Marching Bass Drum Heads

Production schedule tiers: Our turnaround time adapts to the amount of drum heads ordered:

• 8 heads or less – Takes just 3 to 5 business days (M–F) once proofs are finalized.
• Large sets – Takes 5 to 7 business days (M–F)
• Single remakes – Fast-tracked in 2 to 4 business days (M–F) to fix a damaged head mid-season.
• RUSH services are also fully available if you have an immediate competition deadline.

Online design tool: Yes, absolutely! You can fully utilize our interactive online Designer Apps to lay out your graphic concepts. The tool is perfectly optimized for the round print surface, making it intuitive and effortless to arrange school names, scale logos and center your artwork with precision.

Free mascot vectors: Yes, we do! Our system provides an extensive library of free mascot logos directly within our design apps. You can easily place, size, and colorize these high-quality mascot graphics to match your school’s branding without paying extra for vector clip art. Or contact us if you are looking for a specific Mascot logo, color scheme or layout you are after and we will help you.

In-house design review: While we technically print exactly what you submit to keep our turnaround times blazing fast, we are happy to provide a full professional review if you request it. If you ask for a review, our graphics team will verify resolution, clean up alignment, fix any lingering design issues, and send over a digital proof for your peace of mind.

Tiered volume discounts: Yes, we offer excellent tier-based savings built specifically for band programs! You can save 10% off orders over $325 using coupon code Marching10, or bump your discount up to 15% off orders over $750 using coupon code Marching15 directly in your shopping cart.

Sizing availability: We accommodate the precise field layouts of standard modern drumlines, offering custom printed heads starting from compact 16-inch diameters up to massive 32-inch stadium bass drums. Additionally, we can accept custom orders for 14" bass drum heads and 15" tenor heads but you will need to contact us to order these sizes.

Patented solvent print method: Our print method, solvent printing, allows us to print the brightest colors with the best details in the industry. We print directly to a specialized film and heat press it safely to the drumhead. We start with brand name drum heads and use our patented process to produce full-color, photo-realistic MarchingHeads where images will not chip, scratch, or flake off. Sound quality & field performance: When applied to the drumhead, the entire material flexes and breathes uniformly. The head maintains its original elasticity, which translates to excellent volume projection, deep low-end punch, and standard tuning flexibility without muffling your overall bass sound, matching the acoustic quality of a 1.5 ply drumhead. Our heads are completely weatherproof and protected from fading with a strong UV protectant, delivering gallery-quality stage visuals without sacrificing authentic acoustic tone. Clear center dots are also available to provide more energy focus and greater durability.

Acoustic transparency: Not at all. Our specialized high-density inks are completely engineered to embed seamlessly into the film layer without adding dead weight or stiffness, preserving your drumline’s crisp attack, full projection, and natural fundamental tone across all weather climates.

Dual-side branding: Yes, you can order matching front and back pairs for every single bass shell in your inventory, ensuring your school colors and program branding remain fully visible to both the stadium press box crowds and the judges on the field track.

RGB color potency: For the absolute brightest, highest-contrast field presence under stadium lights, always build and export your design files in RGB color mode. Our modern layout software optimizes light- based RGB profiles to produce incredibly punchy, vibrant prints that easily pop from the stands.

Resolution specifications: Your uploaded artwork should be exported at a minimum resolution of 150 PPI (pixels per inch) scaled to full physical print size but 300 PPI will print more detailed photographic print quality. Web graphics pulled straight from school web pages are usually 72 DPI and will appear fuzzy or pixelated when expanded to large format sizes. Refer to Artwork Help page for more info about saving files.

Vectorizing design services: Yes. If you only have access to a low-resolution JPEG or an old scanned drawing of your school’s mascot, our graphics team can completely redraw, polish, and clean your files into a clean vector layout before printing to ensure it looks beautifully sharp.

Minimum order thresholds: We have no minimum order requirement for our custom marching bass drum heads. You can order a single replacement head to replace a damaged head graphic mid-season, or scale up to a full multi-bass stadium package at your own pace.

Modular damping systems: We offer Evans MX1 and MX2 marching heads, and they feature a highly unique, built-in damping system. This innovative design utilizes an internal control sleeve that securely houses a series of removable felt damping arcs around the edge of the head. By simply adding or removing these individual felt segments, you can quickly customize the drum's sustain and articulation to perfectly match your environment. This means you can easily shift from a tight, punchy sound for intimate indoor gymnasiums to a booming, wide-open tone that projects clearly across a football field. Ultimately, this modular system gives ensembles complete acoustic control, allowing you to change how your bass line sounds in a matter of seconds.

Tour transport and care: Always store and transport your bass drums inside heavy-duty padded soft bags or hard cases during road trips. When stacking equipment in stadium equipment trucks, ensure no hard hardware stands or sharp edges rub against the printed face film to completely eliminate surface abrasions.