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Will there ever be an Evans version of a fiberskyn type head?
Would love to see this as well.
Will there ever be an Evans version of a fiberskyn type head?
When depth of tone is the primary focus, Black Chromes are my go-to choice (seriously deep!).
Cheers!
Will there ever be an Evans version of a fiberskyn type head?
Do you have any coated heads with the same tonal qualities as the Black Chrome? I like the idea of the black chrome heads and have read great reviews.....................just wouldn't look very good on my champagne sparkle kit.
Unfortunately we don't. The next closest option would be either the Onyx heads (frosted coating over white) then frosted EC2S, though these aren't nearly as deep in sound as the Black Chromes.
So much talk... Sure, the new collar is nice. But the new clear G2 that I bought has too much material on one side so to speak, so that specific part of the drum head requires ridiculous tension to even touch the bearing edge properly. Obviously it sounds like shit, it just can't be tuned. The drum head itself is perfectly round, so I don't think it's damaged from handling.
Ordered it online from Thomann, so I can't really go back to the store. I'm not going to demand them to send me another head either, since it's probably not their fault. Does Evans ship out refunds world wide?
I'm also an Aquarian guy, making a tentative shift to Evans.
Black Chromes on top
Resonant Black on bottom
Will try them for the first time this weekend.
I'm coming from Aquarian Performance II tops, Hi-Freq black bottoms on my other kits.
I'm impressed overall! You don't have to "break them in" and seat them like other brands. You just stick them on and tune them. I still give them a little push while tuning, the re-tune and BAM... great tone!
Still, Evans offers nothing as rich-sounding as the Remo Renaissance heads. Frankly, I just take Remos (or old Evans) and go around the rim and stretch around the collar and it pretty much does what the 360 process does. "Perfectly round and level" doesn't really matter if your drums aren't perfectly level. ALL triple-flanged hoops have imperfect level and even a lot of die cast hoops aren't perfectly level, so basically you take a "perfectly level" head and bend it to fit your hoops. Not that I'm saying it's a gimmick, I just don't consider it a "game-changer" as they say.
I just happened to come across this article in DRUM! Magazine about G1's and the Level 360....
http://www.drummagazine.com/gear/post/evans-g1-series-drumheads/
Have you tried our J1 Etched heads? That's what I'd put up against the Renaissance for the sake of comparison.
Now the EC series does feature the etched surface and the EC reverse dot is an AMAZING snare head, if you're looking for a controlled response that doesn't kill the overtones but controls them.
Got back from testing out my Black Chromes over Resonant Blacks this weekend.
I love this head combination.