mapex makes good kits for every level of player. the orions sound beautiful.
mapex makes good kits for every level of player. the orions sound beautiful.
Good to hear. I am interested in getting this one here:
http://drummersparadise.com.au/index...ils&content=14
Let me know what you guys think. To give you some perspective I currently have a Dixon Kit (although not the crappy Tempo). It was agift, so I wasn't a part of the purchase process and so I know very little about it as a result, so try to ask anything to specific. It did cost about as much as this particualr Mapex kit though, but it's only a standard 5 piece.
"What consumes your mind, controls your life" - So, what consumes your mind?
a nice sounding intermediate kit. however i think the gretsch catalina birch is a better sounding kit for a bit less cash. again i think it is the best sounding kit in its range.
Crazy,
That is almost the same kit I have been checking into, except the one I'm looking at (the fusion set) has a 16" floor tom as well and a black panther snare (a second one). It is the same price $1299 at musicians friend. Actually, at music123.com, they had that set discounted down to $980 at checkout. The only thing is that the only color it is in is the tobacco fade, and I'm gunning for the red.
John Hopper
www.myspace.com/jahopper
It's 3 in the morning, but who can sleep after the jam session I just had?
I got my Mapex M 6-piece a couple of months ago, and I LOVE IT! Everytime I walk through the door from work, I have to go touch it. The honey amber color is just gorgeous.
It's true that the Gretsch comes in at a slightly better price, but with Mapex you get the free tom, all the hardware, and even a throne. With Gretsch, it's just a shell pack. Now me, I needed all the hardware, so the choice was simple. (And now the question remains: Who REALLY has the better price, since the difference in costs more than covered the very solid hardware I got.)
I got my kit from these guys:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MAPEX-M-BIRCH-6-...QQcmdZViewItem
I called them up, asked them if the 669 (it was 669 at the time, though the opening bid on the link I included now says 699) was just an opening bid or if they would sell it to me for that. He told me he'd sell it to me for 699, so I gave him my credit card, and not more than a week later it was at my front door. He's an official Mapex dealer and so had it shipped directly from the Mapex factory in Tennessee.
Now the bad news: The drums are so frickin' nice, that I had to go get some equally nice cymbals to go with them. So I've spent another 350 for a couple of Zildjian K crashes, and now I'm looking for an A Custom medium ride. Oh, well: Money isn't worth anything unless you spend it, right?!
So to sum up: I wouldn't trade my Mapex for anything. My good buddy, who has recorded professionally in a studio a time or two in the past, told me that with a little fiddling with tuning and such, that my drum set is STUDIO QUALITY.
Good luck to you!
Last edited by sholmes2112; 04-22-2007 at 02:12 AM.
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