and i really like it!
really open, woody sounding kit.
quick decay with a nice tone.
did notice if the floor tom is mounted
directly on the hardwood floor all tone/resonance
is gone. So I stuck a footie sock under each leg,
massive tone, very nice sounding. Same with the little
mounted tom, further it got to the post, less tone
and resonance. Mounted it out pretty far, and that little
guy sings! Used ambassadors on the bottoms and vintage a's
for the batter. bass drum is pretty punchy and quick too, with
that little muffler deal that came new with the kit. Put some
puresound wires on the snare and it sounds nice too!
Do they sound like my late 70s maple Ludwigs? No.
Did I expect them to? Not at all.
They do, however, sound a lot like my clubdates. And they
bop and weave like those old drums too.
They're a quick kit to play, easy to move around the toms,
and easy to kit the whole kit rocking around like a more
well known brand of drums, on a riser, in a certain stadium.
Maybe this is why the prices of these kits are going up.
People have driven the prices of the american kits to
levels most folks(myself included) think is ridiculous.
They sound good, and look the part.
So what if the wood is cheap.
New chinese drums ( i guess the new "mij"
pearl, low-end tama etc) still sound like
crap out of the box.
I got great results with just a cleaning, head changes,
and tuning. Worth the money I paid for an OG kit with
all the OG accessories that came with it new, and some
extra flat base stands, and cymbals? Definitely.
Just my observation of the situation.
