Andy
Honorary Member
Remo already make them Larry. Custom bald patch positioning too. Just take any Remo coated head & play them for about 30 seconds, lol!They should make those types of heads, with the coating removed in the center for attack.
Remo already make them Larry. Custom bald patch positioning too. Just take any Remo coated head & play them for about 30 seconds, lol!They should make those types of heads, with the coating removed in the center for attack.
I'm sorry, I may not have been clear enough. A coated 2-ply head will offer the warmth of a coated single-ply but with greater attack.Not my experience. A clear Emperor style head (two 7mm plys) is not going to resemble ANYTHING like a coated heads warmth. It's still going to have that plastic-y "Clank" sound All clear heads have.
Evans doesn't make anything like the Smooth White. In this situation, I would suggest remo drumheads all the way.
(not bashing Evans, in fact I am rocking some Evans G plus heads on my kit right now! there great)
Evans USED TO have a fantastic head with White film that was coated.
It was the UNO58.
I wish they would bring that head back into production, and I wish they would make it up to 26".
Just to clarify, the UNO heads aren't an Evans line. They are another brand of heads made overseas that are owned by Evans. I'll definitely look into the possibility of some white film heads with a coating. The black version of this would be the Onyx series (though with a clear coating).
I use coated G2's on my supra. The main reason, other than the fact that it's a great head and consistent in sound, is that the coating doesn't wear off easy. A standard Remo coated emperor is coating over clear film, but it looks like crap after a gig or two. Coating over white film would be awesome. The old coated emperors were white film and they sounded better than the current offering, plus you couldn't tell as much when the coating wore off. A coated white G2 would get my vote for sure!
The G2 is a cool head too, it just doesn't have the "crack" or (slightly drier) crispness the Remo heads have to my ear.
With the appropriate tuning you can definitely achieve a drier or more open tone out of the G2's.
Off the subject of toms....
It would be nice if a Coated G1 was available in a 26" size. I'd like to see a 26" head without a muffle ring.
Even though the one on the EQ1 frosted is small, I just don't want a muffle ring on my bass drum head.
We'll definitely keep this in mind, though there aren't many people out there who seem to share your interest for an unmuffled 26" bass drum head. Maybe sometime in the not too distant future though...
I use coated G2's on my supra. The main reason, other than the fact that it's a great head and consistent in sound, is that the coating doesn't wear off easy. A standard Remo coated emperor is coating over clear film, but it looks like crap after a gig or two. Coating over white film would be awesome. The old coated emperors were white film and they sounded better than the current offering, plus you couldn't tell as much when the coating wore off. A coated white G2 would get my vote for sure!
We'll definitely keep this in mind, though there aren't many people out there who seem to share your interest for an unmuffled 26" bass drum head. Maybe sometime in the not too distant future though...