Yamaha MCAN - Price List?

[AtomicBeagle]

Hi all -

It's my first time posting here (although I've been lurking for a long time), so please be kind! :-)

I'm looking into a new kit, and volleying between a DW Collector's or Yamaha MCAN. I was able to find a DW 2008 price list which is helping me spec an actual price range I can expect to get from a dealer. But I'm having trouble finding a price list for Yamaha drums. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to find one?

Also, any suggestions on where to get a Yammie MCAN from? I'm in the Houston area, and GC is the main game in town. But they drive me crazy (especially now with the "no-haggle" policy), so I've been trolling the web looking for deals.

Midwest Percussion has 6pc MCAN shell packs for $3,299, but without having an official price list it's hard to tell if that's a good deal or not (although I suspect it's decent).

Any advice or guidance would be muy appreciated.

Thanks fellow drum-addicts!

[spleen]

Hello and Welcome!

I would recommend contacting these guys: http://www.peelerdrumcenter.com/

I was shopping for my MCANs last year--I contacted every dealer I could find and everyone told me it would be at least a 6 month wait for the sizes/finish I was wanting. I had pretty much resigned myself to this when I found Peeler's site and decided to inquire with them. The manager contacted me right away, said he called his guy at Yamaha's warehouse and he could get me what I wanted and have it to me in 3 days, all at a price that was less than what the other guys were requiring just to place the order and then wait half a year or more. Needless to say, I'm very fond of these fellas!

In any case, please let us know how things work out for you!

spleen

[Steady Freddy]

I asked the same question a while back. Here's the thread:

http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35897

Hope that helps.

[AtomicBeagle]

Excellent info guys! Thank you!

I'll keep y'all posted on what I end up with. :-)

[Steady Freddy]

I've had my MCAN kit for a month now. These drums really sound great.

A couple things that I've learned about them.

If you use mics don't mount them to the hoops of the rack toms. It will cause the mics to distort when you put your foot into the kick. Better to use a boom stand. The floor toms don't seem to mind the hoop mounts. I run my 8 inch tom off a cymbal stand and the hoop mount works fine

The 8 inch rack tom sounds best when it's mounted on the end of the L arm. Slide it onto the arm just enough to hold it securely. Made a big difference.

I bought a Subkick last week and for recording it is amazing. You won't believe how great the bass drums sounds. You would need a PA to use it live, but this thing is one of the best investments I've made.

Anyway, I thought I'd share a few things that I've learned about these drums. I'm sure I'll learn more in the coming months.

Good luck with your purchase!

[AtomicBeagle]

Great advice Fred! I've been looking at the subkick for a while and plan on picking one up. We play frequent live shows, so looking forward to hearing it in that environment.

Thanks also for the advice on the 8" tom. My understanding of the YESS system is that the tom clamps have a short post that insert into the YESS mount on the tom until it's flush with the inside edge of the mount. Is that correct? My old Yammie kit has posts that go all the way into the tom (which allows you to adjust the distance from the clamp, but also interferes with resonance as it's inserting something inside the shell). It doesn't do that anymore, does it?

I had the same question about the bass drum tom holder. My Yammie has a tom holder that inserts down into the top of the BD, but I thought the newer YESS mounts just sat flush with top of the drum. Can you give me some details on that?

That's a bummer about the hoop-mounted mics, as that's how all my mics mount on my drums (built-in clips). I'll have to experiment with this and see if I can correct it. (Or just buy some new mics!) :-)

I'm about to put Peeler and Midwest Perc into a pricing war for my biz... :-)

[Steady Freddy]

Great advice Fred! I've been looking at the subkick for a while and plan on picking one up. We play frequent live shows, so looking forward to hearing it in that environment.

I've only used the Subkick for home recording and it worked great. They reccomend that it be used in addition to a regular mic and then you mix the two together to get the sound you're looking for. You just plug a XLR cable into it and that's it. No phantom power is needed.

Thanks also for the advice on the 8" tom. My understanding of the YESS system is that the tom clamps have a short post that insert into the YESS mount on the tom until it's flush with the inside edge of the mount. Is that correct? My old Yammie kit has posts that go all the way into the tom (which allows you to adjust the distance from the clamp, but also interferes with resonance as it's inserting something inside the shell). It doesn't do that anymore, does it?

The double tom mount telescopes into the bass drum, but not into the toms. The 8 inch tom sounded a little dead. I mounted it on the end of the YESS arm and it seemed to resonate better. It didn't seem to matter on the 10 and 12.

I'm about to put Peeler and Midwest Perc into a pricing war for my biz... :-)

I hope you get a good deal. It pays to shop around. This is a really good shell pack. The more I play them the more I like them. I'm running coated G2s on the batter side and the factory reso heads. They'll be changed out to clear G1s on the reso side.

I got a 20% off coupon from MF yesterday. I think it's time to order a Yammie 13 X 6.5 brass snare. There's just no end to it.

Good luck!