I am very impressed with Evans heads in general and the UV series in particular. Although the coating is a bit "plastic milk bottle looking", it is bright white and it remains that way virtually indefinitely. Though I am not a brush player, these heads should be superb in this regard, given the texture of the coating material.

The UV2 batter heads are on all my Toms and Roto Toms, from 8" to 18". If Evans manufactured a 6" or bass drum batter heads in the UV2 line, I would have tried them also. As such, I have a UV1 on my 6" and an EQ3 on my 26" bass. The UV2 heads sound warm without seeming dark or dull, and predictably, they tame to some degree the very bright and wide open characteristics of the UV1, without the tendency to make drums sound like cardboard boxes. This is likely due in part to the double, thin, 6.5 mil construction.

One small caveat which surprised me: I tried a UV2 on my Brass Ludwig snare to cut down the ring just a bit, as I do like some ring from a metal snare. I wound up preferring the sound and feel of the UV1 on the snare, as the UV2 seemed to actually increase the ringing at tight tunings. Though the head was fine as a snare batter, it displayed characteristics which seem to be at odds with what most would anticipate.

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