wsabol
Gold Member
I'm shopping around for how to make my dream kit work. This is it
20x16 virgin kick
16x16 floor
14x14 floor
12x8 rack
Maple shells.
Sounds pretty reasonable right. I'm not looking for a crazy Peart kit in funky configs, I'm just looking for some basic drums in some pretty standard sizes. I don't think its too much to ask.
I am a Yamaha guy, so lets go over our options starting with the Tour custom.
Kick is the weirdest size of all time: 20x17.. what? plus no virgin option. rack tom is 12x9. And Color/wrap options are limited at best..
Then I'm left with the most expensive Absolute option, which is great, but I'm not made of money. The 16" and shallower kicks have no virgin option, but the 18" and depper do...? why? Then the floor toms and at unheard of depths... 14x13? 16x15? why chop of the extra inch?.. in all honesty, the 1 inch on the floor toms doesn't bother me that much, its not a deal breaker, I just find it extremely weird.
Pearl is the same story for their Vision kits: configurations are no help at all. (does Pearl even sell a kit with a 12x8 rack tom?)
The only real option with Pearl is getting a Masterworks, but I don't like the way Pearl drums look, and I'm not going to pay $1000-$3000 per drum for a kit I don't like.
I just don't know what to do. Realistically, I'm considering dropping the virgin requirement and going with an Absolute. I'd be alright with the 12x9 rack on the Tour Custom IF the kick wasn't 17 inches deep.
I don't know guys, should I just man up and get the Absolute? get over myself and get the Tour Custom? go to C&C or the like? or screw big business and make the kit myself with some Gladstone shells? I'm not a professional/touring drummer, yet I see this kit as the one kit I'll have for the rest of my life. In other words I don't want to buy another kit, so it needs to stand the test of time, and more importantly I don't want to settle.
I've been looking at kits and my options for a whole year now, and as much as I love looking at drum gear, I'm ready have something picked out. I won't be buying anything anytime soon, because I need to save. Anyway, let me know what you think I should do.
20x16 virgin kick
16x16 floor
14x14 floor
12x8 rack
Maple shells.
Sounds pretty reasonable right. I'm not looking for a crazy Peart kit in funky configs, I'm just looking for some basic drums in some pretty standard sizes. I don't think its too much to ask.
I am a Yamaha guy, so lets go over our options starting with the Tour custom.
Kick is the weirdest size of all time: 20x17.. what? plus no virgin option. rack tom is 12x9. And Color/wrap options are limited at best..
Then I'm left with the most expensive Absolute option, which is great, but I'm not made of money. The 16" and shallower kicks have no virgin option, but the 18" and depper do...? why? Then the floor toms and at unheard of depths... 14x13? 16x15? why chop of the extra inch?.. in all honesty, the 1 inch on the floor toms doesn't bother me that much, its not a deal breaker, I just find it extremely weird.
Pearl is the same story for their Vision kits: configurations are no help at all. (does Pearl even sell a kit with a 12x8 rack tom?)
The only real option with Pearl is getting a Masterworks, but I don't like the way Pearl drums look, and I'm not going to pay $1000-$3000 per drum for a kit I don't like.
I just don't know what to do. Realistically, I'm considering dropping the virgin requirement and going with an Absolute. I'd be alright with the 12x9 rack on the Tour Custom IF the kick wasn't 17 inches deep.
I don't know guys, should I just man up and get the Absolute? get over myself and get the Tour Custom? go to C&C or the like? or screw big business and make the kit myself with some Gladstone shells? I'm not a professional/touring drummer, yet I see this kit as the one kit I'll have for the rest of my life. In other words I don't want to buy another kit, so it needs to stand the test of time, and more importantly I don't want to settle.
I've been looking at kits and my options for a whole year now, and as much as I love looking at drum gear, I'm ready have something picked out. I won't be buying anything anytime soon, because I need to save. Anyway, let me know what you think I should do.