Sounds great Grunt. Really like it......the unmistakable beauty of brass.
FWIW, die casts will stifle the overtones far more than hammering does IMHO. I have DC's on my Black Beauty at the moment.....really dries out the drum. They sound great in my boomy practice room, but if I were to take it out and do gigs with it I'd put the triple flanged back on and give the mojo back that the drum is famous for in the first place. A fun experiment, but I agree with you......I like the sound of that COB just the way it is.