Postby Odd-Arne Oseberg » Wed May 22, 2013 10:24 am
Yeah the coating doesn't seem to disappear, it's just that the texture goes, so they last a long time and sound just fine for stick playing. It's not really a problem as I imagine I'll use different drums on the average hard hitting rock/funk situation than on an acoustic or light jazz gig, but it would be nice to not have to think about that.
I think anything decent sounds good on a reasonably good drum, but it seems that without that much experience Ambassadors (Emperors for certain things) is the ticket for me. Has that same warmth and cut that I appreciate in Gretsch drums. On Evans heads I just miss some overtones that are such a big part of the whole picture to me.
It's like a nice overdriven tube amp with all it's warmth and complexity compared to a transistor amp where they just cut the non-harmonic overtones.