Evans G1 TT16G1 Genera Clear Drumhead 16"

Evans G1 Clear 16-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (TT16G1): Deep Resonance, Open Tone, and Dynamic Sensitivity

The Evans G1 Clear 16-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (TT16G1) is a versatile and expressive option for drummers seeking a deeply resonant, open, and highly sensitive sound from their larger floor tom. As a fundamental drumhead in Evans' popular G1 series, this single-ply head delivers a balanced attack with rich, vibrant sustain, allowing the drum's natural voice and powerful low-end to shine through with exceptional clarity. It's a favorite for drummers across genres who appreciate an articulate response and a broad tuning capability, particularly for emphasizing the thunderous depth of a large tom.

Key Features for Expressive Sound and Versatility

The TT16G1 drumhead is engineered with specific attributes to deliver a consistent, high-performance sound:

• Single-Ply 10mil Film Construction: The G1 Clear features a single ply of 10mil film. This lighter construction provides an open and expressive sound with a bright tone, excellent sustain, and high sensitivity. It allows for greater resonance and responsiveness, making it ideal for nuanced playing, quick stick response, and capturing the full, unadulterated character of the drum shell, especially on a larger floor tom where deep resonance is a key characteristic.

• Clear Film: The clear film finish ensures a bright, immediate attack and allows the fundamental tonal characteristics and resonance of your drum shell to project clearly. This contributes to a crisp, articulate, and vibrant drum sound, perfect for cutting through a mix.

• Balanced Attack and Resonant Sustain: The G1 series is renowned for its versatility. For a 16-inch floor tom, it produces a balanced attack that is clear without being overly harsh, coupled with a long, resonant sustain that emphasizes the natural ring and powerful low-end depth of the drum. This makes it suitable for a wide variety of musical contexts where an open and full, booming sound is desired.

• Wide Tuning Range: This head offers an exceptionally wide tuning range, allowing drummers to achieve diverse sounds from thunderous, low growls that highlight the drum's natural depth, to bright, singing tones when tuned higher. This versatility is particularly advantageous for a large floor tom, enabling it to fit various musical contexts and provide strong foundational beats.

• 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 for drummers of all skill levels.

• Versatile Application: Its open, expressive, and sensitive characteristics make it exceptionally versatile for various musical styles, including jazz, pop, gospel, fusion, studio work, and lighter rock, where an open, deeply resonant, and articulate tom sound is desired. It also functions exceptionally well as a resonant (bottom) head due to its single-ply, highly resonant nature, making it a popular choice for both batter and resonant applications, particularly for larger bass 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 Clear 16-inch Tom Batter Drumhead (TT16G1) is a dependable and popular choice for drummers seeking an open, expressive, and highly sensitive head for their larger floor toms, providing a bright, resonant sound with excellent clarity and a wide tuning capability, truly highlighting the drum's natural depth.