Bear percussion drum head....PETE

I finally wore a hole through the Bear Percussion snare drum head that I bought off of Pete around 10 years ago....LOL

WOW that wasn't easy.

Right, Keith. It only took me 10 years to do it....LOL
I had black pants on last night and by the end of the gig I had little pieces of fiberglass/kevlar all over my trousers.
I did replace the head this morning with a new Bear percussion concert head and I, hopefully, will get another 10 years out of this one.
I was able to play the snare drum for the rest of the evening in this condition and it really didn't affect the sound of the snare much.

Been there, done that, my yellow one lasted about as long. Glad you had a backup because I didn't want to have to offer you the one I have in storage unless they're still being made, are they? I would have anyway. I'm sure you seated the new one well as these heads are so strong they can warp a drum pretty easily . . . I haven't used one in forever; these days I like the Remo Vintage A coated.

I think Pete saying that the company was out of business. Kind of figures that a head that last that long doesn't need to be replaced as often.
I just used my last one, Keith, so I may hit you up in about another 10 years or so.LOL
Ditto on seating the head. They have specific instructions on how to seat the head and they don't recommend them for marching drummers because of the way they torque down on the heads.

I've acquired one of those too for my snare... used it one time and then took it off because of the way it sounded to me. But that's just me.

What I notice about your photo though Woody is that you like to center your stroke! I'm all over the snare!

It's my sweet spot, Suss!!!!

Send me an e-mail, Woody.

I will take care of you, man.



Regards,

You're the best, Pete!!!

Admin (Pete) wrote:Send me an e-mail, Woody.

I will take care of you, man.



Regards,

Does this mean you have spare bearheads to sell?!

Racman wrote:Bravo Woody for sharing that. I can vouch with that - I used a Bear snare batter head back in the early eighties finally popping a hole in it not until 11 years after! What's interestingly funny was during those days a trend among heavy players, as I was, as to who will be the first to put a hole in it. I remember a drummer using sticks the width of a baseball bat and still took him at least five years plowing in to it, ripping from it's frames! If memory serves me right, it was constructed using fiberglass and some other durable material? You would think using those materials did injustice to the sound but it was pretty good, tone wise - and that is just an opinion. Are they still in business?

They're not still in business, but I was hoping somebody here had extras for sale.

You know that Remo
has a Kevlar head, out
there.  Just type:

Remo Kevlar Head

...and it will come up.

Regards,

And there you have it stevehl32. Thanks Pete and of course I should have remembered Remo Kevlars been continuing  over the years resulting in a similar head. Existing productions tells us there still is a market big enough to continue manufacturing .

Wood, I remember my Bear heads were actually yellow, which I thought was cool.

Admin (Pete) wrote:

You know that Remo
has a Kevlar head, out
there.  Just type:

Remo Kevlar Head

...and it will come up.

Regards,

thanks but it's not the same. bear had 3 different head coatings (studio, concert and stadium) also, they had sizes for your whole kit. i liked these heads on all my drums, not just the snare.

Racman wrote:And there you have it stevehl32. Thanks Pete and of course I should have remembered Remo Kevlars been continuing  over the years resulting in a similar head. Existing productions tells us there still is a market big enough to continue manufacturing .

Wood, I remember my Bear heads were actually yellow, which I thought was cool.

The yellow ones were from the same company but back then they were called "Duraline" drum heads.

Remo had a lot to do with
the disappearance of Bear.

I will not say more about that.

Regards,