I always thought that kit was a new Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute kit with a special wrap for him, haha. In either case, it does/did sound great.....as does Questlove. Anyone who has not heard him play should definately check him out;)

I guess my point was that, and no offense to...er..Mr. Questlove??, he is not a household name that would push a drum line like, well I really do not wish to start another who's the best drummer type deal but you get my drift. People call them Bonham kits, Ringo kits, etc. for a reason. When you can look on Ebay and find a Questlove kit every other day listed for sale, I will agree that he is a reason Yamaha drums will be as collectable as the real collectable drums are.

No offense to Mr. Questlove if he is indeed a member in disguise on this fine forum. If you are a member Questlove, start playing American drums and get with it dude. That gig should pay enough to get a dece set of Slingy's for Pete's sake....................LOL

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Totally concur about ?uestlove. He's not only a great hip-hop drummer, he's a great drummer.

This is not meant to start a sub-thread or new argument, but when Conan left "Late Night," I was relieved because it meant that I could start going to sleep earlier. That went up in smoke when they announced that the Roots would be Fallon's house band.

I like what Fallon has done with the show, but the Roots are why I stuck around through the show's growing pains. For my money, they are the best talk-show band on TV. And Owen Biddle just slays me on bass.

Pros can make any drum sound great,i,ve seen it dozens of times.It has nothing to do with brands at all,its about choice.If he wants to play vintage drums,good for him,and good for us who appreciate them as well.If its a Japanese drum,who gives a crap,and how could anyone doubt that Yamaha is and has always been a cut above the rest.I see more Yammys on the tube than anything else,hands down.Tama and Pearl are making some of the finest high end gear i,ve ever seen...Like i said....Its about choice.:2Cents:

I believe the spirit of the OP's OP was collectability and famous drummer's abilities to alter this. This was what I was speaking to.

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You got that right. Any drums.

You got the player, the sticks, the heads, the oh-so-important tweaking and preparing of the set, and the unique "almost impossible to find that are acceptable" cymbals... all that and then you have the drums. The drums are so minor compared to those other factors.

I've watched the band on Jimmy's show and they are killer. The drummer is probably changing kits like changing his suit.

I read in Modern Drummer a few months back that the kit Questlove uses was the 5th one Yamaha ever produced!!

I'm not sure how accurate that is, but it is definitely an old set of Yammies!

They be slammin' the beats.. Captain Kirk is a great guitarist too.

LoLoLoLo I love Quest's , Conan O'brien setup in the 1st post. Sumo Dude beast!!!

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in the 80's you could buy a fender mustang from any year for 175.00,Kurt Cobain started played one on the teen spirit video and then you couldn't touch one for 400.00.I think the Japanese drums will become collectable as the people born in the 70's and 80,s age and hit their peak earning years,with the late 70's top quality drums leading the way.I have played some Tama kits from that era that look like they have been through world war three and are still doing service,so these old kits will be playable and giggable,Maybe they won't be as valuable across the board as American kits but I think they will hold their own,with certain drums being highly collectable and valuable.