Evans 12" Hydraulic Blue Tom

Bought purely for aesthetic purposes these heads have provided me with mixed feelings. To start with they look stunning especially when used on a kit with a complimentary colour like my blonde kit. In terms of the tone you can get from the head, it is very very warm and rich with less of an attack. Tuning is very easy with these heads if you want mid-high sounding toms - if you want a low tone I'm not sure these heads work as well as some others, if a low tone is what you are after I would suggest an Evans EC2's. I struggle to get as low a tone from these heads as I would like and often end up with a dull and dead sound. In terms of durability they are very good indeed and stand up to some heavy hitting and weather very well. All in all I think that they look stunning but quality of sound may not match it. I'd strongly suggest EC2's as an alternative.