Evans EQ Pad Bass Drum Dampeners - Bass Drum Sound Dampening - Attaches to Drum Shell - Adjustable, Hinged - Controls Attack & Sustain - Great for Close Drum Mics - 1 Multi-Use Pad

This pad works great for me. I have a Pearl Masters 22"x18" kick with Evans Emad heads; EmadII batter and Emad Clear reso... I also have a Kickport installed in the front head. The slight amount of "give" as the pad hinges forward after being propelled away from the head lasts just long enough to give the sound of my kick drum a satisfying amount of "body", and actually increases the punchy sound at the same time. I've never had ANYONE come to my home studio and not comment on how good this setup sounds. I'm totally happy with this product, and would only caution that you cannot adjust the pad with the front head on! I was lucky enough to be giving some drum lessons and the student's arm fit through the Kickport, so he adjusted the pad!!! Truth be told it was almost perfect anyway, as I'd used the following method: simply put a solid object of some kind (large cardboard box, piece of plywood, etc) in front of your kick drum with the front head off while adjusting the EQ Pad. Listen to the reflected sound as you change how much the pad is contacting the drum head. If you use a front head as I do, just remember the resulting sound will be fuller and more resonant with the front head installed; just less 'boomy'... That's it! Highly recommended as a very neat, clean effective method for damping your kick-drum resonance to your liking.

For years i used to only play wide open and this is even better. Just the right amount of muffling to tame overtones or basketball bouncing sound, and add more bass. Has zero weight to it. I use just one in 14" or 16" depth kick drums, just laid in there, no velcro and it works just fine. So glad i got over the stigma of having nothing inside the kick.

This dampener gives the right amount of muffling needed to get that fat sound from your bass drum.

So this thing gets smashed in reviews. I understand why, but you need to understand the product. It is a light padded muffler. Not a 14 pound pillow. It's design is made for movement, not for the purpose of pushing 14 pounds against your head. It's to aid in tone, not completely stop it. Some peoples issues go much further than just needing a bit of tone control. Bad head choices, tuning skill and drum quality all matter to tone. So if your kick sounds better when you stick a 14 pound pillow in it... well, sorry about your dang luck. If you don't like the velcro situation, large Command strips will work very well and are removable without leaving a scar when used properly. This pad does what it says, it allows for movement and dynamics while aiding in tone control. Not overly so which is great. I only use this for jazz style tunings and heads that can cause more overtones than lower tunings and say, a PowerStroke 3. The kick I use 95% of the time is 20x16 Premier Maple Genista with a PowerStroke 3 batter. My reso fluctuates more with need. I don't always use this pad because I tune a bit lower mostly, but when I need it I just put it in the drum flat and that's it. No velcro. Due to the size of this, and the 16" depth of the drum this will touch a bit of the reso and a bit of the batter both. This achieves exactly what I need without over doing it. I recommend this to those people that don't need EXTREME muffling. Great product.

I wanted to try the Evans EQ Pad Bass Drum Damper but I didn’t want to add adhesive strips inside my bass drum. So I decided to also get a KICKPRO Kick Drum Pillow. For a 22”x18” bass (w 5” port cutout on resonant head), results: (1) I found that using the combination of the Evans EQ Pad + the KickPro Pillow offered the perfect amount of damping that I was looking for (2) The KickPro Pillow (weighted) was heavy enough to keep the Evans Pad in place (without Velcro) (3) For a 22”x18”, the Evans Pad alone is not long enough to make contact with both heads (4) The Evans “pad” portion contacts the batter head. Three quarters of the KickPro Pillow rests on top of the Evans Pad (holding it in place), with about one quarter of the KickPro Pillow contacting the resonant head (5) I can insert / remove / reposition both through the 5” port (with care) without having to remove the resonant head (6) Clean and tidy. I really like the relative compactness of the pad / pillow combination These two products complement each other and allows you to skip adding adhesive Velcro to the inside of your bass. Both highly recommended!

After years and years of using blankets, pillows, and foam of all shapes and sizes, I took a "gamble" on this, just to see if it was really the "bee's knees," as many people claim. I don't know why it sounds so good, but when coupled with the EMAD bass drum head, also by Evans, there really is something magical about this damper. I highly recommend trying it. Size Note: I use this primarily in an 18" inch drum, but it works equally well in my 22 inch drum. I imagine it would do well up to 24 inches, but I think you might need two if you have a 26 inch bass drum. Shell/Adhesive Note: If you're nervous about the "Velcro" adhesive messing up your shell -- I was because I have Gretsch and I didn't want to scar the "silver sealer" -- or if you want the ability to move it between drums, you can just use a small weight to hold it in place. I use a 15 pound photography sandbag, and it seems to work perfect; it also helps in the everlasting war against the bass drum creeping forward. Overall, especially for the price, it truly is a "no brainer," particularly if you are micing small drums.

These pillows are amazing. I have one in each of my bass drums. They work exactly as advertised. They look good inside the kit and they sound great. Since they are simply resting on the batterhead they are not dampening it completely. They bounce off and rest back on the head, acting almost like a gate. Awesome!

I highly recommend buying two of these. I have tried all kinds of dampeners for my kick. I went from the Kicker foam insert to the Evans dampening pad and love the tone. I purchased two so I would have the dampening on both much batter and reso heads. Look and sound great!!! I run a Shure 91a inside and an Audix D6 just inside of the port hole on my reso. The mix is great using the Evans dampening pad. I’m a weekend drummer with no endorsements so my review is an honest working man’s with the passion for a great sound. Don’t hesitate just buy 2 of them.

Ce "coussin/sourdine" pour grosse caisse est léger et assez fin, rien à voir avec un vrai coussin ou un oreiller. L'épaisseur et la taille de la sourdine sont différentes à chacune des extrémités. En ce qui me concerne , j'ai placé la sourdine "épaisse/large" côté frappe. Ce pad s'installe très facilement, il suffit de le poser dans la grosse caisse; on peut aussi le fixer pour qu'il ne bouge plus (si on transporte la grosse caisse, ça évite de replacer la sourdine à chaque fois, surtout si la peau de résonance n'a pas de "trou") à l'aide de 2 bandes de scotch "double face" (fournies avec le pad) qui viennent se coller sur le fond de la grosse caisse, la partie supérieure de celles-ci étant constituée de bandes "velcro" qui permettent d'installer la sourdine comme on le souhaite et ça ne bouge plus. Personnellement, mon pad est juste posé dans la grosse caisse; je précise que la taille du pad lui permet de s'ajuster parfaitement avec une grosse caisse de 14" de profondeur, les deux extrémités de celui-ci touchant les peaux "juste ce qu'il faut"; ce ne sera pas le cas avec une grosse caisse plus profonde et il faudra alors envisager un second pad pour arriver à "toucher" la peau de résonance, si c'est ce qu'on souhaite bien etendu. Venons en à l'essentiel : est-ce efficace ? Alors là, tout dépend de ce qu'on recherche. Pour moi, c'est impeccable parce que ça assourdi juste ce qu'il faut ma grosse caisse et ça lui donne l'équilibre que je recherche entre attaque et résonance, en laissant un son vivant et assez ouvert. Si on recherche un "assourdissement" plus important, il faudra mettre un second pad ou alors revenir au classique "oreiller", qui permet de conserver l'attaque mais qui "tue" la résonance. À vous de choisir. Voilà...!

It actually works nicely. I did not Velcro it in place as I did not want to stick anything to the inside of my drum. I used a paperweight instead and some non slip stuff and it stays in place. Nicely dampens the head while still allowing the initial attack.

Very good

La instalación fue de un minuto, facilísimo. Una vez puesto, gracias a los velcros, no se mueve. A la hora del transporte es fundamental. Y realmente, ha cambiado por completo el sonido del bombo. Milagroso!!!!

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