Hi,

Nice wrap! I love blue/ blueish (correct word?) much more than all the

other colours.

Can you, please, make a close-up pic of the badge? I would like to see it.

Beltone - never before heard of ...

From the distance the lugs don't look much like Pearl's/ or similar.

Can you also make a pic of the lugs?

I guess the bass drum hoops are made of plastic?

Ralf

I have a 60,s Yamaha kit and i have to say its as good as anything i,ve ever played.These Japanese drums are beginning to sell fast because drummers realize that for a fraction of the US prices,they can have a kit that does everything a Ludwig or Slingerland will do.

Ouch. Personally, I don't agree. But that's just me. They are pretty good sounding kits, but they don't sound like a thin shelled Slingerland or a nice Ludwig kit. Don't get me wrong, they can put out a good sound with a bit of work. But, they are limited by the wood.

It's like the Gretsch Catalina Jazz kit. With some work on the inside of the shell and on the bearing edges, it can sound pretty good. But, it will never sound as good as a Downbeat or a Modern Jazz. (18/20 bass notwithstanding)

Please understand that this is my opinion. These vary from person to person like arm pit odor. i.e. most stink.

I will say that the stencil kits have some of the coolest wraps I've ever seen. I would love to figure a way to pull the wrap off a stencil kit and put it on a Slingerland set of shells. I'm not sure the holes would line up, so I've never tried. Would be sooooooo coooooooooool.

The Lugs look like Slingerland, standard Japanese copies, The 3 floor tom leg mounts have the Pearl Logo on them, as well as the Bass drum Cymbal mount. I'll try to take a closeup pic of the badge.

The Hoops are actually Wood, with the same wrap inlay.

I Totally agree with you, they look cool, and the sound isn't bad, but they are not as solid as the US vintage drums.....shells and hardware.

Id agree on the hardware and most of the Asian shells from the 60,s are pretty awful,but my Yams are 5 ply birch with brass lugs and they sound wonderful.Maybe they are the exception i dont know.I think a lot of players would be embarrassed to play live with an old Japanese kit.I would,nt be.Having said that i would neverplay w/o my new and expensive snare drums.Walking.......The bass drums and toms from these old kits can sound very good on recordings.I,ve done it a few times.Those fWalkinginishes do look great though.I wonder why no one is making them these days?

That IS the exception. Those are fabulous shells. No doubts. Outstanding sound out of those. Nice Nice Nice.

The 60's Yamaha's that I had, really were better than the Tama and Pearl for the wood shells.

I would not be embarassed to play live with the Japanese drum kits, but I would feel more secure with the USA models...Ludwig-Rogers-Slingerland-Gretsch (If you're lucky to find affordable Gretsch drums). The American drums were really more solid, and with real mahogany or maple shells.

I've been playing out on my crazy stencil kit I found a while back. No complaints except for the snare. The bass sounds like a cannon, which is exactly what in need in the unmiked situations I find myself.

Granted, I haven't set them up next to my Gretsch or the Slingerlands I'm working on yet. That'll be a fun experiment to do. :D