Defender
Silver Member
Hi guys, it's me again. Your friendly neighborhood Defender. Just stopping by to throw my admiration towards the best sounding (in my opinion) snare head I've tried so far.
I've got a...
14 x 5.5 PDP Maple Concept snare
14 X 6.5 Tama Starclassic Birch (2008ish)
14 x 5 Ludwig Supraphonic (1968)
When I bought my kit, not having played acoustics in over 15 years, I asked the saleman "which heads would you recommend if I said Evans?" and he said, without hesitation.. "G2 tops, G1 bottom, Hazy 300 snare side". So, that's what I got. I can say I am totally pleased with the G2/G1 tom configuration. However, this is where the story gets interesting.
So, I got home , changed all the heads, watched some YouTube tuning videos (the ones that Bob Gatzen does are fantastic). The only problem I had was with the snare. The G2 sounded (to me) like I was wacking a piece of paper. I left it on the drum for a few weeks then finally broke down and went to Guitar Center again and this time tried an EC1 reverse dot. This head sounded far and away better than the G2. More depth, better crunch, and a little more sensitive.
Move on to another few weeks, as I was looking through Craigslist and came across the Tama Starclassic. Before I bought this drum I had been doing more eye-balling on the Evans website. After I bought the Starclassic, I went and got a Hazy 300 and I tried a Genera Dry (not the HD version). I went home, put them on, and I was absolutely blown away by the sound!!
Now we'll move on to about 2 months later when I was able to grab a fantastic example (just a couple very small dents and a couple scratches, but absolutely no pitting) 1968 Supra for $100 even! I walked into Guitar Center to show off my new purchase and also to get a couple new heads.. The Salesmen was blown away at the price I got it for, but moreover, I picked up the same combo as before... Hazy 300/Genera Dry.. And WAMMO!! Another absolutely incredible sounding snare!
By this time I'm almost not even playing my PDP Maple. I really cant get it to sound good at all. (compared to the other 2 snares). This past weekend I went out and got me a Genera Dry for it, went home and slapped it on and tuned it up, and WAMMO!! Another amazing sounding snare!!
So, if you only skip down to here, I'll just sum this up.. Evans Genera Dry Snare batter head= FREAKIN' AMAZING!!!
Peace, Defender
I've got a...
14 x 5.5 PDP Maple Concept snare
14 X 6.5 Tama Starclassic Birch (2008ish)
14 x 5 Ludwig Supraphonic (1968)
When I bought my kit, not having played acoustics in over 15 years, I asked the saleman "which heads would you recommend if I said Evans?" and he said, without hesitation.. "G2 tops, G1 bottom, Hazy 300 snare side". So, that's what I got. I can say I am totally pleased with the G2/G1 tom configuration. However, this is where the story gets interesting.
So, I got home , changed all the heads, watched some YouTube tuning videos (the ones that Bob Gatzen does are fantastic). The only problem I had was with the snare. The G2 sounded (to me) like I was wacking a piece of paper. I left it on the drum for a few weeks then finally broke down and went to Guitar Center again and this time tried an EC1 reverse dot. This head sounded far and away better than the G2. More depth, better crunch, and a little more sensitive.
Move on to another few weeks, as I was looking through Craigslist and came across the Tama Starclassic. Before I bought this drum I had been doing more eye-balling on the Evans website. After I bought the Starclassic, I went and got a Hazy 300 and I tried a Genera Dry (not the HD version). I went home, put them on, and I was absolutely blown away by the sound!!
Now we'll move on to about 2 months later when I was able to grab a fantastic example (just a couple very small dents and a couple scratches, but absolutely no pitting) 1968 Supra for $100 even! I walked into Guitar Center to show off my new purchase and also to get a couple new heads.. The Salesmen was blown away at the price I got it for, but moreover, I picked up the same combo as before... Hazy 300/Genera Dry.. And WAMMO!! Another absolutely incredible sounding snare!
By this time I'm almost not even playing my PDP Maple. I really cant get it to sound good at all. (compared to the other 2 snares). This past weekend I went out and got me a Genera Dry for it, went home and slapped it on and tuned it up, and WAMMO!! Another amazing sounding snare!!
So, if you only skip down to here, I'll just sum this up.. Evans Genera Dry Snare batter head= FREAKIN' AMAZING!!!
Peace, Defender