Witterings
Silver Member
I currently use a Yamaha DT Express 2 for a lot of my practice but I'm finding that the pads have absolutely no give in them and tear my hands apart if I'm playing lots but it doesn't happen on my acoustic kit where the skins have more give. Most of the damage is to my 1st finger near the hand and I think it's where I'm playing the snare.
I also find that the edges of the wedge shaped cymbals stop working after a while, I sent one back to Yamaha recently, they "repaired it" but it's come back and the edges work but not the middle - I've started filling a cupboard with cymbals that don't work anymore and it's getting expensive.
Can anybody recommend an alternative, I was thinking about a second 2nd hand Roland but I've seen quite a few comments saying that the mesh heads are too bouncy and it makes it a lot harder to go back to a real kit especially as I practice all my hand to hand / rudiments on the E-Kit. Ideally I'd like something more forgiving to the hands but but not unrealistic to a real kit in terms of bounce / feel.
Can anybody recommend some good alternatives ???
I also find that the edges of the wedge shaped cymbals stop working after a while, I sent one back to Yamaha recently, they "repaired it" but it's come back and the edges work but not the middle - I've started filling a cupboard with cymbals that don't work anymore and it's getting expensive.
Can anybody recommend an alternative, I was thinking about a second 2nd hand Roland but I've seen quite a few comments saying that the mesh heads are too bouncy and it makes it a lot harder to go back to a real kit especially as I practice all my hand to hand / rudiments on the E-Kit. Ideally I'd like something more forgiving to the hands but but not unrealistic to a real kit in terms of bounce / feel.
Can anybody recommend some good alternatives ???