Product Close-Up Remo Powerstroke 77 and Powerstroke 3 Black Dot Drumheads Extra-durable additions to the ubiquitous pre-muffled batters. Expanding the sound palette of its Powerstroke line of drumheads, Remo recently introduced a black-dot version of the hugely popular P3 bass drum batter and a new ultra-durable snare batter, the Powerstroke 77, which features two layers of 7 mil film, a 7 mil underlay muffling ring, and a 5 mil clear center dot on top. We checked out a coated and clear version of each and tested them on a 24″ bass drum and a 14″ snare. Powerstroke 77 Our choice for testing the PS77 heads was a 5×14 fiberglass snare with triple-flange hoops. We chose this drum because of its inherent neutral tone, meaning the synthetic shell doesn’t impart much timbre, so we were able to really hear the differences in frequency response and overtones between the stock head (a […]