Every time I put a new Reso head on my 18" Gretsch Catalina Natural Satin kick, with Emad & pillow, it has to be fiddled with, to get rid of lots of overtones. No so in the case of the Evans '56 Calftone I just put on it.
I put the head on, finger tight, then put 1/4 turn on all the lugs.
Perfect "Thump", only slightly longer than NO resonance.
Unbelievable!
For me, that is a good thing.
I don't like cutting a hole in my reso head, it kills the tone for live, unmic'd use.
So this seems perfect for both mic'd and unmic'd...though I haven't gigged it yet.
I'll post followup.
Hearing that sound, I ordered Calftone's for my 12 & 14" toms.
Will try as a reso first, then as batter if it doesn't somewhat replicate what I hear on the kick.