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Remo Ambassador X Coated Drumhead - 14 inch

14" Single-ply Batter Drumhead, Coated
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20% Heavier Than Standard Ambassadors

Heavy hitters who swear by the tone and response of Coated Ambassadors will find their match in Remo Ambassador X drumheads. These heads are made from a single ply of 12-mil film, compared to the standard 10-mil Ambassador. This 20% increase in thickness yields increased durability, a slightly drier and darker tone, and increased attack and projection. All with the warmth, sustain, snap, and sensitivity you count on from your Ambassadors. Experience a new take on your old standbys with Remo Ambassador X drumheads.

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Get more bang for your buck with Remo Ambassador X heads

Like the Emperor X before it, the Remo Ambassador X takes what fans love in the Ambassador and modernizes it for today's players. And the response from the drumming community has been overwhelmingly positive. So if you like what Coated Ambassadors do for your toms and snares but want more heft and longer life, Sweetwater drummers recommend seeing what Ambassador X drumheads can do for your kit.

Remo Ambassador X 14" Coated Batter Drumhead Features:
  • Based on the industry standard for toms and snares
  • 20% thicker than classic Ambassadors, for:
    • A darker, drier, louder tone - good for club-sized drum kits
    • Increased durability - perfect for heavy hitters
    • Greater stick rebound
  • Made from a singly ply of 12-mil film
  • World-famous Remo coating enhances brush work and buzz rolls
Get more bang for your buck with Remo Ambassador X drumheads!
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Tech Specs

  • Batter/Resonant: Batter
  • Size: 14"
  • Material: Film
  • Clear/Coated: Coated
  • Thickness: 12mil (1-ply)
  • Manufacturer Part Number: AX-0114-00-

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Perfection

By far my favorite head for my 6.5x14 Black Beauty. Really wakes the drum up, it sings now. Still has great single ply sensitivity but with a meatier sound and a vicious attack. I'm also noticing a more crisp articulation from my wires. I can set them a little looser without sounding swishy. I've tried a bunch of different heads to see what I like best, and finally this is the one that gave the "aha!" moment
by Greg from Baltimore MD on

Such a great head

Using on a 13x3 steel piccolo.
Really opened it up.
I have a 14x5 black nickel over steel gretsch I will try next with this head.
Has a better beefy sound than normal ambassador.
And cross sticking is louder (at least in my mixes).
I really like this head.
by Jeff Bridges from Bozman, MD on
Music background: Drummer and sound engineer.

Perfect for specific uses

I ordered this to replace an Aquarian American Vintage on one of my snare drums and the improvement over the Aquarian (for the specific snare drum) is dramatic. I put it on a 4.5x14 snare drum with a steambent mahogany shell and it went from a gazillion over- and under-tones to a solid backbeat machine.

The coating on the X seems thicker and rougher than normal Ambassadors, so it will need serious breaking in for brush playing.

Back to the Aquarian: for brushwork that head is second only to real calf in my opinion. For sticks, though, it is, well, plastic sounding and nowhere near as warm as an Ambassador. I will hang on to it because although I am no longer gigging regularly, I still occasionally have brush only gigs and that head is perfect for those.

For the pop/classic rock and smattering of old country that I still play the X, on the drum where it's currently mounted, is exactly what I was hoping it would be.
by Joseph Tarrani from Deltona, FL on

Snare head perfection

Truly the perfect snare head! This is the real X factor: Everything you love about the coated Amb - sensitive, responsive, snappy, great feel - PLUS a nice dose of fat, meaty thwack. Picture a coated Ambassador with a dampener on it but NOT dampened, just fattened up. That's the Ambassador X. I like the beefy, low-end enhanced sound of a dampened head, but I also like to hear the shell of a snare drum (otherwise why have different shell materials?) - that's what this head does so well. Same responsive head, acts like a single ply (cuz it is) but brings the deep mids and lows of a 2-ply head. Perfect for a big fat snare sound, or for a little more meat in your toms. Even if youre that guy who MUST have coated Amb's for batters, you'd love these. Use them for resos even, a slightly heavier reso makes for a nice full sound. Try one out, it'll be love at first wack.
by Drumbum from RI on
Music background: Drummer

Remo Ambassador X

This may be THE best sounding snare head I've ever played. Better than the Emperor X & even better than the Controlled Sound X. This is right up there with the Remo P77 for me. I cannot believe how insane this thing sounds. I wish I was able to describe it, but all I can tell you is that it's pure music to the ears.
by Hayden Peach on
Music background: Drummer
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