Maker
Evans
The other half of the drumhead market
Chick Evans made the first plastic drumhead in the 1950s, and the brand — part of D'Addario since the mid-1990s — is one of two names that cover most of the market. Evans is associated with the level-360 collar, oil-filled double-ply heads, and the EMAD system's interchangeable external muffling ring.
Models
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Evans EC2
Drumhead · United States
EC2 heads carry a damping ring under the outer edge — the "edge control" the name refers to — which removes the high overtones without killing the note.
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Evans UV1
Drumhead · United States
UV1's coating is cured with ultraviolet light rather than sprayed, which makes it far more durable than a conventional coated head while sounding much like one.
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Evans G1
Drumhead · United States
G1 is Evans' 10 mil single ply, built on the Level 360 collar that lets the head seat in the bearing edge without fighting the hoop during tuning.
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Evans Hydraulic
Drumhead · United States
Hydraulic heads seal a thin layer of oil between two plies, producing an extremely short, fat tom sound. It is one of the most idiomatic drum sounds of the 1970s and has never fully gone away.
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Evans G2
Drumhead · United States
The G2 is the double-ply tom head most often set against Remo's Emperor: warm, controlled, and durable, with a decay short enough to survive a close microphone.
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Evans dB One
Drumhead · United States
The dB One heads cut an acoustic kit's volume substantially while keeping a real drum feel and pitch, offering a middle ground between mesh heads and an electronic kit.
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Evans Calftone
Drumhead · United States
Calftone heads reproduce the warm, dark tone of calfskin in a stable synthetic film, aimed at drummers playing vintage-voiced kits without vintage maintenance.
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Evans EMAD
Drumhead · United States
EMAD's externally mounted damping system holds a foam ring in a channel around the head's edge, and the ring can be swapped or removed without detuning the drum. It effectively ended the era of pillows in bass drums.
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Evans RealFeel Practice Pad
Drum hardware · United States
The RealFeel is the practice pad most drummers own: a wood core with recycled gum rubber on one side and a harder surface on the other, in sizes that fit a snare stand.
Categories
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Drumheads
The consumable that changes a drum's voice more than the shell does. Single and double ply, clear and coated, with and without built-in muffling.
Representative model
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Evans EMAD
Drumhead · United States
EMAD's externally mounted damping system holds a foam ring in a channel around the head's edge, and the ring can be swapped or removed without detuning the drum. It effectively ended the era of pillows in bass drums.