krautfox
Member
Hey everyone,
I've been playing around with different jazz tunings using different head and hardware combinations. So far, I've tried coated 10 mm single-ply on batter with clear 10 mm single-ply on the reso, coated signle-ply on both, calfskin imitation on top, coated/clear on bottom, and die-cast hoops vs single/double/triple flanged hoops for the hardware.
I then fell into a long Ralph Peterson YouTube video rabbit hole and saw that he's been using Evans coated Onyx heads for years and I always thought that his drums sounded simply amazing. Onyx are usually marketed for heard hitting heavy metal drummers, but he seems to make them work perfectly for jazz.
I know heads like the fiberskins or the calftones are double-ply (and do sound amazing for jazz), but there's always a durability/flaking issue with them. So what about simple coated double-ply heads like the emperors/G2s/Super 2s etc. Thoughts ?
From what I hear, they seem to reduce overtones to give a mix of attack/tone/roundness/"thudiness". It seems to imulate well the jazz drum sound from the 50s/60s
Any of you jazz cats out there use these heads ?
Cheers !
I've been playing around with different jazz tunings using different head and hardware combinations. So far, I've tried coated 10 mm single-ply on batter with clear 10 mm single-ply on the reso, coated signle-ply on both, calfskin imitation on top, coated/clear on bottom, and die-cast hoops vs single/double/triple flanged hoops for the hardware.
I then fell into a long Ralph Peterson YouTube video rabbit hole and saw that he's been using Evans coated Onyx heads for years and I always thought that his drums sounded simply amazing. Onyx are usually marketed for heard hitting heavy metal drummers, but he seems to make them work perfectly for jazz.
I know heads like the fiberskins or the calftones are double-ply (and do sound amazing for jazz), but there's always a durability/flaking issue with them. So what about simple coated double-ply heads like the emperors/G2s/Super 2s etc. Thoughts ?
From what I hear, they seem to reduce overtones to give a mix of attack/tone/roundness/"thudiness". It seems to imulate well the jazz drum sound from the 50s/60s
Any of you jazz cats out there use these heads ?
Cheers !