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The drumline that I've been playing on has been pretty tradional in the last 6 years. Same heads, same sticks, same drums, same carriers, ( you get the picture). I'm not saying the equipment is old, but when an old one breaks, it is replaced with the same thing. So here is how the line has been set up. 4-5 snares. 3-5 tenors. 5 basses ALWAYS. Snare hardware- Yamaha "14 SFZ White snare with grey rims. Evans white MX1 top snare head Evans Mx yellow Kevlar bottom heads. Tom Hannum Vic Firth sticks. Tenor hardware- Yamaha MQ 6200 Powerlite series Evans frosted Heads 1-4 Remo ambassador Spocks. Scojo swizzle and traditional cartwheel tenor mallets. Bass hardware- Yamaha MB-8200 Series Evans Mx1 white heads Vic Firth hard felt bass mallets. So what I'm getting at, is the sound relationship between sticks, drums, and most importantly heads has always been the same. After judging WGI and coming back in early summer, our percussion tech told us " THe best thing he heard all season was the Evans hybrids. He ordered us 5 white Evans hybrids and 5 hybrid bottom. We couldn't figure out how to tune the test drum, so he called an old friend who works in the Evans testing department and asked for a tuning guide. The guide was specific that the top head was tuned to an A, and the bottom a D. THEY SOUNDED LIKE CRAP. No snare response, ringing, and didn't feel good. He called back up and learned that the Grey and white heads were laminated differently. He orders 5 Grey hybrids. They sounded amazing! They felt like a real feel pad but sound just bad a--! The problem was, they just didn't fit in with the rest of the drumline; the sound had changed. He orders the tenors that Evans black heads and the basses the mx1 blacks and they arrived this morning. My question is, will the complete head change for the drumline fit like the old heads, or will it turn out as a crap shoot? Has ANYONE had experience with these heads?

i've tried out remo blackmax heads, whitemax, tendura, evans mx white, evans mx7 gold, evans mx5 and evans hybrids. ive got to say out of personal opinion, the evans hybrid snare top and bottom sound greatest. a nice crisp snare sound without ring, and gives a good cushiony rebound even when you crank the #### out of them. as far as bass and tenor head, the line i play on uses evans bass heads. i find that the evans head isn't consistant with each drum. we tried them on pearls, dynasties, and yamahas. so it really matters what bass drum your using, as well as the head.

i know theres all those big huge instructors, but my school instructor is really awesome. andy sanders, if you can, look em up.

lmao.. gotta love concert bass drums.

I am currently the center snare for a high school marching band. (second in to region, made fourth at BOA). Well my director wanted to change to different heads this year. we are currently using 6 yamaha sfz 14" snares. The current heads we use are Evans Mx white and a stock bottom head. i have a few choices between top and bottoms. whichever i pick, he will buy like 15 of each. for the top, i can use either evans mx white(used) or evans mx hybrid white(new). for bottom heads, i have the choice in evans yellow mx7 and evans hybrid( the one thats clear with the black kevlar or something in a criss cross pattern. this decision is difficult for me since i don't know these heads too well, can anyone give me and help, mabye some pros and cons?