jverdan wrote:
First of all, welcome to the forums. I know at least a couple people will bring this up but, its near impossible to get his exact sound. There are man things they do to the drums sound in the studio like, compressing, eq'ing, ect, that make his drums sound the way they do. Don't try because you will only end up wasting your money. I own a 14" birch wood snare also, and i can tell you what sounds good on it but if you are a bad tuner, you will have some trouble. Try some heads like coated ambassadors or CS controlled sounds. Those are great. If you like a more muffled sound, than muffle the head or try the emperor x. These are just my suggestions.

OldFart wrote:
I've only heard Royster on YouTube, and what comes to mind is that he cranks something like a Coated Controlled Sound .

So I went to The Tony Royster Jr Website to find that he endorses Evans drum heads.

When you click the Evans link, it goes to Evans website (so far, so good) . Then you go to the Artist section and scroll down until you find Tony Royster Jr., and to the right you see all the Model Numbers/Part Numbers of the drum heads Royster uses. You hover your Mouse Over the Part Number to find he uses a 14" PowerCenter Reverse Dot over a 14" Hazy 300 Snare Side .

{ I think you could've done this yourself, though }

So there you go ... it's at least partly true.

jomster wrote:
Since its all-birch, the pitch gets really high if i tune it up just a bit therefore i have to tune it low to the point where my sticks would barely bounce off the head. so yeah would you also happen to know the right heads for the toms as well? oh and yeah i'll give your suggestion a try lol =) thanks!

jomster wrote:
yeah i've been tuning it up when it dents and i already have the evans g2 but what do you think the best way to tune all the toms? should i start off from the floor tom? .Thanks for your help! Again sorry guys if this is getting way off the topic

jverdan wrote:
No head sounds good or bad, it just depends on what preferences are. I to prefer the emps when tuned right. Jomster, if you don't want to tune up because of ring, than dampen. Even some tape works to dampen your drums. And also, it would be much easier to recommend a head, if we knew what type of music you play.

jomster wrote:
yeah, like petenoaccess said i always have tune it up when it dents

OldFart wrote:
I was teasing you I DO hope it was at least somewhat helpful

jverdan wrote:
How do you know if he's tuning it so low that there's no tone?

jverdan wrote:
No head sounds good or bad, it just depends on what preferences are. I to prefer the emps when tuned right. Jomster, if you don't want to tune up because of ring, than dampen. Even some tape works to dampen your drums. And also, it would be much easier to recommend a head, if we knew what type of music you play.