Saw this on another forum that is geared more towards vintage drums, thought it would be interesting to see what everyone here thinks. So if you had to pick one brand of drums (has to include snares) and one brand of cymbals and stick with those brands for the rest of your life, what would they be? You could change kits (say move from Maple Absolutes with a Steve Gadd Signature snare to PHX with an Akira JImbo snare in Yamaha, and from A's to K's in Zildjian) but had to stick with those brands what would it be?

As you can guess from above I think my brands would be Yamaha and Zildjian. I have been so impressed with the build quality of my Stage Custom even though it is a lower end kit. My instructor also has a Maple Hybrid Absolute that I just love. He has a Gretsch USA Custom that he prefers over it, but the Yammies just sound better to me.

So what would you guys pick?