RobertM

Dave at Allegra custom drums used to make the high-end DDrum kits.

I know a lot of folks here love the Renowns, and a lot of folks seem more 50/50 about DW drums. The Performance kit appears to be a...

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After 10+ years of buying virtually no new gear I've been on a big purchasing kick. Buying a little bit of everything and trying out...

Many here have already seen these, but maybe @CurtisDoherty hasn’t.

And wouldn't Renown shells have silver sealer inside ????

Both made by contractors in Asia.. . Difference in the shell is the Renown is PARTIALLY north american maple and the rest is asian...

Renown's are USA made and Catalina maples are mass produced in Taiwan. Plus I have a set of catalina maples. And trust me,get a set of...

Well, that was 10 years ago. They're gone from Ludwig's line up, now. Sometime around 2016, they went to a maple/poplar/maple or...

$1200 for the club date kit? I would guess this DW kit is probably easily over $3k. I’d love to see the Mostly Bop guys demo a...

How does your Tama SC walnut/birch sound tuned high? I read a drum mag review that said the kit shines well tuned low and tuned high...

The guys at Mostly Bop Drums have just posted a new bop demo video of a DW Collectors purpleheart/cherry set: Curious what folks...

Cool video of a guy playing Bill Stewart on a set of maple/birch Starclassic Performers:

Agree 100%. They really were, and those gnarly green, marigold, and blue sparkle lacquer finishes were amazing as well.

Oomph, finishes. The Tama finishes in the Starclassic line are actually boring these days. The old finishes from the early 2000s were...