Evans G1 B08G1 Genera Coated Drumhead 8"
8-inch coated single-ply G1 drumhead, providing a warm, open tone with excellent sensitivity for smaller tom drums.
Evans G1 B08G1 Genera Coated Drumhead 8"
8-inch coated single-ply G1 drumhead, providing a warm, open tone with excellent sensitivity for smaller tom drums.
Evans G1 Coated 8-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (B08G1): Bright Tone, Open Sustain, and Single-Ply Responsiveness
The Evans G1 Coated 8-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (B08G1) is a versatile and responsive choice for drummers seeking a bright, open, and resonant tone from their tom drums. As part of Evans' popular G1 series, this single-ply head emphasizes sensitivity and sustain, making it ideal for musical styles that benefit from lively, articulate drumming. Its coated finish adds a subtle warmth and provides excellent stick response, perfect for nuanced playing.
Key Features for Articulate Sound and Responsive Performance
The B08G1 drumhead is engineered with specific attributes to deliver a consistent, high-performance sound:
Single-Ply 10mil Film Construction: This single layer of 10mil film offers maximum resonance and sensitivity, allowing the drum to sing with a bright, open tone. This construction also provides a wide dynamic range, responding well to both light and heavy touches.
Coated Finish: The textured coated finish delivers additional warmth, focus, and a slightly drier sound compared to clear heads. It enhances brushwork response and provides a "fatter" stick sound, making it a favorite for studio or live settings where articulation is key.
Bright Attack and Open Sustain: The G1 series is known for its clarity and sustain. For an 8-inch tom, this head produces a clear, cutting attack with a full, ringing sustain that allows notes to breathe. It offers a great balance of responsiveness and projection.
Level 360 Technology: Incorporates Evans' revolutionary Level 360 Technology. This innovative collar design ensures a perfectly level fit on the drum shell's bearing edge, maximizing contact all around the drum. This results in easier tuning, a wider tonal range, and optimized sound quality and response across all tension points, making precise tuning simpler and more efficient.
Responsive Durability: While single-ply, the 10mil film offers a good balance of durability for its thickness, providing consistent performance for various playing styles that don't require the extreme resilience of a two-ply head.
Versatile Application: Its bright, open, and articulate characteristics make it exceptionally versatile for a vast array of musical styles, including jazz, fusion, pop, R&B, and gospel, or any genre requiring sensitive response, bright tone, and natural resonance from tom drums.
Made in USA: All Evans drumheads are proudly designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA, upholding high standards of quality and consistency in their manufacturing process.
The Evans G1 Coated 8-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (B08G1) is a dependable and immensely popular choice for drummers seeking a responsive, articulate, and vibrantly resonant head for their tom drums, providing a bright sound with open sustain and a touch of warmth, suitable for a wide range of musical applications.
Technical Specifications
Feature | Specification |
Brand | Evans |
Series | G1 |
Model | B08G1 |
Drum Type | Tom Drum (primarily) |
Head Type | Batter Head (Side you strike) |
Size | 8 inches |
Ply | Single-ply |
Thickness | 10 mil (0.25 mm) |
Material | Plastic film (Mylar) |
Finish | Coated (Napped/Textured White) |
Dampening | None (natural coating provides subtle overtone control) |
Technology | Level 360 Technology (for ease of fit, tuning, extended pitch range, and optimum sound quality) |
Sound Profile | Warm, open, expressive, with balanced attack and long sustain. Good sensitivity and focus. |
Intended Use | All music genres, open tunings, general purpose tom batter, resonant tom head, or open snare batter. |
Origin | Designed, engineered, and manufactured in the USA. |