Live Custom 18 Bass

RobertM

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Has anyone seen or does anyone own a 14x18 Yamaha Live Custom bass drum? I want to know if the bass drum has a virgin bottom, or if Yamaha has added that awful pre-installed bass drum lift.

Thanks for any help.
 
Yes, I own one. No lift, no cut out on hoop, no nothing. Spurs and a tom mount, that's it.
Just a good sounding bass drum, especially with a PS3 batter :)

Neal
 
Thanks for the response, Neal! So glad to hear that Yamaha went back to basic on this and didn't add the bass drum lift.

Do you play any bebop/jazz acoustic stuff with the Live Customs? Just wondering how they do at that tuning range.

Just may have to get a set of LCs!
 
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Cool, yeah I don't really play bebop or use high tunings with any of my drums; I play lounge jazz and some latin type stuff but I'm usually in the low to medium tuning range. I'm sure they sound great at higher tunings though…lots of jazzers play Yamaha.

Best,
Neal
 
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