Originally Posted by
rickthedrummer
I've noticed in the last couple of years, that a lot of topics are about the wood that sets are made of.
The set I have is a set of Ludwigs that I bought in '72 and are made out of mohogany. I have a wide tuning range, from very high and bouncy to very deep. Most of the tunings that I've messed with were all done with Ambassadors and Diplomats.
The last couple of months I've messed with different brands, Evans and Aquarian. What I've found, is that with some tuning, I can get pretty much the same sound from the Ambassadors and Diplomats that I got from the Evans and Aquarians.
Point being, given how acoustics affect drums, I doubt that if you took different sets made of different woods, and put the same heads on them, and did a blind test, there would be very few if any, that could truly tell them apart.
On a couple of my videos, I've had a couple of people remark that they like the sound of my toms.
Now my basic set is mohogany. I added 2 toms that are acrylic, 1 tom (a Accent) made out of whatever wood, another tom that, outside of being Ludwig, I'm not sure what it is, and a 16x16 cheap no-name floor tom I picked up for $40 brand new, and with a little tuning, I can blend all the toms to fit with the mohogany set, and I doubt if anybody who didn't know which was which, could tell the difference.
If you are out and hear a set of drums that you like the sound of, and someone tells you they are made of birch, mohogany, maple, whatever, buy them.
Drums are loud, that's a given, I can soften the sound of my drums by, obviously, playing softer, and harder by playing harder. I have friends of mine that are drummers, most with 30+ years of playing behind them, and they can't tell the difference unless they actually get close and see the drums in person.
If you like the sound of a set of drums that happen to be made from mahogany, and you were sure you wanted maple, buy the mohogany ones, in the long run, you will probably be happier, and if you know how to tune, you can get just about any sound you want.
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