Sad really. Yamaha is going to hype this hex system up and try to support selling it at a blown up price...when you can get a decent, functional rack, for half that cost. Just like anything that "hasn't been done before" or is twisted in some kind of fashion...like that diamondback china...drives the prices way up. I hate it.
I'm using the curved Gibraltar rack currently with the two side wings. Works great and looks sharp. The hex rack is something new and I love the look of it but can't see spending that type of cash just to change the appearance of my setup really.
Yamaha back in the late'80's and early 90's made a great rack system with smaller tubes than gibraltar that were supposed to be more rigid and they had a bunch of different clamp options to give a true one of a kind setup. These look nice but the price is definitly a no go for me, I'm sure it's a rock solid rack but too pricey in my book.
Hart has a 3" brushed stainless steel rack, no memory locks needed. They'll sell you tubing for a shade-over $10 a foot. Brushed stainless provides a nice contrast with chrome, you don't get a visual 'chrome-overload'.
Haha just kidding (but it can hold a lot off weight, thats for shure) its not bulky at all. Lighter than my older Gibraltar and Pearl (for now with th e4 clmaps, its going to be a total of 18 clamps, so we ll shall see )
When its fully set up and read ( I expect after the summer) I will post some more pictures
Yamaha hardware is so awesome and tough, it really takes a beating. I have all Yamaha stands and pedals and I love them all. I was going to get the Hex rack but the pricepoint discouraged me, so I bought a Pearl ICON 501C curved rack (front only). So far so good there.
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