Lots of great drummers used many brands. Maybe that says if you can play great then the brand doesn’t matter.What about Ludwig?
Joe Morello , Max Roach and Allan Dawson don't count?
The cymbals offered by Reverie DC sound awesome. Really impressed.Gretsch USA Custom, but for now the Gretsch Catalina Club will do.
On a side note, it looks like these folks at the Reverie Drum Company make Bop kits, only Bop kits, and nothing but Bop kits.
https://reveriedrums.com/shop/reverie-drums
I do not know if this qualifies as "expensive", but this is the highest priced kit that they have.
https://reveriedrums.com/shop/p/venue-series-kit-lavender
I corrected my original post. They offer a variety of products including cymbals. However their "drum kits" are all Bop.The cymbals offered by Reverie DC sound awesome. Really impressed.
No worries! I think both their drums and their cymbals sound super good.I corrected my original post. They offer a variety of products including cymbals. However their "drum kits" are all Bop.
I find them creative companies who are experimenting with different materials that produce different sounds. The folks at A&F Drum Company build various percussion equipment and they are also experimenting with Aluminum alloys for their drum kits. Here is their latest creation that they call Featherweight.What do folks think about Oriollo aluminum kits and Jenkins-Martin fiberglass kits? Oriollo kits sound good across tuning ranges, including very good for jazz, and many have talked about J-M kits having amazing tone and sustain.
I admit that some A&F snares sound good, but the aesthetic of that company's designs do not appeal to me at all. I like color finishes, whether solid, sparkle, matte, etc., and most of what I see from A&F looks like aged, ship-wrecked artifacts from the late nineteenth/early twentieth century. I would need to research demos of their bop kits and be really impressed with the sound to overlook other offerings out there. I just have a hard time with their aesthetics--rusty-looking drums with leather badges just don't do it for me.I find them creative companies who are experimenting with different materials that produce different sounds. The folks at A&F Drum Company build various percussion equipment and they are also experimenting with Aluminum alloys for their drum kits. Here is their latest creation that they call Featherweight.
https://www.anfdrumco.com/collections/featherweight
I think that is the whole point of some of their designs. The old rusty vintage look and leather badge are their marketing tools to differentiate some of their kits from all those other boutique drum makers. There is a small market for that type of look. But as far as I see not all their offerings look that way. This is an example.................... what I see from A&F looks like aged, ship-wrecked artifacts from the late nineteenth/early twentieth century................... I just have a hard time with their aesthetics--rusty-looking drums with leather badges just don't do it for me.
That white finish is nice!I think that is the whole point of some of their designs. The old rusty vintage look and leather badge are their marketing tools to differentiate some of their kits from all those other boutique drum makers. There is a small market for that type of look. But as far as I see not all their offerings look that way. This is an example.
This one is in vintage white color and it is called "1901 Limited Edition". It is inspired by a watch from an old watch company that was in existence between 1850 and 1957! No wonder the model number is 1901.
I prefer the Sonor Vintage series to the SQ2 for jazz/bop. They offer an 18" bass drum config, though I have the 20" for all-around versatility.
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Thanks! Took me a while to put together but totally worth it.that.....is a SWEET set up!!!
Great drums for sure, but I am not wowed by any of the finishes. Only "rosewood" satin finish, right, and the rest are wraps (black slate/oyster, California blue oyster, silver sparkle, red oyster)? If they offered this series with something closer to older Starclassic Maple finishes from early 2000s, I'd probably be more tempted. I know it may be stupid, but I like both sound and looks. I'd have a hard time enjoying a good-sounding kit with a marine pearl wrap finish. Not into vintage aesthetics.I prefer the Sonor Vintage series to the SQ2 for jazz/bop. They offer an 18" bass drum config, though I have the 20" for all-around versatility.