I love the way that scientifically designed uber pillow attenuates the sound from the shell. I heard they called Carl Sagan on a witchboard to design it. He had to use a special attenuating particle only found in this one meteor that they keep at NASA. The attenuation is unmatched. I tried to muffle my drum with a pillow, but the attenuation was just totally out of control. I had to put a Himalayan salt lamp inside the drum and run the electrical wire out of the port on the resonant head to plug it in. After filling the shell with negative ions for about a month, I think the attenuation kind of leveled out a bit and then I got the Carl Sagan signature series attenuating meteor particle dampening system. Now I'm doing wonderfully well and I'm still dry fitting it just a little further in each day. The dry fit is the key to the whole thing. No lubricant on Earth can be used. Lubricant is the sworn enemy of shell resonant attenuation. Dry fit it. In fact, if you can take the drum to Antarctica where all moisture in the air is frozen into ice, you'll get the driest fit and consequently, the sweetest kiss spot on the the resonant head. I find that inverting the polarity when engaging the drum lug radial pattern reduces the likelihood of excessive viscosity and ultimately, an untimely thermal breakdown. Achieving the lowest fundamental tension is another thing altogether. I don't have the means of displaying the scientific calculator readouts for that step, but you can just start to scratch the surface of this mystery by reading the peer reviewed papers, "On Fundamental Frequencies at Tension" and "Controlled Thunder Analysis In a Dry Fit Context." Both written by Doctor Hermann von Hemholtz.
Can honestly say that the EMAD Heavyweight I've been using is unrivalled. It tunes so easily and the durability is next level. Best drum head I've ever used
kenny's style/techniques may not be for everyone but this guy is a fantastic part of the online instructional community. He loves what he does and he has a fantastic infectious energy and attitude that is always positive and filled with great advice.
After having tried pretty well every kick drum head on the market over the years, I can honestly say the Evans Emad Heavyweight is the best I have ever used. Easy to tune, little to no added muffling needed, and it gives me the best thump I have ever heard.
In desperate need to re-tune my bass drum after tuning it one way and not getting the sound I want out of it. Gonna try it exactly how they did it in this video to get it to where I want my kick to be at, with a lot of low end but also giving me the rebound I need for fast double bass.
+Kenny Sharretts kenny, on the batter you are tuning just above finger tight providing a very low note, how do you tune the reso head? And does the dampening only touch the reso and leave the batter wide open? Thanks!
In this video I tuned the front head a whole step above the batter head. Again I start with the batter tuned as low as it can go. Usually a set of 1/8th turns all the way around from finger tight. Then I adjust for feel. Some drummers like a loose feel on their kick, and some like a tight feel. By starting with a balanced head, tuned as low as it can go , and then inching up to find where it feels good you have a better chance at maximizing low tones. Often a tight head on a BD is tighter than it needs to be to get that "tight" feel. So I start from the bottom so when I get to the tightness I like, I know it's still as low as it can go for that "feel".
In this video I tuned the front head a whole step above the batter head. Again I start with the batter tuned as low as it can go. Usually a set of 1/8th turns all the way around from finger tight. Then I adjust for feel. Some drummers like a loose feel on their kick, and some like a tight feel. By starting with a balanced head, tuned as low as it can go , and then inching up to find where it feels good you have a better chance at maximizing low tones. Often a tight head on a BD is tighter than it needs to be to get that "tight" feel. So I start from the bottom so when I get to the tightness I like, I know it's still as low as it can go for that "feel". As far as the muffling goes, the pillow is touching both heads. Not jammed against it, but touching for sure. As Elijah said in the video, . . "Just kissing the head".LOL!
+Kenny Sharretts cool Kenny. And thanks for the reply! I will give this a shot. I find that it is hard to get low end out of the bass drum and it ends up sounding like a flat box. Theres a lot of attack and a lack of bottom end, even with a very high quality bass drum. I've though it may be down to too much muffling although ive been using one pillow, Im not sure if this is perhaps down to a ported front reso head cause when ive had a front head on without a reso it produces a lot more bottom end and less of a flat attack-y box sound. Thanks for response!! I appreciate it!
Bout to get myself the Evans EMAD2 with an EMAD Reso for my bass drums and rather than keeping a dirty and old pillow in my bass drums I was thinking about trying the EQPad or two of them in each kick. Evans, what's your take on such an idea?
I bought an EMAD Heavyweight a month ago and it broke already last week! My last EMAD lasted me a good two years before breaking. Defective head or just bad technique?
TheProgGuy Likely a little bit of both. I'm a Remo guy personally, but at my lessons every week there's an EMAD Heavyweight on the kick and it hasn't broken yet (it was bought almost 1 year, 1.5 years ago I think)
Patte Macchiato I recently switched from a DW Hard Felt to a DW Wood. I know what you're thinking, but the beater is not crooked, it's striking the head perfectly flat. I tweaked it perfectly and locked it in place so it wouldn't move.
Are you using a felt protector patch ?, I've seen ppl use those ones that are plastic and feel like a credit card with a wooden beater and the wood beater has made the plastic tear the head.
I'm sorry I didn't hear of see anything spectacular here. To much clack coming off the back head. I expected more from a DW bass. My 501 Peavy bass sounds better.
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I love the way that scientifically designed uber pillow attenuates the sound from the shell. I heard they called Carl Sagan on a witchboard to design it. He had to use a special attenuating particle only found in this one meteor that they keep at NASA. The attenuation is unmatched. I tried to muffle my drum with a pillow, but the attenuation was just totally out of control. I had to put a Himalayan salt lamp inside the drum and run the electrical wire out of the port on the resonant head to plug it in. After filling the shell with negative ions for about a month, I think the attenuation kind of leveled out a bit and then I got the Carl Sagan signature series attenuating meteor particle dampening system. Now I'm doing wonderfully well and I'm still dry fitting it just a little further in each day. The dry fit is the key to the whole thing. No lubricant on Earth can be used. Lubricant is the sworn enemy of shell resonant attenuation. Dry fit it. In fact, if you can take the drum to Antarctica where all moisture in the air is frozen into ice, you'll get the driest fit and consequently, the sweetest kiss spot on the the resonant head. I find that inverting the polarity when engaging the drum lug radial pattern reduces the likelihood of excessive viscosity and ultimately, an untimely thermal breakdown. Achieving the lowest fundamental tension is another thing altogether. I don't have the means of displaying the scientific calculator readouts for that step, but you can just start to scratch the surface of this mystery by reading the peer reviewed papers, "On Fundamental Frequencies at Tension" and "Controlled Thunder Analysis In a Dry Fit Context." Both written by Doctor Hermann von Hemholtz.
Yes, but be sure you run your Himalayan salt lamp at 50Hz, and not 60, or you'll muck the whole thing up.
Can honestly say that the EMAD Heavyweight I've been using is unrivalled. It tunes so easily and the durability is next level. Best drum head I've ever used
Glad to hear it!
BkW I just used this head in the studio on a DW Edge, and on a Mapex SnareI have to agree it's a great head. Especially for rock/Metal. Huge sound.
Do you use the EQ pad too?!
kenny's style/techniques may not be for everyone but this guy is a fantastic part of the online instructional community. He loves what he does and he has a fantastic infectious energy and attitude that is always positive and filled with great advice.
AKA "How many product plugs can you fit in five and a half minutes?"
After having tried pretty well every kick drum head on the market over the years, I can honestly say the Evans Emad Heavyweight is the best I have ever used. Easy to tune, little to no added muffling needed, and it gives me the best thump I have ever heard.
Glad to hear that you're enjoying it, Gary!
4:40 I guess that's the ultimate test of a bass drum, can it scare the crap out of Kenny Sharretts 😂
i have a request to do a video on tuning the reso of a bass drum @evansdrumheads
when the bass hits Kenny on the chest is so relatable. thanks!
Intense Friendly Testosterone Energy in this video
using Evans EQ4 on my bass drum. great sound and feel!
Awesome. Me too. Loving it!
GREAT video. I've been playing EVANS since the Eighties, still the best. Kenny rules!
Thanks for the support!
Thank you for the kind words.
man those emads are the best they produce the best sound man...
So glad to hear that you're enjoying the EMAD bass drum head. What do you use on the reso side?
In desperate need to re-tune my bass drum after tuning it one way and not getting the sound I want out of it. Gonna try it exactly how they did it in this video to get it to where I want my kick to be at, with a lot of low end but also giving me the rebound I need for fast double bass.
a metal bass drum tuning tutorial will be very helpful. please
Thanks for the feedback, Abel!
Great tutoral, and excellent, excellent heads!
Thank very much. I'm glad you find them useful.
+Kenny Sharretts kenny, on the batter you are tuning just above finger tight providing a very low note, how do you tune the reso head? And does the dampening only touch the reso and leave the batter wide open? Thanks!
In this video I tuned the front head a whole step above the batter head. Again I start with the batter tuned as low as it can go. Usually a set of 1/8th turns all the way around from finger tight. Then I adjust for feel. Some drummers like a loose feel on their kick, and some like a tight feel. By starting with a balanced head, tuned as low as it can go , and then inching up to find where it feels good you have a better chance at maximizing low tones. Often a tight head on a BD is tighter than it needs to be to get that "tight" feel. So I start from the bottom so when I get to the tightness I like, I know it's still as low as it can go for that "feel".
In this video I tuned the front head a whole step above the batter head. Again I start with the batter tuned as low as it can go. Usually a set of 1/8th turns all the way around from finger tight. Then I adjust for feel. Some drummers like a loose feel on their kick, and some like a tight feel. By starting with a balanced head, tuned as low as it can go , and then inching up to find where it feels good you have a better chance at maximizing low tones. Often a tight head on a BD is tighter than it needs to be to get that "tight" feel. So I start from the bottom so when I get to the tightness I like, I know it's still as low as it can go for that "feel". As far as the muffling goes, the pillow is touching both heads. Not jammed against it, but touching for sure. As Elijah said in the video, . . "Just kissing the head".LOL!
+Kenny Sharretts cool Kenny. And thanks for the reply! I will give this a shot. I find that it is hard to get low end out of the bass drum and it ends up sounding like a flat box. Theres a lot of attack and a lack of bottom end, even with a very high quality bass drum. I've though it may be down to too much muffling although ive been using one pillow, Im not sure if this is perhaps down to a ported front reso head cause when ive had a front head on without a reso it produces a lot more bottom end and less of a flat attack-y box sound. Thanks for response!! I appreciate it!
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Lol. Too funny
Bout to get myself the Evans EMAD2 with an EMAD Reso for my bass drums and rather than keeping a dirty and old pillow in my bass drums I was thinking about trying the EQPad or two of them in each kick. Evans, what's your take on such an idea?
whats the bass drum size
I bought an EMAD Heavyweight a month ago and it broke already last week! My last EMAD lasted me a good two years before breaking. Defective head or just bad technique?
TheProgGuy Likely a little bit of both. I'm a Remo guy personally, but at my lessons every week there's an EMAD Heavyweight on the kick and it hasn't broken yet (it was bought almost 1 year, 1.5 years ago I think)
What kind of beater do you use?
Patte Macchiato I recently switched from a DW Hard Felt to a DW Wood. I know what you're thinking, but the beater is not crooked, it's striking the head perfectly flat. I tweaked it perfectly and locked it in place so it wouldn't move.
Are you using a felt protector patch ?, I've seen ppl use those ones that are plastic and feel like a credit card with a wooden beater and the wood beater has made the plastic tear the head.
Why so overly intense guys ?
Time crunch. LOL Lots of info in 5 mins.
sniff...what..?
What about the the front head
My Bass drum tension rods keep loosening up on me, after every 3 songs I have to tighten them. Any ideas on what the problem is?
Too much lube?
Your playing to hard.
First coment here! Love evans!
Thanks for watching 😆
Bro! Do you even bro, bro?
Brotha ;)
What drum is this? I like that champagne sparkle
Morten O.T. it's a DW collector series
Open bass drum all day. Booo that pillow.
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Nice facebeard Navaroboy
I'm sorry I didn't hear of see anything spectacular here. To much clack coming off the back head. I expected more from a DW bass. My 501 Peavy bass sounds better.