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

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.

Just put the clothes in the laundry and the seat cushion back in the seat. Just buy this already. Never nKnew my old MAPEX V-Series kick drum could sound so good. The first gig I did using this product, even the keyboard player said that the kick sounded awesome.

Does it's job, great for the price, small and helps a lot.

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.

This item really helped me a lot , sound was much better using this one

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.

Very cool piece of gear.So first off, this thing goes in your bass drum to provide adequate dampening. This reduces sustain and soaks up high overtones you might encounter. The EQ Pad comes with velcro strips that you canattach to the inside of your kick drum shell.Setup is simple. Position the EQ Pad so that it rests slightly against your batter head, like you would a normal pillow or towel. The cool part of this product is the hinged design. When you strike the head the pad will "float off" slightly giving you a nice round sound, then it pops down and does its job dampening your unwanted sustain and overtones.I tested the EQ Pad on two different kick drums. An 18x22 and a 14x20. I prefer my dampening devices to rest on both the batter (striking) and resonant (front/logo side) heads and the EQ pad just doesnt reached both heads in an 18in deep drum. It is however perfect for the 14" depth, and I suspect it would work on a 16" deep kick drum as well.Perfect for rock, country, metal, and punk. Would not recommend for jazz.

Works amazing. They took forever sending it.