Well I have a thread for my PDP kit so thought I'd make an official thread for my Yamaha Maple Custom kit known as the "Maple Monster". When I first built it I was a HUGE Mike Portnoy / Dream Theater fan hence the name.


I decided this weekend I wanted to reset up the kit. It was 2 up and 2 down left and right.. but I wanted to go back to 3 up. The only issue was I wanted the toms flatter like my PDP kit but these toms are so much deeper it just wasn't happening. So tried out a new setup with moving the toms out of order and I must say I actually love it so far!

First remove all the toms
Then moved rack a little bit but started off fresh


How sexy is this?!


Then started adding the toms