When you are not playing your vintage drums, what other modern drums do you own and play? I ask this because I am interested in what you all think is worthy out of the newer stuff.
I play a new Ludwig USA Maple kit in champ sparkle (22, 12, 14, 16, 14 matching snare, and 14 (new) black beauty).
I also use an silver sparkle small club kit made mostly of Ludwig birch shells (10x22(!), 10, 13, 14). It works great in tight spaces!
No Butt's allowed!
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If not the '63 Ludwig Club Date or the '72 Rogers or '79
Slingerland or the '81 Tama Superstars or the 60's Ludwig
400, COB Krupa, 3-ply Hollywood Ace or '28 NOB Universal...
6.5 x 14 1st Edition Mapex Deep Forest Walnut snare and
a fire sale priced PDP CX series kit in bullet-proof White Onyx.
8-Ply Maple shells, sweet fit and finish and as the daze go
by a real winner for around $899.00.
Microphones don't care and neither do the folks in the 30th row.
Don't get me started on the '94 Rockstar Pro's that blistered in
the sun at the Wisconsin State Fair and tumbled down the stairs
at the Metro in Chicago...
Or the backline Verve kit I played with Sennheiser 421's all
around.
Never met a Drum that I didn't like.
Seriously.
Keep on Pl
I would really like a Dunnett Milkwood or Craviotto
Timeless Timber.
But as the Missus will point out, "You are a Snare Pig".
Um, Yeah.
Kleening
[COLOR="DarkRed"]I only have vintage kits, now.
But I must say that I think Mapex is making some of the finest mid-priced stuff on the market right now. They are just consistently good.
Tamas are also hard to dis'. Even their lower-line birch/luan shelled stuff is pretty darn solid.
And the above two make some good snare drums.
On the opposite end, I am incredibly disappointed with Taye. They got a lotta hoopla when they first came out...but I have played some and also taken apart some...and they are just, well.... janky kits...certainly NOT worth the pricetags. Hurting
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I only play modern snare drums/drumsets as I don't like the sound of vintage drums but I do collect vintage snare drums.
Mike Curotto
Yeah Mike. I only like to look at old drums. I generally don't like to play old drums because that means a lot of people might have touched them. :)
I am generally interested in finding out what drum companies (in your opinion) are still making a good drums... Modern drums that not only sound great, but might be considered great drums 40 years from now.
The oldest vintage I own is 1963.
The most modern kit I own is from 1995, Ayotte Custom Drums, 22-12-16, steel hoops, six ply maple shells with reinforcing ringss, finished in shaded cherry gloss lacquer. 7x14 Snare of the same shell composition, finished in piano black gloss lacquer. I would gladly trade them out for another vintage Rogers kit. Dont get me wrong, these are fantastic drums..... with a very vintage sound to them, but I would definitely flip them out to bring home something nice.
Interesting post. Like most older drummers, I've owned pretty much every newfangled kit produced over the years. Of all the kits I've gone through, my favorite new kit has been the Pearl Masters African Mahogany Classic Limited Edition. Outside of the fact that it has the longest name in drum history, it was a seriously nice sounding kit. How could you go wrong with thin 4 ply African Mahogany for toms and bass? Totally sweet, warm, VERY resonant drums. I couldn't stand (and still don't like) Pearl tom mount hardware. But, the drums were AMAZING. I've since sold them off (along with all my "new" stuff) and only have vintage stuff now. No regrets. I'm loving my "new" old drums. Lots of fun to be had here. My wife is ever so happy that I'm done with the high price tags attached to the new stuff. I haven't the heart to tell her how much old used vintage stuff costs. Maybe over dinner...no. Not yet.
My primary kit is a 3yr. old tama s/s custom, the vintage drums i have are ALL snares (i'm a snare pig too) the wife's a real saint on this
My cymbals...their vintage... paiste 2002 black labels--my 2 cents
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