Evans UV1 Presents Nir Z | Performance

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[kicksnarehats]

That's what I call a tasteful solo-performance! Thanks for Mike and Mike from MD podcast for hipping me to this artist. Hadn't heard of him before.

[rhythmsaint]

fantastic performance by nir . Fantastic sound by evans

[orthodrummer]

What a great display of beautiful phrasing and dynamics. That is real playing with hat tip Philly Joe Jones for sure. Love Nir Z's confident tour de force striking of the drumhead, pulls out the sound not burying it - sweeet !

[toddvierra]

Got the uv1, s on my whitney set and they record awesome!

[BCSchmerker]

*This Gretsch® kit has a long decay consistent with **_taiko_** this vid.* Jazz drummers go for sustain and sensitivity with their heads, and the Evans®/D'Addario® UV1 series is the latest addition to the percussion tool box.

[kirkmcconnor]

Love it. What are the resonant heads here?

[windsofmarchjourneyperrytr]

I think this kit with these heads (Gretch?) has a very nice sound. I personally prefer Remo, BUT, that's with a much different bunch of drum kits...Vistalites, Sakae Pac-D and Sonor Martini kits. As I get older, I want smaller and lighter but still very powerful and easier to move.

For the Marini kit, the kick is it's only real lame downside. It's a 12 x 14. Not as powerful as we'd like (duh, I know). I even love the goofy little snare, doesn't even NEED a muffle, and my 402 6.5 x14 Ludwig tends to be better with a Moongel.

Oh, so Evans...Gifted a 1971 Tama Imperialstar kick. No front head (God knows where it or the hardware wound up...). Still had, so help me, a 30 year-old hydraulic drum head on it.

We actually *tuned* it, expecting it to snap. It didn't...AND it gave a tone! Not a great one, but it was solid.

An old dog bed muffle and a 30.00 replacement head, and the hydraulic ones get rid of a number of weird, cheap drum overtones.

If that's not impressive, I don't know what is. Generally, I like my heads to p*ss off the sound guy. I don't mean loud, I just mean an unruly, wild, very open, untamed sound, which Evans isn't known for (and sound engineers will loathe you for :). Their sound is more constricted or restrained to my ears. I like when the neighbors come past and they go "Holy cr*p." (neighbors only call the cops if you're a jerk and play at 3am, and you stink). So I usually go with that other brand, BUT I can't say a bad word about Evans hydraulics on kicks.