I'm not a pro , but i think that i'm pretty good for my age and the time i've been playing (15 years old , playing for 4 years)I see you're gonna blow your brains out over this decision. So we must go the brutal way: please post a video of your best playing so we can see if you'd do any of those kits justice. I get wanting top-flight drums but to me the talent level has to be there as well. If it isn't then it doesn't matter, nothing will help you sound better. But if you're a working pro then there are build issues that shouldn't be overlooked.
I'm not a pro , but i think that i'm pretty good for my age and the time i've been playing (15 years old , playing for 4 years)
The kit i'm gonna buy is gonna serve me from now till who knows when. i'm planning to keep drumming even when i'm grown , just as a hobby.
so i want the kit i buy to be the best choice i can make , i want it to grow old with me haha
My playing level will obviously get better with the years , but right now i know that i'm willing to put that much money on the kit i buy.
Oh dear, perhaps I should donate my drums to you then BoI get wanting top-flight drums but to me the talent level has to be there as well.
I'm not a pro , but i think that i'm pretty good for my age and the time i've been playing (15 years old , playing for 4 years)
The kit i'm gonna buy is gonna serve me from now till who knows when. i'm planning to keep drumming even when i'm grown , just as a hobby.
so i want the kit i buy to be the best choice i can make , i want it to grow old with me haha
My playing level will obviously get better with the years , but right now i know that i'm willing to put that much money on the kit i buy.
The Thing is that my only opinion on each of these sets comes from youtube videos.
the room and place my drums will be in might not give me the same sound i want and i'm afraid to be disappointed if it sounds better in the video than for me...
plus , let's take the BB for example , i saw a video where i loved the sound (MemphisDrumShop , Rodney Holmes playing) and i also liked the one with Stephen Whiteside but there were a couple of videos which i didn't really like the sound of..and it's not because of a bad recording items or such.
and for the guy asking how i got that much money for a drumkit - well i'm not rich but it's the present that my parents are buying me for my birthday, and they said they could put in some extra money to make me happy.
I'm good Bo. I was just pulling your string with my last post I'm off for a few days now - final inspection & testing a kit for a certain young lady I'll be back at the end of the week to bug you relentlesslyAndy - you're a different case. Because you guys are working all the time, you need stuff that works (probably why I'm always playing pro-level drums).
I'm good Bo. I was just pulling your string with my last post I'm off for a few days now - final inspection & testing a kit for a certain young lady I'll be back at the end of the week to bug you relentlessly
Those must be for Grea? Test them good - she needs top flight drums to play!
The cymbals i'm probbably getting are all zildjian but i might make a few changes:With proper tuning (and really, with any good set of heads, and both the 100% bubinga and the b/b's come with good heads to begin with) either set will sound awesome. I owned both and made both sound great. You can too. Tama quality-control is really good. Might I suggest going with the B/B's and putting most of your money towards really good cymbals? You can't fix bad cymbals as easily as questionable drums. You didn't say what kind of cymbals you have (if any), and usually nobody budgets for a good set in the beginning. You'd also need a very good throne as you would be the heaviest part of the kit!
The cymbals i'm probbably getting are all zildjian but i might make a few changes:
zildjian a custom 17" crash
hi hat light k 14
ride armand 20
crash constantinopole 18
i'm pretty sure that those cymbals are high quality.
But as i said before , i've seen videos where the bubinga sounds great and videos where it sounds bad , same for the BB , so how can i choose?
Ha! It will be a buzz to have top notch drums although, as you said before, we usually just sound like ourselves whatever kit we have. I'm not planning on wrapping the Gurus in cotton wool like a museum piece - they'll be going out to practices and gigs like every other kit I've owned.
As for the OP, people say bubingas are good so I expect any of them would work out well.