Evans Level 360 Drumhead Review

Hello Youtubers! I'm Ryan Halkyard and I'm back again to talk about the Evans Level 360 heads. I did a review of these heads way back in September and I'll put a link in the description to that video. Since then I've had six months to play the heads, tune them and just generally live with them and now I feel I can give a much more concise review of the heads, having lived with them for so long. The first thing I want to mention is the tuning range of these heads. A lot of people when these heads came out were confused as to whether they sound better than the old heads. What's different from the old Evans heads? What Evans have done is completely revolutionized -hence the '360 revolution- they've completely revolutionised the way they make the collar of the head. What that does is it means it meets the bearing edge of the drum shell much more neatly. One of the key factors and one of the key positives of this change is that it makes the tuning range of the drum much broader. So, what I'm going to do now is I have got two identical drums and I'm going to compare them in the lowest tuning range and the highest tuning range. These are Tama Superstar Hyper-drive drums both 16 inch diameter 14 inch depth with the exact same drum heads on batter and resonant side; It's an Evans level 360 G2 coated on the batter and an Evans resonant black on the resonant side. What I have done is I have tuned one drum incredibly low and the point of this is it's not meant to sound good. For my personal taste it sounds too low and the high one sounds too high. It's like a really jazzy high-pitched drum. The point is that it's a caricature, if you will, of the frequency spectrum that you can tune these drums in, with one stupidly low and one stupidly high. So, without further ado, I'll get on the kit and show you these drum heads and compare and contrast the two 16 inch toms. Now these two drums are exactly identical. They are both Tama Superstar Hyperdrive floor toms, 16 inch diameter by 14 inch depth, birch shell, and the heads are both Evans level 360 G2 coated. The only difference is the tuning and as you can hear, they are worlds apart, from the low, to the high. So as you can see, the frequency range of these two drums is worlds apart. You've got the stupidly low one and the stupidly high one and what that means is that anywhere in-between these two points sounds good. What that means in turn is that a rookie drummer like me or perhaps like you can find it easier to tune the drum to its "sweet spot." I'm sure we've all had that drum that just wouldn't tune up. For me on my first kit it was a 16 inch tom. It just would not sound good. What these heads do is make it easier they relax the drum shell and make it more compliant with the drumhead it fits like a ***, it really does. One size fits all; it's a snug fit for every drum and the way Evans have designed the collar is to fit all the drum shells of that size. They're just a much more comfortable fit. And the final positive point I wish to make about these drumheads is that they didn't need seating. If you go on Youtube you'll see countless drummers seating the drumhead they'll put a brand new drumhead on, tune it up and then do all kinds of things, like leaning on it with their elbow, or they'll tune it up, play it for ten minutes, tune it up again... I didn't do that with these heads and as you can hear in the intro, and what I'm going to play for you in the outro, they sound fantastic. They don't need seating, they just fit. I think the bottom line would be, if you cut all the crap and skip ahead to this point in the video, the ultimate bottom line with these heads is that they are super user friendly. I doubt there will be any professional drummers watching this video but if there are, hello, and your drum tech will love these heads but if you are not a drum tech, or whether you're a drum tech or an amateur drummer these heads are very user friendly, you can put them on, tune them up and they'll sound good. They can't make a bad drum sound amazing, but they are a good supplement to a good drum kit So if you've got a good drum kit like this, they're going to make it sound even better. So thanks for watching this review. If you've got any questions or whatever you need to know, ill try my best to answer them and hopefully this helps.