The contact pitch was immediately brighter, the attack more lively, even a touch pingy, but offset by that nice deep undertone. Even after some hours gigging, with the thinner foam ring still in place it was too thuddy, needing to breath more.ĭiscarding both foam rings worked better for us. It must be the coating, because Evans's original EMAD batter is pleasingly fat. We guessed a twin-ply construction would have deadened it completely. Now why is the bass batter single ply when the toms are twin ply you're thinking? Well, with a foam EMAD ring in place the initial sound was tubby. The black surface has just enough nap for a modest brush response and it doesn't snag your wires in the way some new heads do. This didn't prevent a healthy edge ring though, requiring a bit of damping. The response increased in density, becoming almost calf-like - light centre strokes had the thick 'ch' sound of 'chalk', yet remained clear. It benefitted from playing in, and by a second gig was thoroughly seated and feeling comfortable. The Prize: Evans 14 Power Center Reverse Dot Coated snare Evans Onyx Series 12, 14, 16, and 18 tom heads the Evans EMAD2 24 bass drumhead an Inked by Evans Giftcard (for your own personalized reso kick drumhead) an Evans Vintage logo T-shirt a Magnetic Head Drum Key and a 12 EcoPad 2-sided Eco-Friendly Practice Pad. It had a clattering attack, rather hollow to start with. You want those deep tones on a floor tom and we found the sound rich and velvety. We tuned it higher than usual to hear it properly live. On a 13" tom the Onyx was even duskier, a bit subdued in fact.
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