Drumprof
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Nope. I love them, they are keepers.Did you sell the Tour Customs?
The Hybrids are incredible drums with the latest, greatest shell and hardware technology Yamaha has to offer. I kind of think of them as a top trim, limited, fully loaded car.
The Tours I have come to appreciate as just a great basic, well built, no frills maple kit with the Yamaha sound and feel. Light weight, easy to gig with and versatile. More like an SEL ride haha.
I do wish Yamaha would open up the line with additional bass and tom sizes like they do the Stage Customs. I can see myself building a shell bank of the Tours.
They for sure, should add a bop configuration to the line. Yamaha doesn’t have an all maple intermediate line bop kit. It’s either Stage Custom birch or AHM. Miles apart economically speaking.
Between my Hybrids and the Tours, I feel I’m really covered for any professional musical situation or environment
So pleased I’m fact I’m actually thinking of letting go of my Gretsch kits and just being a Yamaha guy again.