Beautiful kit. I have always loved Yamaha drums. I have owned some, and always found they sounded great, and I have always been a big fan of their tom mounting systems. Always so easy to adjust and get comfortable. Love that white lacquer, by the way.

Nice kit! I used to own a piano black one, 18" BD, 10x10 TT and 14x14 FT, bought it somewhere around 1990. Birch shells, great sound though later I sold it and bought a Ludwig Maple Custom.

I love RC's. I think 80's RC's are a vintage by now. When people look for Yamaha drums they ask is it pre YESS? Pre YESS would be mid/late 80's early 90's vintage. I know they still make them like they used to but that's only because they are so well made and still are in demand years later. Just like a lot of things they have become eclipsed by the Maple Custom line and the PHX but these drums are very good for anything and they always get a good sound.

Yes their tom mounts are awesome too making them flexible for set ups. Yamaha drums are the easiest to use for multi-setup gigs. One night you may use 12/14/22 and the next night 8/10/12/13/16/22 with the same hardware and a few clamps on extra cymbal stands. All the other companies have largely copied or tried to copy their approach. It's hard to get it right because Yamaha succeeded and makes their stuff truly user friendly.

Don't forget JR (John Robinson). I have a live recording of him with Rufus and Chaka Khan (Stompin' at the Savoy) from the early 80's. His Recording Custom kit sounded terrific!

The RC's were the only modern high end kit I ever considered buying to gig with during that era.

I played the reissue Recording Customs at Winter NAMM, and I have to say that RC's have "that" sound that I hear in my head, perhaps due to my penchant for Gadd. They sound "right" and speak easily.

Yamaha makes some of the best drums on the market, period.

I know before I got into Gadd I liked Weckl's sound on the old Elektric Band recordings. I figured out from ads that he played RC's. I liked his tom sound. Gadd came later after hearing him on a lot of albums I liked. I had his vhs video of Up Close and I hated his tom sound on that because of the Evans Hydraulics. I am sure that is why because I never cared for most of the 70's toms sounds. I always loved a double headed tom sound. Then I saw the vid for the Buddy Rich memorial in 89 with Gadd/Weckl/Colaiuta playing the rc drums. They are sweet drums and mine are cherry finish. They are scratched and still look good and look even better under lights.

I am interested to know what everones favorite heads are on their RC's and why. I am currently using Evans g2's on top and Remo clear ambassadors on bottoms. Kick has clear ps3 on batter and Evans EQ1 reso.