Evans Drum Heads - Onyx Tom Drumhead, 14 Inch

This head is a beastly batter head. Having multiple snares to compare against, I am going to give a detailed review. Tuning... This Evans Onyx is durable. It's on a 5×14 PDP Concept Maple snare. I have it pretty high pitched, about a half step lower than my 6.5x13" Pork Pie snare with Ambassador heads. It stretched evenly and has a darker sound. It's very controlled. There are few overtones. I do not have a moon gel on it. It's use is great for heavy stuff or if your looking for a dark, focused yet controlled attack. It would not use it for a jazz gig or a concert gig. The The response from the head is not even close to what an Ambassasdor or Evans G1 or G2 head would be. Doubles need to be stroked out more to get a clean, responsive sound.

I love a dry sound with less reverb and these heads are my choice. Very consistent sound and they look great!

I play and record rock music in Los Angeles California, I'm using this head on a 18" DW floor tom, it has a nice sustain and a big sound without excessive resonance. I like the Evans Genera Dry heads also but they don't offer that in 18" so a quick visit to the Evans web site got me pointed to this drum head, the web site has a nice slider tool that allows you to quickly evaluate all the Evans models for tonal characteristics. The black color of the head looks good with my ebony stained maple drums. A trick I learned from studying Jon Bonham is using batter heads for resonant on drum bottom, I move the stock DW batter head to the bottom of the drum and put this coated head on top, the drum sounds incredible, like a tympani and there is no long "hair-ong-ga" overtones, just fat meaty floor tom. I'm liking Evans heads and accessories a lot, it's a company that is innovating and improving things for drummers. I'll buy another one of these heads when this one wears out. Good music to all.

These will make your kit sing !

Excellent product and great quality

Good drum head for vintage music, jazz, latin jazz and/or maybe old funk. Box shipped to my door in nice condition, head was easy-to-tune, just like all the other heads that Evans makes. Nice tone, but a bit too expensive for my taste, but at the same time authentic calfskin heads (not Remo Fiberskyn or any heads along those lines) are increasingly hard to find at an affordable price, so at least these heads make up for it. Would 100% recommend Evans heads for any cheap drumset or any other type of drum that has either odd sizing, woods like spruce or poplar, or really any other set.

Me gusta el sonido, controla armónicos pero no tanto como los hidráulicos. Me gustó mucho en toms, pero no lo recomiendo para redoblante.

El parche llegó a tiempo. Bien empacado y sin ningún inconveniente.