falam slam pad and has has a great durability.

The Remo Clear Powerstroke 3 will give your kick drum a standard sound that fits with all music styles. Nice punch and controlled resonance.

This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

I’ve always trusted the name Remo when it came to drum heads. When I bought my new Pearl kit, it came with a “Pro-Tone” drum head which NEEDED to be replaced. Looking around at my local drum shop, I stumbled across the Remo Powerstroke 3. After hearing nothing but great things about this head, I decided to purchase. Once I got home, I threw it on, and now I’ll tell you what I thought.

Once I got this head out of the box, I noticed that it was very heavy and sturdy compared to most other bass drum heads that I’ve played with, which at the time, I didn’t know what to think. After removing the old head that I had on my bass drum, I threw this one on and got to tuning. At first I tried to crank this head tight and leave the front head relatively loose. The sound was pretty good, but not exactly what I was looking for. At the time I didn’t really know what exactly I was looking for, but I just know that that wasn’t it. After messing around with both heads I cane across the tuning of having the front and batter head medium tight. This was the sound! Very boomy, punchy and powerful; Just the right sound for the heavy rock music that I am playing.

One little downside I found out about this head is that it doesn’t go very well with any muffling, so if you’re looking for more of a “tight” or “quick” sound, I wouldn’t recommend this bass drum head. This means that this head would not produce a good sound for say Jazz, or Acoustic music, being that it is very loud and sustained.

Overall, I would recommend this drum head to any rock enthusiast. It gives you a very loud, boomy, sustained sound that you will just love.