Art Vandelay
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I'm sure everyone's seen plenty of these but I just picked up this kit second hand (less than a year old) on the weekend. Paid $670 CAD ($520 USD) for the 4pc shell pack to a U.S. seller, a fine gentleman out of the Detroit area.
Sizes are: 24x18, 12x7, 16x14, 14x6.5 in desert burst finish
Quick review: I'm still waiting on drumheads so I've yet to get my desired sound out of the kit just yet but they sound really cool so far. I'm going to de-muffle the kick drum but that size with no muffling prior was too intense for my small room. The drums sing beautifully but give more of a short defined punch. I think they'll sound really great when I dial them in.
The hardware is really impressive. All lugs and bass drum claws are fully cushioned with rubber, I''m a big fan of the star-cast mounting system and hoops. As for the tube-lug style, it's starting to grow on me. One thing I really liked was that the tube section of the lug is actually raised off the shell by a couple millimeters so the only contact made with the shells is the same as on a non-tube lug kit. I think the black nickel colouring of all the hardware makes the kit look really sharp to me, with somewhat of an unusual burst finish that has lots of character.
This is for sure the nicest kit I've owned having played for roughly 6 years off and on. I'm doing small gigs a few times a month and since christmas I traded a 20yr pearl pro dx 5pc shell pack and 100 bucks for a PDP cx series maple 5 pc that I'll be using for shows now. The superstars will definitely stay in my house as much as possible, but for better gigs down the road I'll be excited to take them out. Anyway, here's the pics, my cymbals are subject to change but here I have 14" vintage sabian flat hats, 16" a custom crash, 18" avedis thin crash, 20" aax dry ride, and I'm planning on putting some clear evans heads, most likely ec2's on.
Sizes are: 24x18, 12x7, 16x14, 14x6.5 in desert burst finish
Quick review: I'm still waiting on drumheads so I've yet to get my desired sound out of the kit just yet but they sound really cool so far. I'm going to de-muffle the kick drum but that size with no muffling prior was too intense for my small room. The drums sing beautifully but give more of a short defined punch. I think they'll sound really great when I dial them in.
The hardware is really impressive. All lugs and bass drum claws are fully cushioned with rubber, I''m a big fan of the star-cast mounting system and hoops. As for the tube-lug style, it's starting to grow on me. One thing I really liked was that the tube section of the lug is actually raised off the shell by a couple millimeters so the only contact made with the shells is the same as on a non-tube lug kit. I think the black nickel colouring of all the hardware makes the kit look really sharp to me, with somewhat of an unusual burst finish that has lots of character.
This is for sure the nicest kit I've owned having played for roughly 6 years off and on. I'm doing small gigs a few times a month and since christmas I traded a 20yr pearl pro dx 5pc shell pack and 100 bucks for a PDP cx series maple 5 pc that I'll be using for shows now. The superstars will definitely stay in my house as much as possible, but for better gigs down the road I'll be excited to take them out. Anyway, here's the pics, my cymbals are subject to change but here I have 14" vintage sabian flat hats, 16" a custom crash, 18" avedis thin crash, 20" aax dry ride, and I'm planning on putting some clear evans heads, most likely ec2's on.
