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I have owned some of their cheaper/mid-range lines (Force series, 2003, 3005, 3007, Essential Force), and sadly came to the conclusion that the hardware on the drums was just a bit too "weird" for my...

Couldn't stand Pearl back when I started playing drums in '92. Didn't care one bit for their tomholders, the name itself and just the overall look and feel of them. I was a die-hard Tama (and...

I think it's a tie between the kit I have now, a Pearl Masters BCX, bought new in 2015 and a Tama Starclassic Performer B/B kit I bought in 2008 and had up until 2012. Usually I've been having a...

Thought I'd chime in here, as I too have this thing called GAS, almost since I started out drumming (about 22 years ago), I'm soon to be 31. So, this is my list...

First kit: Tama Swingstar (from...

One more...
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Very nice Mapex kits, everyone :)
Here's some recent pics of my Saturn IV, Cherry Mist Rosewood Burl. Really loving this kit, sound and looks are excellent. I usually have my band logo reso heads...

Cool Granstar kit! Not my favorite finish, but it probably has it's audience... :)
I've been considering and thinking a lot lately, of selling my big Sonor kit and getting a Tama Starclassic Maple...

Had a black Rockstar doublebass kit which I bought new in 2004, sold it in 2006. Didn't gig with them at the time, just practiced with them. Great solid kit (mine had the Starcast mounts), sounded...

I can't really say what kit that sounded "best" out of the ones I've owned, in my opinion I'm pretty satisfied with most of the kits I've had so far. At the moment, I'm really digging my Mapex Saturn...

I think I've quit 3 bands during my time as a drummer, and some other bands have basicly dissolved themselves with "everyone" calling it quits at the same time. I'm proud to say I've never been...

I respect Lars for what he did back in the day (80's), he was sort of a visionary back then in starting up that whole new thrash genre (yes I know, other bands was also doing it, but Metallica was...

Deliverance, by Opeth. It was a one time only for the exam I had at the music studies I went to for a year, back in 2007. This was a live performance with audience though, but we were rated by...

Nice to see both of my kits are now in the same family :). Allthough it didn't come as a huge shock to me, Mapex has been making Sonor Force drums for quite a while, as said. They also share a lot of...

For me it's a lot of the pop-punk bands that came out in the 90's, as well as the nu-metal ones. Growing up in that time, I liked them for "bringing back" harder music to the top of the charts, but...

For me it would be either:

Premier Signia - always loved the way they look, even though it's a bit much hardware on the shells. They sound awesome, and especially after checking out the Opeth -...

You'll get yourself a very nice kit there! I have Saturn IV myself in the Cherry Mist Rosewood finish, very satisfied with them. I'm not too keen on that sparkle finish myself, but that's just...

Best experience is hard to tell, as I've usually had way better kits myself than the ones provided at a gig. It's a tossup of a nicely tuned Tama Superstar (newer type), a Premier Genista or a Yamaha...

Splash: 10" Meinl Byzance Brilliant
Hats: 15" Paiste 2oo2 Sound-Edge
Crash: 18" Paiste Rude Thin Crash
China: 20" Paiste 2oo2 Novo China
Ride: 22" Paiste 2oo2 Rock Bell Ride

I have the 16" Meinl Classics Custom Trash Crash and also two (10" and 12") Meinl Piccolo Trash (pictured in the first post). To me they are really cool effects, and I'm starting to like them more...

Paiste:
12" Signature Flanger Bell
14" Alpha Powerslave Boomer Hats
15" 2oo2 Sound-Edge Hats
17" Alpha Rock Crash
18" Rude Thin Crash
18" Rude Wild Crash
18" Rude China
19" 2oo2 Power Crash...

Not too many, but if I should take the known ones,, not the norwegian bands I'm sure nobody of you have heard of:

Testament
Opeth
Metallica
Dream Theater
Lamb Of God
Symphony X
Megadeth...

It's more the norm over here to share kits than not, so I've kinda gotten used to it. I prefer in most situations to use my own kit, if not I try to find out as much as possible before I get there...

I kinda mix it up a bit, on everything except the bassdrum I prefer to use Evans (either EC2 Clear/G1 Clear or Black Chrome/G1 Clear on the toms, and Power Center Rev. Dot/Hazy 300 or HD Dry/Hazy...

I've had a lot of different rides over the years, the one I've been using mainly since 2008 is a 22" Paiste 2oo2 Rock Bell Ride, discountinued model. It's almost uncrashable and has a bigger bell, so...

I kinda got the feeling of losing the fun of drumming myself, and that was the year I studied music after college, at a higher grade school (kinda hard to explain, as the norwegian school system...