Can a snare drum head really change the tone of your drum in a discernible way? The short answer: yes. If you’ve ever used a dampening ring, or maybe just a piece of duct tape, you know that you can totally change the sound of your snare (mostly overtones) pretty simply.

This video from Gear Gurus does as good of a job as I’ve seen demonstrating this. They take three of Remo‘s most popular snare heads and do a head to head (pardon the pun…way to easy) comparison, with and without backing music. Check it out to hear the difference between Coated Ambassador, Power Stroke 3, and Coated Controlled Sound snare drum heads.

via Gear Gurus