Evans B16G1 Coated 16" Drumhead

Evans G1 Coated 16-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (B16G1): Bright Tone, Open Sustain, and Single-Ply Responsiveness

The Evans G1 Coated 16-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (B16G1) is a versatile and highly popular choice for drummers seeking a bright, open, and resonant tone from their tom drums, particularly effective for larger floor toms. As part of Evans' acclaimed G1 series, this single-ply head emphasizes sensitivity and sustain, making it ideal for musical styles that benefit from lively, articulate drumming with natural resonance. Its coated finish adds a subtle warmth and provides excellent stick response.

Key Features for Articulate Sound and Responsive Performance

The B16G1 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 subtle nuances and dynamic accents, ensuring the natural sound of your drum is highlighted.

• Coated Finish: The textured coated finish delivers additional warmth, focus, and a slightly drier sound compared to clear heads. It enhances stick articulation and provides a "fatter" stick sound, making it a favorite for studio work and live settings where natural tone and controlled sustain are desired from larger toms.

• Bright Attack and Open Sustain: The G1 series is known for its clarity and sustain. For a 16-inch tom, this head produces a clear, articulate attack with a full, ringing sustain that allows notes to breathe. It offers a great balance of responsiveness and projection, allowing the natural depth of the drum to shine through.

• 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. It is particularly suited for drummers who value a more open and resonant sound from their larger toms.

• 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, blues, 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 16-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (B16G1) 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, especially beneficial for enhancing the natural low-end character of floor toms.