yammyfan
Senior Member
Hey all,
There's ample love for the Stage Customs around here already but I wanted to heap a little more praise on them regardless
Last night, for just the third time ever, I gigged with my '03 Stage Customs and fell in love with them all over again. The venue had surprisingly good acoustics and the kit sounded amazing in that room.
They were helped by a new tuning scheme I decided to try. Rather than let an app calculate the intervals between the toms, I picked one for myself. I chose 2D (73 Hz) for the 14" tom, 2G (98 Hz) for the 12" and 3C (131 Hz) for the 10". That spread sounded great to me. I liked it so much I intend to make it the go-to for my other fusion size kits.
I learned something valuable as well: mounting a cymbal arm on the TH945B triple tom holder absolutely kills the resonance of the 12" rack tom. The toms sounded deep and powerful on their own until I clamped the accessory arm in place. The 12" went dead as a doornail the moment I added the extra arm. Thank goodness I packed a spare boom stand. Off came the accessory and back came the tone!
Anyway, I felt motivated to post (yet) another positive review of the Stage Customs. Under the right circumstances, these kits can sound incredible.
There's ample love for the Stage Customs around here already but I wanted to heap a little more praise on them regardless
Last night, for just the third time ever, I gigged with my '03 Stage Customs and fell in love with them all over again. The venue had surprisingly good acoustics and the kit sounded amazing in that room.
They were helped by a new tuning scheme I decided to try. Rather than let an app calculate the intervals between the toms, I picked one for myself. I chose 2D (73 Hz) for the 14" tom, 2G (98 Hz) for the 12" and 3C (131 Hz) for the 10". That spread sounded great to me. I liked it so much I intend to make it the go-to for my other fusion size kits.
I learned something valuable as well: mounting a cymbal arm on the TH945B triple tom holder absolutely kills the resonance of the 12" rack tom. The toms sounded deep and powerful on their own until I clamped the accessory arm in place. The 12" went dead as a doornail the moment I added the extra arm. Thank goodness I packed a spare boom stand. Off came the accessory and back came the tone!
Anyway, I felt motivated to post (yet) another positive review of the Stage Customs. Under the right circumstances, these kits can sound incredible.
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