Not that my opinion matters AT ALL. Not that people should care one way or the other what sounds good to me. Not that people should care one way or another what sounds BAD to me....but since you asked Kevin and you seem like you are one of the coolest/nicest guys on the forum:
In terms of old stuff I personally dig Cleveland/Dayton Rogers lately. The 20/13/16 Dayton kit I have really did it for me on a couple of sessions last week and if I had a pile of cash I would find a 14 to add to the mix. Also really like bigger sizes in the 70's clear interior Ludwigs as of late. I have a 24/13/16 kit that rocks. Most things Slingerland have been stoking me out lately as well. Been hitting my 61 Student RK lately and it is great. Excited to get my new Artist Model snare up and running to see what it can do. My main gigging kit is a 5 ply 70's Slingy rewrapped in black sparkle. Not the best sounding kit I have ever heard, but it has treated me great and it cost me $300 and taught me how to do a re-wrap job on my own. I dig MIJ drums for certain applications. I have a big old WFL 26 inch bass with calf heads that I love to use as a woofer in the studio. My 7x14 Radio King works for EVERYTHING!
In terms of new stuff? I think the Tama Birch/Bubinga kits are amazing. Best kits for the bucks out there (in my opinon). I really dig Yamaha absolute stuff. I also think that for the money, the Gretsch Reknown series are great. I would love to hear one of the new USA Gretsch kits...even though I think the prices they charge for them are a little insane. I am endorsed by this small company out of Detroit MI called Detroit Custom Drum Co. Sam makes fantastic drums. I used a 6x14 Spalted Myrtle drum on a session earlier this year that he built and it was just what the doc ordered. He is currently building me a Keller Vintage Mahogany shell drum that I will leave as a mystery. I am stoked to hear it. I also really wanna check out one of those DW Solid Shell snares. Can you believe it??? DW!!!! I hear these snares sound fantastic!
My point however is that this isn't about what I think sounds good or bad. Who cares what I think? It is super frustrating that I always get drawn into this crap about DW out of one little light hearted jab.....and believe me I have learned my lesson. Never again. All that ever happens is a few dudes come in and start dadding me about how closed minded I am and how many vintage drums they have and how they know what good sound is blah blah.
I was just trying to make the point that showing a clip of a dude playing a DW kit in a music video is in no way evidence that the drums being shown are tonally worth more or less than any other kit. There isn't even proof that he played the stupid drums on the recording! And anyway...maybe he did. Maybe I am a total idiot and my OPINION is actually wrong somehow. Even then I really dont care. In fact I am feeling bad about even wasting my time typing this out.
Done now. Seriously won't comment again on this topic.
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