What brand of kit do you play?

Kit 1: Tama Starclassic Maple Sizes (22/12/16)
Kit 2: 1970 Ludwig 3-ply Sizes (22/13/16)

I bought the Ludwigs as a practice kit so I could leave the tamas in their cases to be road ready...but I just love the Ludwigs so much I use them for everything lol.. Poor tamas.. :(
 
Taye StudioMaple as you would gather from my user name and sig. The main reason I chose Taye was the almost endless configurations they let you put together when ordering. I am very happy with the sounds and feel I get from my drums. Besides the 14"x5" maple snare that came with the kit, I play a Pearl Ian Paice Sig 14"x6.5" snare as well.

I also have a cheapo Tama Stagestar kit for my kids to bang on and hopefully eventually learn on. With good heads and tuning, it sounds like drums! I took it out to small gigs a couple of times and it got the job done.
 
Ian Williams said:
1st. Be proud of your kit...always brother! Don't worry about brands.

2nd. You don't need massive drums to sound good.

3rd. You can buy cheap drums and put high quality heads on them...and they make a big difference.
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Well said Ian. Also remember to put the actual drumming before the gear too! A nice set does not a good drummer (or drum tuner) make!
Leo from Cuba always comes to mind.
 
larryace said:
Well said Ian. Also remember to put the actual drumming before the gear too! A nice set does not a good drummer (or drum tuner) make!
Leo from Cuba always comes to mind.
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+1 on that and also applies to more than just drums, its the musicians more than the gear.
Check out this vid that somone else had posted in another thread about having room on stage to set up but seems to also apply to quality and quantity of gear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irLsjBDPe5c
 
Thanks Larry! I totally agree with You and Leo leads by good example to all of us...He is an inspiration.

larryace said:
Well said Ian. Also remember to put the actual drumming before the gear too! A nice set does not a good drummer (or drum tuner) make!
Leo from Cuba always comes to mind.
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It reminds me a great quote from Ian Paice: To be a drummer you also have to be a musician.
tard said:
+1 on that and also applies to more than just drums, its the musicians more than the gear.Check out this vid that somone else had posted in another thread about having room on stage to set up but seems to also apply to quality and quantity of gear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irLsjBDPe5c
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Gretsch Renown in the Jazz configuration that's exclusive for Europe, but I'd like to get a high end Yamaha.
 
I'd like to have a kit of every brand. Especially Sonor. I haven't heard them up close and personal yet but I'm definitely feeling the tug. I don't know where to hear them though...I'd love Andy to build me a set of his Guru's too, but I'm just barely hanging on these days.

Back on topic, this is truly the golden age of drum manufacture. You can't buy a crap set of drums, generally speaking. I think the drums of today are going to sound great in 50 years. There's attention to detail like never before. I'm not totally satisfied with my DW's. They are great drums, but I think I can get an even better tone. I'm going to try Aquarian classic clears top and bottom, never had a set of them before, and see how they sound. If they don't do it for me....I'm thinking of making a change. I need to borrow a set of Sonors and experiment with them. I've had this DW kit 4 years now. That would be 8 months Bo time :) Maybe it's time for a change, maybe...
 
larryace said:
I'd like to have a kit of every brand. Especially Sonor. I haven't heard them up close and personal yet but I'm definitely feeling the tug. I don't know where to hear them though...I'd love Andy to build me a set of his Guru's too, but I'm just barely hanging on these days.

Back on topic, this is truly the golden age of drum manufacture. You can't buy a crap set of drums, generally speaking. I think the drums of today are going to sound great in 50 years. There's attention to detail like never before. I'm not totally satisfied with my DW's. They are great drums, but I think I can get an even better tone. I'm going to try Aquarian classic clears top and bottom, never had a set of them before, and see how they sound. If they don't do it for me....I'm thinking of making a change. I need to borrow a set of Sonors and experiment with them. I've had this DW kit 4 years now. That would be 8 months Bo time :) Maybe it's time for a change, maybe...
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Gee Larry, thanks?

;)
 
Mapex M Birch.

They were for sale,cheap and very used. So I got them home, cleaned them up, a lot. T Cut and polished the deep red finish. Put new coated heads on and........I love them.

Not the most fancy top end drum porn kit but they sing, and I love the way they punch well above there weight, and size for that matter.
 
Kit 1: Trick. This is my home studio & giging kit.

Kit 2: Tama, with a Ludwig LM402 Supraphonic snare. This is my rehearsal kit that I leave at our rehearsal space.

Previous Kits: Rogers, Ludwig.
 
!967 Gretsch with 1967 Ludwig Chrome snare and 2008 Yamaha Tour custom with previous Ludwig snare. Both sound good, the Gretsch for Jazz the Yamaha for Rock and Roll. The Ludwig snare is a great drum.
 
Man, almost every one of my drums are a different brand as well as most my cymbals. I didn't mean for it to be that way it just happened. I've never really had the money to spend on a kit all at once, so I pieced this together over the years, scoring major deals along the way. Cost me probably about $900 all together, mostly the cymbals, not including hardware, which is all from my first (Yamaha YD) kit that I used while slowly replacing it with these. I do want a shallower floor tom in order to reach my master plan of fitting it all in my car, with room left for a person.


Yamaha Stage Custom kick drum
Tama Starclassic Birch 12" mounted tom
Ludwig 16" Floor tom
No name maple snare, or Tama Metalworks

Sabian HHX stage hats
Zildjian A medium ride
Paiste Giant Beat 20" crash
 
I play a Custom Classic Pro Maple 6. It's an intermediate level kit that was made in China on the same line as the Gretsch Cat Maples, and the DDrum Maples.

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Yamaha Stage Custom Birch
Zildjian Custom A's, Paiste Alphas

Roland v-kit with Addictive Drums
The leave-at-rehearsal kit - mid-Nineties Pearl World Series with Paiste 2002's
 
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