Evans Adjustable Dampening EMAD Bass Drumhead

The Evans Adjustable Dampening EMAD Bass Drum Head comes with two revolutionary damping rings, each of which affects the head’s sound and pedal response. EMAD stands for: Externally Mounted Adjustable Damping and this external system maximizes natural attack characteristics. It offers tremendous dynamic range (even at low dynamic levels where other systems fall short). It also allows quick, easy adjustments without having to remove the head from the drum—an especially valuable feature during recording sessions. Evans EMAD Bass Drum Heads come in 18″, 20″, 22″, and 24″ sizes.

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Evans emad bass drum heads are one of the greatest bass drum heads around. The dampening ring works perfectly. I don’t use any type of internal muffling with this head. It’s suitable for all types of music including rock, jazz, etc. You can achieve great sound results with this head and change up the amount of muffling on the fly. I swear by it.

Evans Snare Drum Tune Up Pack

The Evans Snare Tune Up Pack is a great way to revive or cherry any snare drum and make it sound like it should. Evans includes a Power Center Reverse Dot batter head, a Hazy 300 snare side resonant head, a drum key, a set of Puresound Blasters Series 20-strand snare wire, and a couple of E-ring snare damping rings in the TUNE UP pack. Power Center Reverse Dot batter head Designed to add durability in the spot where the stick strikes it the most, the Evans Power Center also adds focus to your sound. The coated, perforated, center-reinforced Evans drumhead still allows overtones to ring freely when struck on the edges. The drumhead has an open, bright sound and creates a fat backbeat.Hazy 300 Snare Side resonant head The 3 mil film yields a wide dynamic range and controlled snare response at all dynamic levels. Magnetic drum key Drop-forged, ergonomically designed for comfort. Knurled knob for quick, easy spinning. Magnetic head helps prevent slipping and stays in place for fast tightening and loosening. Rattle-free design.Evans Puresound Blasters Series 20-strand snare wire The Blasters Series snare wires have 20 medium-gauge wires that are evenly spaced standard coils. They are pro-quality snare wires that have been developed for high volume, high intensity playing and feature specially formulated, premium-grade steel-alloy wires on angled, copper-colored end clips.Blaster snare wires feature bent end clips that are designed to create greater snare wire contact across the surface of the drumhead while offering increased activity, consistency, response and projection. If you are looking for extreme sensitivity that allows the snares to be active in influencing the sound, these are the wires you need.Evans E-ring snare drum damping rings The E-ring is an easy-to-use external overtone control ring which "floats" on the surface of a drumhead. It rounds out and flattens the drumhead's sound and allows easier tuning. The E-ring snare pack includes two 14" diameter rings, a wide and a narrow version, to accommodate a variety of sound control needs.

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Cool Kit by Evans drum head company. I would think this would make for a nice present bundled up into a gift pack. Includes a durable reverse dot head. I’ve used this head before and it held up pretty well. Gives a nice controlled sound. It’s nice that it includes everything to freshen up your snare drums sound so you can do an “overhaul” all at once. It’s Evans, which is synonymous with quality.

Remo Emperor Coated Drum Head

The Emperor heads are the darkest sounding and most durable of classic Weather King heads. They are made with two free floating plys of 7 mil film, which give their consistent open tone. The Coated White style is the darkest sounding of the three types.

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Great sounding head that is durable and bears the Remo name. Remo Emperor Coated Drum heads have been around for a while and have built a legacy. They are good for different styles of drumming including: Jazz, fusion, rock and various other types of playing. The coated head is durable and is good for brush work where needed. Remo Emperor drum heads are a great buy and will hold up.

Remo Clear Pinstripe Drum Heads

Remo's popular Pinstripe heads are made from 2 plies of Remo clear film and bonded at the collar to dampen both high overtones and overall resonance. The result is a very focused, low-pitched sound with moderate attack and response characteristics that is ideal for creating a deeper, fatter, controlled drum sound in a variety of studio and live drumming situations.

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I used to use this head exclusively when I played hard rock. This is a quality Remo head with legacy. It’s been around for a long time and there’s a reason for it. It gives a great closed tone that allows the player to really pound on it and get great powerful sound.