Shedboyxx
Silver Member
I can't tell exactly from the OP's post whether the coating problem was on a stock head or the Evans as well.
But if it was stock....Stock heads are usually just a temporary solution for you until you can afford to re-head the drums. They are a lesser quality than off the shelf heads and you'll be much happier with the sound of your drums with new heads.
FWIW: All of the big 3 Remo, Aquarian, and Evans will have some 'bad runs' of coated heads where the coating comes off almost immediately.
I highly recommend Aquarian for coating that lasts. Sounds like Response 2's might be what's best as they are somewhat like Emperors. I've used on my set as well as installed and tuned several church sets with Aquarian coated heads over the years. Out of maybe 50-60 heads there were maybe 2-3 that had this issue. If you let them know via email or phone, they jump into action to get new replacement heads to you. In fact on all occasions it was Roy Burns himself who took care of it. GREAT customer service.
The absolute normal way behaviour is for the Aquarian coated heads is for them to outlast the competition in longevity. They sound great as well but different players have different preferences for their drums. Single plies as an example, Remo Ambassadors have just a tad more highs too them than Aquarian Texture Coated. Probably due to the slightly thinner coating. Evans G1's are closer to the Ambassador then the Aquarian TC, but the coating seems to last longer.
Also I should mention that I've had a good reaction from Evans when I had a bad G2 one time. The brick and mortar wanted nothing to do with a head that sounded bad out of the box. Evans made it right as well.
Remo was a bit iffy about a defective hi hat clutch I had but....I've never interacted about drum heads with them so I'm not sure.
I have the Aquarian Modern Vintage on one of my snares right now. It has a sweet tone to it and has nice longlasting brush response (it's the 3rd one I've had on this drum in a few years since I bought it).
Try out a coated Aquarian. Should work well.
BTW: I can't see using ANY clear head for brushes.
Jim
But if it was stock....Stock heads are usually just a temporary solution for you until you can afford to re-head the drums. They are a lesser quality than off the shelf heads and you'll be much happier with the sound of your drums with new heads.
FWIW: All of the big 3 Remo, Aquarian, and Evans will have some 'bad runs' of coated heads where the coating comes off almost immediately.
I highly recommend Aquarian for coating that lasts. Sounds like Response 2's might be what's best as they are somewhat like Emperors. I've used on my set as well as installed and tuned several church sets with Aquarian coated heads over the years. Out of maybe 50-60 heads there were maybe 2-3 that had this issue. If you let them know via email or phone, they jump into action to get new replacement heads to you. In fact on all occasions it was Roy Burns himself who took care of it. GREAT customer service.
The absolute normal way behaviour is for the Aquarian coated heads is for them to outlast the competition in longevity. They sound great as well but different players have different preferences for their drums. Single plies as an example, Remo Ambassadors have just a tad more highs too them than Aquarian Texture Coated. Probably due to the slightly thinner coating. Evans G1's are closer to the Ambassador then the Aquarian TC, but the coating seems to last longer.
Also I should mention that I've had a good reaction from Evans when I had a bad G2 one time. The brick and mortar wanted nothing to do with a head that sounded bad out of the box. Evans made it right as well.
Remo was a bit iffy about a defective hi hat clutch I had but....I've never interacted about drum heads with them so I'm not sure.
I have the Aquarian Modern Vintage on one of my snares right now. It has a sweet tone to it and has nice longlasting brush response (it's the 3rd one I've had on this drum in a few years since I bought it).
Try out a coated Aquarian. Should work well.
BTW: I can't see using ANY clear head for brushes.
Jim