Evans Drum Heads - G2 Coated Tom Drumhead, 8 Inch , White

Quality drum heads make your drums sound loads better. I was for ccm sounding toms and these are a perfect match

Never tried coated heads. Not good for metal, but great for Indy rock or slower rock stuff. I never had a coated. I was very surprised.

Great sounding drum head.

No further comments necessary. Evans is a great brand.

I have been playing these heads on my snare drums for about 5 years now and love them. Out of my 11 snare drums, all but 3 have a coated g2's on them. I started out playing Remo heads in the beginning, and while they do sound good the coating starts coming off immediately. As in after 20 min of playing you already have an area with coating coming off. So I tried Evans and never looked back. I chose the g2 because the two plies are very durable and last a good amount of time even with decently heavy hitting. The coating lasts weeks, and the plies barely ever get stick craters in them. They seat nicely, especially since Evans came out with their Level 360 collar system, which gives you an even seat all the way around the bearing edge. I have coated g2's on brass, African mahogany, steel, maple, and aluminum drums, and they all sound great. They also work just as well on toms, which I have on my gig kit toms. Overall the coated g2 is a great sounding, durable, and affordable head for toms and snare drums.

Update from D'Addario 9-17-20: Double ply heads like the G2 have air trap holes (just one) on the under ply so air can escape from the two plies that are married together – not the same as an air vent for a Dry head. If any of your double ply heads don’t show the hole towards an 1” out from the rim, they’re under the collar – just an older way of doing things, now we punch the hole outside of the collar so less air is trapped.OriginalIt's hard to blame Amazon for two drums that had the same pin head perforation in the same place. (see image 1)On a replacement however, the second Evans box was bent (not the Amazon outer box) and this caused a severe warp in the metal ring. Likely from stocking or shipment from the distributor.If you paid new, be sure and get new, undamaged. I have written to Evans (D'Addario) about the two issues via their web site. The "Visit Evans Store" on Amazon takes you to an engine coolant manufacturer. I wrote to Amazon about this as well.Outside of all of this, my other Evans G2 heads appear fine. I replaced the Remo Emperors I had on the kit. I put the Remos as the reso head. Sound incredible have thick heads on both top and bottom vs. thinner heads as the reso head. I used small window/door weather stripping vs Remo Rings or duct tape to deaden the sound

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These drum heads are amazing! I know they will give me exactly the sound I am looking for on my new drum set. Since we have these heads on the set at church, I knew I'd be getting them on my own set. This is my first "add on" to the new set, and I know I won't be disappointed! Thanks so much Evans for making these G2 drum heads!!These heads have a nice sustain, great attack and a focused tone. I will be using these on my 12" tom, my 16" floor tom and my 14" snare so I won't have to use tape, rings, gels, or any other dampening devices.I didn't get these free or anything, and I'm not being paid to review them - I needed them so I bought them!