No idea............but they look great.
No idea............but they look great.
Those look amazing! Pricing?
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Me too! not familar..but they are sharp looking..almost sterile..I see triggered lighting for effects in those babies...you will stand out thats for sure.
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Ive been seeing these kits on the bay and the prices are very reasonable. Crush is made up of a bunch of guys who left Ddrum because they were unsatisfied with Ddrums quality so I can only assume these drums are top knotch.
Good luck. I think Crush is a fairly new custom drum company, and with acrylic kits being less than common to begin with, you might be hard pressed to find anyone who has had experience with them.
Those are really sharp looking and unlike some custom drum companies, Crush's don't seem to be over the top.
If the price is right for you, and the hardware and shells check out, go for it. My only hesitation would be with it being such a new company. I know many products go through lots of change and development in their infacy as kinks are worked out.
ETA - I see the kit(s) on eBay. The price looks very decent. I personally wouldn't buy them without getting to at least see them in person, but you won't find new acrylic drums for less.
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i read a review of a maple Crush kit in Drum magazine,
they raved about them
The kit in the picture is on E-bay for $1450.00 very reasonable in my opinion. I've got a birthday coming up and the wife asked me what I wanted last night, I may point her in this direction.
Just a thought, but let's break this down for a second. To my knowledge there are only 2 companies that make acrylic drum shells and RCI is the main one that I see when I look them up online, so essentially what you get when you buy Crush acrylic drums are something that was pretty much just assembled by them. They may do the edges and drilling too, but with the right tooling just about anyone could do that.
If I ever really feel like I "need" a Vistalite or other acrylic kit, I will probably just buy the hardware (Ludwig clone hardware can be had if you really want it to look like a Vistalite) and build it myself.
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I thought that same exact thing and when I priced it out, it was the same if not more in price. I also dont have the time or technical skill to do it. These kits look to be of good quality, and if I were to every play out I would highly consider investing in them (c'mon clear drums look so good on stage).
Everything always costs less when you buy directly from the source, and the only way to get the reduction is to buy in bulk. A drum company like Crush makes their profit in the margin between what they pay, and what it would cost someone like you or me to put it together from parts, which is pretty much what they are going to charge. The difference is that when you do it yourself, you get to completely pick all aspects of the kit - lugs, sizes, etc.
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I've been following the Ludwig Vistalite Bonham kits on E-bay for the past few months. They are still priced at $2500.00 minimum. So this kit at $1450.00 is looking good. I just did a search on you tube a watched a couple videos of them, they sound nice.
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Good look and price from what I hear. However, I would concern myself more with how they hold up. If something seems too good to be true it probably is- RCI doing the shells for Crush seems unlikely if they are sold at this low of a price. A genuine RCI starlite kick is no cheap item, the shell alone for a 22x18 is around $300usd before any modifications are done to it such as drilling/edge profiles. I consider starlites the keller grade of the acrylic world, and Ddrum's old acrylic offerings weren't that great in my opinion, as Ddrum has a reputation for iffy quality control in the past. They may be on the rise, but I think it will take some extensive field testing before you can label them as reliable as their competitors from brands like Tama and Ludwig.
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Precision Drum Company offers acrylic kits, no? I would check into them for pricing. I'm sure that they could come very close to the Visualites.
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I read an article that said that any and all acrylic drum shells are made by one of two companies these days, and there may only be one company still in business - either Gold-N-Times, or RCI.
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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVwGJUlh7x4"]Chris Carbonaro - Crush Acrylic Drum Kit Solo - YouTube[/ame]
Wow they sound pretty good! A bit of studio magic though I imagine?
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Crush only has clear kits currently. I've read good things in general about everything except for their hardware occasionally not standing up. I was actually thinking about purchasing that kit even though I do have a set of vistalites for comparison.
Very affordable prices, at least half a grand less than typical vistalite prices I've seen.
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