Evans EQ Pad Bass Drum Dampeners - Bass Drum Sound Dampening - Attaches to Drum Shell - Adjustable, Hinged - Controls Attack & Sustain - Great for Close Drum Mics - 1 Multi-Use Pad

These pillows are amazing. I have one in each of my bass drums. They work exactly as advertised. They look good inside the kit and they sound great. Since they are simply resting on the batterhead they are not dampening it completely. They bounce off and rest back on the head, acting almost like a gate. Awesome!

Great choice

It just works. Comes with velcro strips to put in your drum. Placed where I have it, I can flip it against the batter head, or resting off of it. Absolutely makes a difference.

So this thing gets smashed in reviews. I understand why, but you need to understand the product. It is a light padded muffler. Not a 14 pound pillow. It's design is made for movement, not for the purpose of pushing 14 pounds against your head. It's to aid in tone, not completely stop it. Some peoples issues go much further than just needing a bit of tone control. Bad head choices, tuning skill and drum quality all matter to tone. So if your kick sounds better when you stick a 14 pound pillow in it... well, sorry about your dang luck.If you don't like the velcro situation, large Command strips will work very well and are removable without leaving a scar when used properly. This pad does what it says, it allows for movement and dynamics while aiding in tone control. Not overly so which is great. I only use this for jazz style tunings and heads that can cause more overtones than lower tunings and say, a PowerStroke 3. The kick I use 95% of the time is 20x16 Premier Maple Genista with a PowerStroke 3 batter. My reso fluctuates more with need. I don't always use this pad because I tune a bit lower mostly, but when I need it I just put it in the drum flat and that's it. No velcro. Due to the size of this, and the 16" depth of the drum this will touch a bit of the reso and a bit of the batter both. This achieves exactly what I need without over doing it. I recommend this to those people that don't need EXTREME muffling. Great product.

If you’re giving this a bad review because it’s not absolutely drowning your kick drum in muffling you need to learn how to tune. Tune first then muffle after. I’m using a 22x18 kick and it doesn’t reach both sides however I haven’t really needed it to. I place it against the batter head slightly and it get a nice thud without the boominess of an open kick. Over muffled kick drums just sound dead and bad in general. This thing perfectly gives you the right amount of muffling without destroying your kick sound.

For years i used to only play wide open and this is even better. Just the right amount of muffling to tame overtones or basketball bouncing sound, and add more bass. Has zero weight to it. I use just one in 14" or 16" depth kick drums, just laid in there, no velcro and it works just fine. So glad i got over the stigma of having nothing inside the kick.

Thank you!!

This pad works great for me. I have a Pearl Masters 22"x18" kick with Evans Emad heads; EmadII batter and Emad Clear reso... I also have a Kickport installed in the front head. The slight amount of "give" as the pad hinges forward after being propelled away from the head lasts just long enough to give the sound of my kick drum a satisfying amount of "body", and actually increases the punchy sound at the same time. I've never had ANYONE come to my home studio and not comment on how good this setup sounds. I'm totally happy with this product, and would only caution that you cannot adjust the pad with the front head on! I was lucky enough to be giving some drum lessons and the student's arm fit through the Kickport, so he adjusted the pad!!! Truth be told it was almost perfect anyway, as I'd used the following method: simply put a solid object of some kind (large cardboard box, piece of plywood, etc) in front of your kick drum with the front head off while adjusting the EQ Pad. Listen to the reflected sound as you change how much the pad is contacting the drum head. If you use a front head as I do, just remember the resulting sound will be fuller and more resonant with the front head installed; just less 'boomy'... That's it! Highly recommended as a very neat, clean effective method for damping your kick-drum resonance to your liking.