Has anyone here had any experience with these top heads? I just put these on the drums the past few weeks and have blown 2 already. My guys never break kevlar/fabric top heads. I am wondering if this is a heat related issue with the dark heads...or a bad first batch that needs to have production issues ironed out. Does anyone know of any issues the drum corps are having?
I've had mine on for about a week. I haven't really cranked them up extremely high yet. I plan on doing that tomorrow before practice. I'll let you know.
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about 16 years ago
As I said, I have blown 2 just today. The first one had been on the drum for about a month, and really hadn't been tensioned for a couple weeks. The other had been on for about a week, and we had been trying to ease up the tension fairly slowly. The heads did sound sweet though...
Anyone else dealing with this...?
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about 16 years ago
Just got indirect word from Evans. That the grey heads are being recalled. It seems there is a problem with exposure to UV light...NOT heat. I was told that any grey heads will be exchanged for whites (which are not experiencing any such problems) via your retailer. I know we live in a Black/White Max world, but I just wanted to share this.
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about 16 years ago
That really stinks. I have been waiting for about 2 weeks to get these heads in, and now a recall, DANG!
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about 16 years ago
Word from Evans is that the problem is with the dye that's causing this breakdown. I'm guessing the sunlight/UV issue and the dye are the combined problem.
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about 16 years ago
From what I hear, the problem is being addressed and the hope is that the grey heads are back out soon (maybe even within the next month or so). Anyone else hear this?
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about 16 years ago
Yeah, the impression I got was they already were working on the fix and would have something soon.
In the meantime, my retailer replaced the Greys with Whites, and I don't want to change over again...
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