Yamaha Drums

[Frosticles]

A few more complete with mad hair...........

Promo pics for Scymtek Cymbals & The London Drumstick Company. by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

Promo pics for Scymtek Cymbals & The London Drumstick Company. by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

Promo pics for Scymtek Cymbals & The London Drumstick Company. by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

Promo pics for Scymtek Cymbals & The London Drumstick Company. by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

 

[Groov-E]

Me behind my Rock Tour Custom's last week in Paris

njp_2018_46_DxO by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

Judging from the decided look on your face, man is that china going to get the business !

Awesome setup.

 

[Frosticles]

Judging from the decided look on your face, man is that china going to get the business !

Awesome setup.

Quite possibly Cheers for the comment. Do love this kit & should really use it more

 

[Skrivarna]

Re: Reunited with Oak Customs

Played a couple of weddings this past weekend, about a 4 hour drive away. It was going to be a really tight pack, not much room in the van as it had to carry our whole PA, lights, drums and some guitar gear too.

So, I thought I'd dust off my Silver Sparkle Oak Customs 10/14/18. I hadn't ever played these with coated heads on the toms and I was dying to try it, thinking that coated heads would balance the bright Oak shells just right. Boy, did they ever. Coated Emperor now my goto head for Oak Custom toms.

This 18" x15" bass drum has a lift, and I have it fitted with a clear PS3 batter and a Fiberskyn reso. Small towel inside only touching the resonant head.

Snare duties for this setup was my new-ish Absolute Hybrid in Jade Green Sparkle. No trouble with that!

Oak Customs still a knock out after all these years.
In search of a 12" tom for this kit!

I just love the subtle Yamaha logo on that BD head! That's the way to do it, if you absolutely got to have a brand front head.

 

[evilg99]

Re: Reunited with Oak Customs

I just love the subtle Yamaha logo on that BD head! That's the way to do it, if you absolutely got to have a brand front head.

Thanks man , I buy those small logos on eBay, they are peel and stick and look great. Check it out :

https://www.ebay.com/itm/YAMAHA-Logo-Metal-Decal-Sticker-for-Laptap-Desktop-case-Modding-SV/151349508862?epid=1333174163&hash=item233d223afe:g:ipYAAOSwwNVTu3Hb:rk:1:pf:0

 

[Frosticles]

& to think that I was toying with selling this lovely kit. Took my head out for a good shake & came to my senses
fullsizeoutput_e8b by Kevin Frost, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_e8a by Kevin Frost, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_e8e by Kevin Frost, on Flickr

 

[yammyfan]

& to think that I was toying with selling this lovely kit. Took my head out for a good shake & came to my senses

Sweet kit! How do you like the Black Dots on the toms?

 

[Frosticles]

Sweet kit! How do you like the Black Dots on the toms?

First time banging on them today & I am in love all over again. Sound wonderful on this kit & I think power toms overall

 

[Drumprof]

My Absolute Hybrids. Awesome drums.

 

[The Edge]

My Absolute Hybrids. Awesome drums.

How ya liking em?

What size kick?

Why the hell are practicing in a parking lot? Hahaha

 

[Drumprof]

Love them. Yamaha Maple but with just a bit of a different eq to them.
A little brighter in the mids, but warm and with a nice, noticeable low fundamental.
They have more bite to the attack, kind of birch like.
Modern sounding for sure. Lots of resonance but just enough control.
Very versatile.
Can tune them up to bop, mid tuning for everything else.

20x16 bass pictured but also own an 18 for jazz.
These drums do many styles very well.

Took the pic in a casual outdoor parking lot gig for about 100 people.
Not a great gig but it was for a friend and it was a nice day.

 

[Groov-E]

A little brighter in the mids, but warm and with a nice, noticeable low fundamental.
They have more bite to the attack, kind of birch like.
Modern sounding for sure. Lots of resonance but just enough control.
Very versatile.
Can tune them up to bop, mid tuning for everything else.

What surprises me every time is shell resonance. Great attack followed by an amplifying low rumble coming from the shells.

I don't get why resale value is abysmal.

Too bad I compromised on sizes in exchange for a good deal...still looking for a 20 bd and 14 ft in red autumn ;-)

 

[Darth Vater]

My Absolute Hybrids. Awesome drums.

Those are really pretty.

 

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

Not cheap, but sounds they pretty much nailed it in regards to what they were going for with this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZuxr_8TL2I

 

[Drumprof]

[/What surprises me every time is shell resonance. Great attack followed by an amplifying low rumble coming from the shells QUOTE]

Yes. They went for huge resonance, with a depth and deep fundamental to the tone that gives them a nice bottom to a really nice singing resonance.

I’ll think there a great step forward in drum tonal possibilities.

 

[Groov-E]

Not cheap, but sounds they pretty much nailed it in regards to what they were going for with this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZuxr_8TL2I

That guy just blabbered his way out of a sale.

Geeeez.

 

[Odd-Arne Oseberg]

That guy just blabbered his way out of a sale.

Geeeez.

I couldn't care less, I'm not gonna buy those drums anyway, but it's an honest capture of their basic tonality. Live Customs on steroids.

 

[wraub]

I just got my Yamaha stuff tuned "right", like, really good imo, and then I hear this and need to start over.

Not cheap, but sounds they pretty much nailed it in regards to what they were going for with this.

 

[Kuromaku]

Did some digging to make sure I didn't start up a duplicate of a duplicate of a thread. Let's get some of the Yamaha kits that are posted all over the forum up on this thread - I'm sure many of us would love to see them.

"Done" with my expansion project for now. Although now that I'm in this mode, I might just keep adding components to the instrument.

(New rig followed by the original version.)

 

[wildbill]

My Absolute Hybrids. Awesome drums.

Did you sell the Tour Customs?