My Yamaha Maple Custom and Birch Custom Zildjian kits

[wloeb]

Hello,
I updated some of my bronze. I got a few more K's and moved most of my A's to my second kit
Here are some pics of my sets.

My Main set is a Yamaha Maple custom from around 1996.
Toms 10x8, 12x8, 14x12, 16x14.
Bass is 20x16
Snare is 14x5 Gretsch USA Maple

Cymbals:
24" Zildjian K Light Ride
20" Zildjian K Flat Top Ride
18" Zildjian K Dark Thin Crash
16" Zildjian A swish
15" Zildjian K Dark Crash
13" Zildjian K Constantinople Hi Hats

My other set is a Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Nouveau
Toms 10x8 12x9 14x14
Bass is 20x16
Snare is 14x5

20" Zildjian A med ride
18" Zildjian A med thin Crash
14" Zildjian A newbeat hi-hats
16" Zildjian A med thin Crash
12" Zildjian A Splash
I need to take some new pics of this kit

[aydee]

As the saying goes., " It don't get much better than this "!

[Muffled Tom]

I can't find the splash on that kit...

[wloeb]

The splash is in the cymbal case, I don't have it up right now.

[timebandit]

Ahh, Yes! Nothin' like a quality set of drums! keep that kit forever!

[Class A Drummer]

Really cool the way the first pic is done, because of the reflection of the cymbal, it looks almost like it is gold hardware/lugs/hoops/etc.

[Muffled Tom]

Really cool the way the first pic is done, because of the reflection of the cymbal, it looks almost like it is gold hardware/lugs/hoops/etc.

All the pics of the Yamaha look like that...

[PdoubleE]

Beautiful kit man!! It looks very clean and professional!

[punkdrummer1]

what a beautiful kit! Love it man. Just great :D

[Norske]

That is a very sweet looking kit! I'll bet it just sounds fantastic too! Really cool setup.

[tizzdizz]

Wow, I wish my camera took pictures like that! Beautiful kit, and I love the classy white BD head. that piccolo snare looks fun too! Where'd you find the matching 16" tom?

[wloeb]

Thanks everyone for the kind comments. I found the matching tom on ebay and it is of the same vintage and condition as the rest of the kit, so it fits right in. This is my second Yamaha Maple custom. The first I bought in 1991 and it was 24" 13" 14" 16" and 18" in power sizes. It was a monster, but too a little too big as I started to play other styles. So in '96 I traded it in for this one and have been playing it ever since.

Wayne

[wloeb]

I received my lower tom stand and updated my setup with the suspended floor toms lower. Here are some pics.

[GRUNTERSDAD]

Thats cool looking. I have to also comment on the Gretsch drum key. It looks like the one one that I had with my snare back in the late 60's where the snare had a built in key holder. Does this snare have the key holder?

[JRH7]

Pretty much the perfect kit! I think yamaha makes incredible drums!
NICE!

J.

[stasz]

Aaaah, much better. Your kit is really great lookin'. Is that Gretsch snare drum pretty much sex for your ears?

[wloeb]

Thats cool looking. I have to also comment on the Gretsch drum key. It looks like the one one that I had with my snare back in the late 60's where the snare had a built in key holder. Does this snare have the key holder?

This gretsch is a late 90's USA Maple and it doesn't have the key holder or muffler. It does sound great with a variety of tuning though.

[mind_drummer]

The setup's looking better with that new stand addition. It's a very lovely yammy, I wouldn't mind laying some sticks over them.

[wloeb]

My Maple customs were getting lonely so I decided to get them a friend for the garage.

Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute Nouveau
Cherry Wood Finish
20x16
10x8
12x9
14x14
14x5 Snare

[katman]

Wow, you have two beautiful kits. Is the one for gigs and the other for practicing?

[stasz]

Nice. Two really beautiful sets. Which one's your favorite? Don't worry, I won't tell the other one. :-)

[Trip McNealy]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the Cherry finish!!!! :-D

Your other kit is nice as well.. very Steve Gadd looking.

I'm just busting your chops, but please, people.... can you put drumheads on with the logos facing the same direction??? I guess that's my OCD for ya!

[wloeb]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the Cherry finish!!!! :-D

Your other kit is nice as well.. very Steve Gadd looking.

I'm just busting your chops, but please, people.... can you put drumheads on with the logos facing the same direction??? I guess that's my OCD for ya!

I tried the logo's the same way but it created a weird sort of resonance and the sound was way too intense. When I rotated the heads to put the remo logos in different positions, it balanced out the sound.

[wad]

yah cherry finish looks SWEET! very nice kit

[KONA]

Beautiful kit !!

I'm hoping you can answer a question for me:

I recently bought a 4 inch HOLZ for my bass reso. The reason I may be cutting the head is that I get too much beater bounce and I was told if I cut a hole in the reso side this may help to control it. I see you have what appears to at least a 6 inch hole in your bass head. Do you think it helps control beater bounce and have you tried a reso head without the hole to test the difference?

[wloeb]

Nice. Two really beautiful sets. Which one's your favorite? Don't worry, I won't tell the other one. :-)

Well, I haven't compared the two kits with the same heads in the same room. I have the birch kit tuned for rock and the maple kit tuned for jazz right now and each sounds damn good to me. If forced to decide I would lean towards the maple. The Maple custom drums are heavier and I don't like to move them so I got the birch kit to play out.

Wayne

[wloeb]

I updated some of my bronze. Check out the pics at the top.

[2bsticks]

Hi,

Question, are the maple customs really that much heavier? I gig a lot and I am interested in a maple custom kit but if there that heavy?

[wloeb]

I have not weighed either set but form carrying each one I get the impression that the original maple customs are heavier than the Birch custom absolutes. I'm not sure of the amount of difference quantitatively.

[cavica]

My Maple customs were getting lonely so I decided to get them a friend for the garage.

Wish my drum stuff worked that way, then my cymbals, drums, sticks and hardwear would all have friends :). Anywhey nice looking kits, very clean pro looking as i'm sure some one said. Got to love Zildian k's.

[Drummer Karl]

Loving both...but the look of the Maple Custom, the black gloss with golden mini lugs. Very classy as well as the cymbal selection. How is the Light Ride? Would you find it too loud for small combo playing? Is it heavy?

The Maple Custom reminds me on Roy Haynes...don`t know.

Nice!

Karl

[drumbandit]

Lovely K's, I'm trying to get to the same point of basically all K's and K customs.

[wloeb]

Loving both...but the look of the Maple Custom, the black gloss with golden mini lugs. Very classy as well as the cymbal selection. How is the Light Ride? Would you find it too loud for small combo playing? Is it heavy?

The Maple Custom reminds me on Roy Haynes...don`t know.

Nice!

Karl

The 24 K lights doesn't have to be loud at all unless you crash it. I played with a jazz group last weekend and it was well under control. It's got a lot of wash but it's low pitched so it doesn't cover up other instruments or vocals. Usually I'm play the 24 for the head and horns and switch to the flat top for vocals and bass solos.

[wloeb]

I decided to minimize my setup during our remodeling project. To save space, I paired it down to the minimum. The interesting thing is that now I'm closer to the corner and the bass sounds much deeper/more powerful. Boundary reinforcement !

[aydee]

She was beautiful with & without the extra tom...

[vksalomon]

Congratulation man!!! Very nice kit!!!!

[wloeb]

I recently made some recordings of the maple kit. I had a couple of requests for a sound file so here they are:
http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38647

Please check it out.

Wayne

[Mirkko]

I Love your black Maple custom and your old zildjian....quality set!
I've owned a maple custom too...my first drum set...but it was in natural finish!

Check out my current set up!http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38351

See ya!

[wloeb]

Put on some G2's and an EMAD and an Aquarian Regulator on my birch set. Now I have a little more contrast in sounds compared to my other set.

[drumming_hd]

Wow the BCAN's look sick. How do they sound with the G2s? I'm gonna guessss...FAT

[Ozzy Biz]

You've got a ported head, a superkick batter, felt strips, and laundry inside. I guess you like dead kicks?....

Aside from that minor detail, fantastic kits. Very nice...

[drumming_hd]

The birch has nothing in the bass.

[wloeb]

The birch has nothing in the bass.

I'm going for different sounds and they are in different rooms. The Maple set is in a smaller room and the bass is actually quite boomy do to the room acoustics, so I use a towel inside the drum. I'll try to post a recording of the bass drum soon.

Wayne

[wloeb]

You've got a ported head, a superkick batter, felt strips, and laundry inside. I guess you like dead kicks?....

Aside from that minor detail, fantastic kits. Very nice...

Hi Ozzy,

Thanks for your comments. I made a recording featuring the Bass Drum of the Maple Custom set as pictured with the Superkick II, Ported reso w/hole and one towel inside. Please have a listen. I'm sure it's not to everyones taste but I like the sound. The Birch kit bass drum does sound quite a bit different, but I like the variety.

Regards,
Wayne

[wloeb]

My 13" K Con Hihats are up for sale in the classified thread as I've switched to 14" hats.

[wloeb]

A couple new pictures. They are getting along nice with the Sonors.