Silver’n’Smac
Member
Hey everyone,
I'm looking to upgrade my drum kit sometime in the next 6 months or so. I won't be going into any music stores to test out the kits for myself for a while (I will be doing this though). In the meantime, I was hoping those with more knowledge than me could give me some things to think about.
I believe my skill level is somewhere in the upper beginner range. I don't play in a band but my ultimate goal is to one day be a decent intermediate level drummer (don't get me wrong - I'd love to be a pro but I'm also 50 years old and just being a realist LOL).
My current kit is: 6 piece Tama Silverstar (all birch kit) with Ludwig Supraphonic metal snare and AAX & HHX cymbals. I'm happy with my cymbals and hardware. I'm only looking to upgrade the drums. I built myself a fully-contained 8ft. x 8ft. x. 7ft. high drum room in the garage and it's fully insulated inside. Good practice environment and good for recording if I ever wanted to do that.
I like all genre's of music but I primarily listen/play to rock & metal. Now that I've bored you to death with details about me, and if you're still reading. . . . .
I've never played a maple kit and was thinking about eventually saving up to get a Tama Starclassic all-maple kit. But being that I'm not a pro, nor will I be a pro, it seems like I'd be throwing away a lot of money. So instead, I've got my sights on the Starclassic Performer birch/maple line. Given everything I've described above, does this make sense? And given that the type of music that I prefer, does the birch/maple line make more sense than the Performer B/B or Walnut/birch lines?
Like I said, I will ultimately test out all of the above for myself but I don't have a trained ear for the real differences between the wood variances.
Thanks in advance!
I'm looking to upgrade my drum kit sometime in the next 6 months or so. I won't be going into any music stores to test out the kits for myself for a while (I will be doing this though). In the meantime, I was hoping those with more knowledge than me could give me some things to think about.
I believe my skill level is somewhere in the upper beginner range. I don't play in a band but my ultimate goal is to one day be a decent intermediate level drummer (don't get me wrong - I'd love to be a pro but I'm also 50 years old and just being a realist LOL).
My current kit is: 6 piece Tama Silverstar (all birch kit) with Ludwig Supraphonic metal snare and AAX & HHX cymbals. I'm happy with my cymbals and hardware. I'm only looking to upgrade the drums. I built myself a fully-contained 8ft. x 8ft. x. 7ft. high drum room in the garage and it's fully insulated inside. Good practice environment and good for recording if I ever wanted to do that.
I like all genre's of music but I primarily listen/play to rock & metal. Now that I've bored you to death with details about me, and if you're still reading. . . . .
I've never played a maple kit and was thinking about eventually saving up to get a Tama Starclassic all-maple kit. But being that I'm not a pro, nor will I be a pro, it seems like I'd be throwing away a lot of money. So instead, I've got my sights on the Starclassic Performer birch/maple line. Given everything I've described above, does this make sense? And given that the type of music that I prefer, does the birch/maple line make more sense than the Performer B/B or Walnut/birch lines?
Like I said, I will ultimately test out all of the above for myself but I don't have a trained ear for the real differences between the wood variances.
Thanks in advance!