SgtThump
Platinum Member
I've done lots of searches, watched YouTube videos, etc... In general, the Yamaha Oak Custom seems to get rave reviews! There's a new one on clearance for $1,499 in a local store in the Musashi Black (transparent black) lacquer and I'm considering getting it. I haven't played it yet and I've never heard one of these in person. I just think that price seems like a good fair deal for a new Oak Custom.
I looked it over a little and even though this isn't a huge deal to some, the bass drum claws seemed cheap to me and didn't really live up to the things I read about Yamaha's quality being top notch? That confused me a bit and is pretty much the reason I started this thread. I do have Yamaha stands and love them, so I'm not dogging the company or anything. I guess I just expected a little more (with the bass drum claws, anyway.)
Are the Yamaha Oak Customs kickass and super high quality as I've read or just decent kits?
The kit in question is 22/10/12/16 with bass drum mounted toms. This would give me the same setup as my Pearl Reference kit, but with a little bigger bass drum and floor tom. These are also supposed to be pretty loud, which is a good thing for my original rock band.
I currently have an early '80s Corder/Fibes kit in 22/10/16 and a Pearl Reference kit in 20/10/12/14. To be honest, the extremely high quality of the Pearl Reference kit has kinda ruined other kits for me. Nothing feels as high quality as that one IMO.
Anyway, just looking for opinions and basically anything to help talk me into getting the Yamaha Oak Custom OR to talk me out of it. Thoughts?
Chris
I looked it over a little and even though this isn't a huge deal to some, the bass drum claws seemed cheap to me and didn't really live up to the things I read about Yamaha's quality being top notch? That confused me a bit and is pretty much the reason I started this thread. I do have Yamaha stands and love them, so I'm not dogging the company or anything. I guess I just expected a little more (with the bass drum claws, anyway.)
Are the Yamaha Oak Customs kickass and super high quality as I've read or just decent kits?
The kit in question is 22/10/12/16 with bass drum mounted toms. This would give me the same setup as my Pearl Reference kit, but with a little bigger bass drum and floor tom. These are also supposed to be pretty loud, which is a good thing for my original rock band.
I currently have an early '80s Corder/Fibes kit in 22/10/16 and a Pearl Reference kit in 20/10/12/14. To be honest, the extremely high quality of the Pearl Reference kit has kinda ruined other kits for me. Nothing feels as high quality as that one IMO.
Anyway, just looking for opinions and basically anything to help talk me into getting the Yamaha Oak Custom OR to talk me out of it. Thoughts?
Chris