Got the chance to play on a 7pc Session Custom green burst kit at a show last night. A band had cancelled so we were called at really short notice, not the ideal situation but having this kit there was a big plus arriving at the gig.
Beautiful finish, a really great looking kit for the stage
However, the owner still had the stock heads on the kit and they just didn't sound good. This was a metal show and my band plays a funky/blue/rock type thing, so it was a bit challenging adapting to the style of his configuration
He had a wall of 4 rack toms with some seriously flat angles going on, I prefer a lower single rack tom setup as opposed to these toms which all seemed to be staring me down on stage and concealing me behind the kit (I'm 6'2" and was pretty much hidden behind this setup, I'm used to sitting high and having crash cymbals nice and low.
These angles also forced me to mount my cymbals much higher than normal but that wasn't a huge issue, aside from it being difficult to see my bassist at times.
I liked the 10" tom a lot, but between that drum and the floor toms the owner had the remaining rack toms tuned so closely to each other that IMO they were pointless. He also had an extraordinary mix of hardware: some top notch pearl boom stands and an iron cobra hi hat stand, then a network double kick. I really did not like that pedal, I don't play double pedal anymore, but this pedal had a terrible feel. Its clamp was broken so it didnt even fasten to the bass drum hoop, somehow it remained stationary during the set but the bass drum did creep quite a bit.
All in all, I'd take one of these kits any day, but as with any kit you need some decent heads and tuning. I didnt have the heart to talk to the owner about that since he was quite a bit older than me and was kind enough to allow me to use his fairly new kit. I figured that experience would have dictated the need for quality heads but hey, to each his own