Which heads to go with?

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I bought my Pearl EX Kit about a year ago and I'm going to be replacing the heads. I need heads that I can use for rock, jazz, funk, you name it. I was thinkinf of going with coated heads on all toms and snare.

I have heard good things about Evans.

What would you go with?

Thanks!
 
I play Remo pinstripe on top and ambassador's on bottoms of my export.
I dont know about you but I cant get any good tone out of my kit so I go for the low end deep sound.(Too many overtones!)
Then again I play mostly rock/Funk.
 
Evans are nice, but I have found that they don't last long. I use the following:
Remo
Snare Batter: Coated Black Dot Reverse
Snare Resonant: Clear Diplomat
Tom Batter: Clear Pinstripe
Tom Resonant: Clear Ambassadors
Kick Batters: Clear Powerstroke 4
Coated heads are nice. They are darker sounding than the clear heads. Plus coated heads seem to give better stick articulation. A must for brush work! ;) It's all personal preference really.
 
Evans are good heads - so are Remo.

I use Evans coated vented heads on all my snare batters (although I will use Remo coated Ambasadors if I can't find Evans)

For toms - jazz lends itself to single ply heads (such as Evans G1 or Remo Ambasadors) and while single ply can also work for all styles, many drummers prefer 2 ply (such as Evans G2 or Remo Pinstripes).

I play everything from bebop to hard rock and don't have the time, energy or cash to change out heads for every gig - so I use 2 ply on all my tom batters (single ply on the resonant side) which covers the majority of styles (while I can't get that wide open tom sound needed for jazz, it's a fair trade off).

For recording, I like single ply heads on the tom, which allows for more harmonics/overtones - which I think creates a warmer recorded tone (although single ply can be a little more of a tuning challenge .

I almost always use Evans vented on the snare, and G2's on the toms. I also like the Emad for kick. However, Remo are also used by many, many drummers.

I really like Aquarian heads, but they have poor distribution - so it can be hard to find them in locals shops.
 
I think I'll go with evans. Should I replace the resonant heads too? Where could I purchase some evans heads? Thanks!
 
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