Thanks for the comparison videos. The Beverley drums do sound brighter and more open than the Ludwig drums. Of course, a lot of factors come into play (size/head/wood), but one can get the idea. The Beverley drums really do sing, while the Ludwigs decay a lot faster. Like BUCKIE_B said, Premier has that "tympanic" sound. Obviously, head choice has a lot to do with it too.

How many of you play "Guess the snare/drumkit" when you hear a song? :) If you don't know, how many of you actually go and try to look it up?

-Tim

Thornbeck, part of the difference on these videos is indeed tuning. My friend's Ludwig was tuned with the bottom head quite a bit higher than the top head. He also had a small piece of moongel on his batter and his reso! That's the way he likes it. Without the gel on the reso his tuning results in a rather extreme downward decay. He totally goes for the "fat" sound with his Super Classics, whereas I had my Bevs wide-open (no gel) with top and bottom heads tuned very close to the same note. My goal is to find that lively Who Sell Out sound. Though for that I think I need a some 14*8 Premier with some Everplay heads. :-)

I totally agree... undersize shells are a critically important feature. The same goes for Sonor.Bowing

Ron