Evans Drum Heads - Hydraulic Red Tom Drumhead, 20 Inch

Somewhere in the 90's everyone went to extremely resonant heads, with RIMMS mounts, or other proprietary suspension systems all in the name of "sustain". Well, if you play rock, and like to record live drums at all, and you can't afford a $3000 maple kit, then you know the pitfalls of this---ringing drums. I like overtones, and in Jazz, they are desirable, but honestly when I play rock I just want a fat tom sound that decays quickly. I remember hydraulic heads from high school in the 80's, but I was somehow duped into believing the sound was unnatural and I should get open sounding drumheads. Well, the caveat being you are always using something to dampen the heads, it makes no sense really. These things sounded killer right out of the box. It made my 12" tom and 14" floor tom sound huge, lots of low end. And hey, they are red and look sick.

The extra res that is filtered by these heads makes them so much better for recording and allows you to get the sound desired without using rings, tape, or other muffling devices. They look good and sound great. They are available in coated and non-coated, despite the claims of others who are unfamilar with the Evans hydraulic line. Sellers need to specify which type they are selling. This type happens to be uncoated and proper for toms. But for those wanting a snare application, they may want to use the coated hydraulics, available in black or red - not sure about the blue.I replaced my Evans G2 heads with these - paired with the Evens 360 Genera clear res heads on the bottoms. Tuned with the higher res for a pitch bend, they sond superb. Highly recommended.

The Evans Hydraulic head is amazing! I could not be more pleased with the perfect sound coming from my toms. I bought my 4 Ludwig acrylic Visalite toms way back in 1974. I've always loved the look of the transparent black toms without a resonate head. They were loud but a bit boomy. For years I added a clamp-on felt dampening pad but the results were less than perfect. I've heard of Hydraulic heads years ago but never knew the advantage they offered. I used 5 heads I bought on Amazon on my toms. They tuned and sound better than I could have ever imagined. It sounds like the toms in the music I love. I want to play more! My son also plays and has his own D Drum set. He can't believe the new sound of my toms.He already uses the Evans Emad heads but is pulling them of in favor of the Evans Hydraulic heads. If you have never heard one of these heads, by one and try it out. You'll discover that even though you haven't played one, you've been hearing them for years on your favorite rock songs.

Drum head preference is obviously subjective, but I love that these aren't quite as loud as many other heads I've used. I play loudly already, so these give the person behind the soundboard a bit more control. Turning drums up is easy; turning them down? No. It's a real bonus if we play in one of the smaller places with a limited PA. I can play these and not totally overpower the vocals. It's not like they're quiet, but certainly more quiet than an Ambassador or an Emperor.I love the tone and the reduced sustain. Of course, the color is also super rad. I play indie rock at small clubs/festivals.

I have been buying and using the Evans Hydraulic drum heads for over 17 years and always come back to them over and over again. They are great to control sustain and gives an awesome rock/metal sound.They are very durable for aggressive playing and last longer than Remo ebony emperor pinstripes.Highly recommend these head for all types of rock and metal styles. Plus they have 4 kool colors, Black, Red, Blue & Classic Clear Glass.These will make a cheap drum set sound great, easy to tune these and will make any drum set look new or different.I added a picture of my Tama drum kit, on stage prior to a performance in Tampa Bay FL during the Brutality Is Law Show.I used the Red Hydraulics for every drum, and the Clear Glass Hydraulic on the snare.

Hydraulics aren’t for everyone or every kit, I use them on a DW Acrylic kit and they sound really deep and low bottom , a pure punch. I just love the feel and depth. I have a DW Maple kit as well and in my opinion the hydros take away from the true maple tones. Also the construction of these heads are incredibly strong and long lasting, you can beat the crap out of them and they will last and sound great for a very long time.

I wanted a head for my snare drum that had a really thudy wet sound like what you hear from Sput or Larnell with Snarky Puppy. I put this on my sensitone snare and it gave me the sound I was looking for.Most of the heads I use at this point are Evans, and I feel they produce a high quality product.These heads are extremely easy for a beginner to use as well. They provide the sound that most beginners would like to hear and have really good durability. they are not as resonant as many other drum heads on the market, but they aren't designed to be. I wouldn't use these heads on a drumset being used for live performance accept for on a snare, but they do work well in some cases for the studio.

Love evans products only heads I use, my problem was the way the head was shipped. It was shipped in the evans box no protection, one box was a little mangled, nothing visually seems wrong but will have to see when I put it on the drum. Word to the wise to whom ever shipped this, a drum head is what gives a drum it’s tone, it needs to be protected from being bent, the evans box isn’t for shipping, it to protect from damage on shelving at a store or storage purposes. Only reason gets 5 stars is because it’s only asking abt the drum head.

I have 1980's Gretsh USA's and they are quite lively. Maybe in essence they are drums suited more to jazz. Fitting red hydralic's makes them fit in the rock-pop enviroment. I use a drum dial to set them up with the resonant head tuned slightly higher. I think after many years and many head experiments I have found my head of choice. Whether this stops me buyings other heads (highly unlikely).

Unhappy with state of the box the drum head came in. This was bought as a gift and the box has been squashed in the post, other than that happy with the product

Brilliant heads these use them every time

Can't fault these heads. I have these on my 10 12 14 and 16 toms and they sound and look amazing. Tune really well.

Awesome drum head, I play in a garage punk band with a minimal kit and needed the floor tom to sound bassy, my previous head sounded terrible but this hydraulic head is just something else, a completely different league to anything else I have used, great for punk & heavy metal!