Hey Guys thought you might like to see a few pages of the 2009 Catalogs
Looking great. is scanning the pics at real size per page possible to do?
A closer look:
I like the new lug design better than the nouveau lugs, but I'd still stick with the Absolute lugs.
I think I know now why I don't like those lugs and YESS - it is because in my opnion they "break" the looks of the drum. Everything on the shell has rounded shapes and then all of a sudden you have these angular shaped lugs and this big silver plate in the middle of it (not to mention it hides the finish). Its not harmonious...
The new YESS? Just plain ugly. Yamaha managed to turn the most beautiful tom mounting system into the ugliest, for the sake of probably just a few frequencies and a bit of sustain nobody is able to hear anyway (drastically put). I even would prefer those standard suspension rings over it. I mean, look at the systems from Sonor and Pearl, or even Tama. The mounts have to be integrated into the design of the drum!
The t.a.r. from Sonor covers a lot from the finish to (and is not as thin and sleek as the new Yess, altough its quite big) not to mension the Optimount from Pearl.
And I really dont think the R&D would design such a mount as it wasnt a bigger (hearable) difference with the old Yess system
The t.a.r. from Sonor covers a lot from the finish to (and is not as thin and sleek as the new Yess, altough its quite big) not to mension the Optimount from Pearl.
And I really dont think the R&D would design such a mount as it wasnt a bigger (hearable) difference with the old Yess system
Which makes me think, isn't there any option at all to have a drum set with the old Y.E.S.S. system?
You guys, YOU CAN EASILY TAKE OFF THE PLATE, and you have the regular YESS. Yamaha uses vents on toms anyway, so that bottom hole, JUST PUT A GROMMET. It will look factory, and "normal". Don't FREAK OUT!!
Uhm but what if we don't want to have an ugly third hole? It may not bother you, but not everyone is in that case. Also what tells that the spacing between the whole are the same with the new Y.E.S.S.?
Factory and normal... Sorry but that's your personal opinion.
but this is getting so stupid.
I don't see what's stupid in discussing tastes, or even trying to gather information if old Y.E.S.S. is still available as an option. I believe this thread is here for that purpose in the first place - talking about the new Yamaha gear.
Being said it's stupid just because we haven't seen it in real life, that is stupid in my opinion. A vast majority of promotion is done through catalogs, promo pics etc. to seduce the clients, I don't see no "Dear client, anything you might find ugly herein in is an optical illusion, please check out the 3 800 different products enclosed in real life before making your opinion, this pictures are not here to serve such purpose, yours sincerely, yo buddy at 'Maha!" written in them.
Not everybody has the same tastes as you guys - sorry.
An 18'' kick in Embossed Silver.