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I beg to differ.. not going to name brands but I know from experience..
Among the Tama Starclassic .......... Birch/Walnut $1800 (4 pc.) ...... Maple $3000 (4 pc.)What's the closest equivalent to TAMA Starclassic for the other companies (at least DW, Pearl, Yamaha, maybe Sonor)? I'm thinking ~$2K, not more than $3K for a 4 piece shell pack.
Isn’t that something.I beg to differ.. not going to name brands but I know from experience..
salesman- “this one is good. this other one is nice too.”Customer: I'd like to buy a Pearl drum set. Which one of their 18 different lines do you think would be right for me? And could you explain the differences?
Salesman:
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there also used to be the club customs and birch custom absolutes, WHY did they get discontinued… such good lines. i want to say that things went downhill after the japanese factory stopped making 90% of the kits, but then i’d be called a japanese manufacturing fanboy so i’m not going to indulge furtherYamaha has a giant gaping hole between the Tours and Maple Hybrids.
The Oaks used to fill that hole, but had a massive price increase with the latest version that pushed them above the Maple Hybrid.
Absolute nonsense to me.
If it ain't Craviotto what good is it? right? lolI beg to differ.. not going to name brands but I know from experience..
Wrong! I sold the big name modern flagship models , they all had issues. this 1969 Holiday kit has none.. Modern Methods my ass.. And this over used Singerland kit uses real mahogany ! pity it's not modern machined Meranti. Bummer. it does have Character though..If it ain't Craviotto what good is it? right? lol
To have a drum made from Noah's ark would probably sound heavenly...DW confuses the absolute crap out of me. They'll be like "We've developed a new shell that consists of plies of the rare Ashbrittle Yew alongside plies developed from wood taken from upper deck of Noah's Ark. We have then inlaid it with unicorn horn and whispers from Mother Teresa's ghost."
And people buy it.
Mapex probably Saturn V, DW probably Performance and Pearl is very difficult to say since they have like 5 kits in this price rangeI assume the range is a notch below flagship if assuming Starclassic maple (but OP didn't distinguish between what Starclassic which is sort of important)
Of course this subjective list is completely accurate
Tama - Starclassic Maple
Ludwig - Classic Maple or Oak
DW - ummmm
Pearl - ???
Gretsch - Brooklyn
Yamaha - Absolute or RC
Sonor - SQ1 or ProLite
Mapex - Saturn (?)
Sentimental Vintage stuff. That's why they're both out of business.Wrong! I sold the big name modern flagship models , they all had issues. this 1969 Holiday kit has none.. Modern Methods my ass.. And this over used Singerland kit uses real mahogany ! pity it's not modern machined Meranti. Bummer. it does have Character though..
Gretsch......USA Custom is the top.I assume the range is a notch below flagship if assuming Starclassic maple (but OP didn't distinguish between what Starclassic which is sort of important)
Of course this subjective list is completely accurate
Tama - Starclassic Maple
Ludwig - Classic Maple or Oak
DW - ummmm
Pearl - ???
Gretsch - Brooklyn
Yamaha - Absolute or RC
Sonor - SQ1 or ProLite
Mapex - Saturn (?)
That's a good range to operate in.I assume the range is a notch below flagship if assuming Starclassic maple (but OP didn't distinguish between what Starclassic which is sort of important)
Of course this subjective list is completely accurate
Tama - Starclassic Maple
Ludwig - Classic Maple or Oak
DW - ummmm
Pearl - ???
Gretsch - Brooklyn
Yamaha - Absolute or RC
Sonor - SQ1 or ProLite
Mapex - Saturn (?)
DW probably Performance
Gretsch......USA Custom is the top.
Sold them tooGretsch......USA Custom is the top.