Yamaha Drums discussion

[Russ]

sweet kit man

[Exotic Matter]

haha, thanks. I used to adore the crap out of that kit. I still play it but I haven't given her a good wax and buff in probably ten years. hmmm... come to think of it I should probably do that. That chrome wrap shows EVERYTHING! It's also extremely soft and easy to dent.

[canada180]

I know they are lower level kits but what can you boys tell me about the Yd series. Mahogany I think they are.

A chap here is selling some in nice shape for 200.

I'm jsur startin out and wanna upgrade a little from a Dixon I bought originally for my son

[Russ]

are they Rydeen's? almost got one at a shop one time, but passed it up for a sonor 2005. i dont know much about em but mahogany is a pretty cool wood.

[canada180]

Not sure but I think the YD was a predecessor to the Rydeen

info I gatherered leads one to belive the YD may have been better than Rydeen

[kaosotis]

Anyone have any thoughts on the Musashi 6x13? As of right now I have the Tour Custom snare that came with the kit sounding good, but still not in love with the sound. Considering a 6x13, and the Musashi (along with Artwood and BP) is on my list.

[scorch whammin]

Haven't posted here in a while...been busy slowly building my 2nd hexrack...this one for one of my acoustic kit(s)....pictured here is my progress thus far....MCAN in ASF

[Russ]

Anyone have any thoughts on the Musashi 6x13? As of right now I have the Tour Custom snare that came with the kit sounding good, but still not in love with the sound. Considering a 6x13, and the Musashi (along with Artwood and BP) is on my list.

i used to own this snare, lemme just say it had a satisfying loud and bright tone to it.. if you are looking for something that will be heard over most everything else in your band, this may be for you i think. just be prepared for it's true awesomeness!

[BallywalterBeats]

Hey Yamaha lovers, I come in peace.

I been asked to price up a semi-pro level kit for my church and have got a couple of good offers, one of which being a Yamaha Maple Custom 4 piece. Good kit? Long lasting? Any helpful words welcome...

Cheers,

BWB

[scorch whammin]

Hey Yamaha lovers, I come in peace.

I been asked to price up a semi-pro level kit for my church and have got a couple of good offers, one of which being a Yamaha Maple Custom 4 piece. Good kit? Long lasting? Any helpful words welcome...

Cheers,

BWB

Maple Custom is a top level kit...very good sounding and built to last...

[BallywalterBeats]

Nice, thanks scorch!

[oakforestmx]

Black yamaha DP series 5 piece with natural stage custom snare. Heads are the aquarian pinstripes and evans dry snare batter. Set is lower end but sounds great.

[Ralph Knapp]

I'm a Yamaha devotee myelf my kit is the Maple Custom absolute 5 piece. The rack tom is 12X10 , 14X14 and 16X16 floors, 22X16 bass. The rack is on a separate stand not on the bass. Owing to money the kit was put together over a ten year period so the rack and the Bass are the old absolutes in plum maple. The floors are the newer models that now come with the cast hoops (does Yamaha still make Dyna hoops?). They're the antique black that come from the factory looking like dung brown but cook out to an awsome matte black that really shows the wood grain. I special ordered them with the old absolute lugs so they match the older drums. What I like about this kit is that you don't have to pound the hell out of it to get that good boom. For now everything is Evans clear two ply batters, genera resonants. What I don't like about Yamaha is they are one of the most expensive brands going.


Ralph

[scorch whammin]

I'm a Yamaha devotee myelf my kit is the Maple Custom absolute 5 piece. The rack tom is 12X10 , 14X14 and 16X16 floors, 22X16 bass. The rack is on a separate stand not on the bass. Owing to money the kit was put together over a ten year period so the rack and the Bass are the old absolutes in plum maple. The floors are the newer models that now come with the cast hoops (does Yamaha still make Dyna hoops?). They're the antique black that come from the factory looking like dung brown but cook out to an awsome matte black that really shows the wood grain. I special ordered them with the old absolute lugs so they match the older drums. What I like about this kit is that you don't have to pound the hell out of it to get that good boom. For now everything is Evans clear two ply batters, genera resonants. What I don't like about Yamaha is they are one of the most expensive brands going.


Ralph

Yes...Yamaha still make the dyna hoops...and I'd have to respectfully disagree with you on the price issue....if you compare Yamaha's top of the line kits with other brands top kits..I think you'd see that all of them are pretty close price-wise to one another.......BTW..got any pics of your kit...if so post them so we can see

[ratmycue]

yeh lets see em knappy

Just gotta say the floor at my fave drum shop in the city is level!!

I had drool coming out both sides of my mouth when I tapped on the new phoenix set, man it has a heavy discount too, 5 peice kit,2 up 2 down, glorious finish all for $6600.00 plus taxes. man its a beaut.
thinking of sellin the bike and a trade on the ekit would pretty much land me this baby!!! yikes. [and maybe a split with the woman]

[Drummer95]

I have found a Yamaha Stage Custom 5 peice drum kit for $400. This drum kit is in almost mint condition with 2 sets of spare skins and some sticks. I was wondering if this would be a good buy and what the quality of the drums are.....If anyone can help that woould be great.

Cheers
D95...

[kaosotis]

I recently bought a new Tour Custom set, Maple but probably similar hardware. I can say they are great drums. The lightweight rims and hardware made me a little nervous after having really heavy duty Tama's for a long time.

The Tour Customs have a really nice pure tone, are easy to tune, etc... If they are any indication, then $400 for all birch Stage Customs is definitely worth it.

Good luck and post pics if you get them.

[Bish]

I have found a Yamaha Stage Custom 5 peice drum kit for $400. This drum kit is in almost mint condition with 2 sets of spare skins and some sticks. I was wondering if this would be a good buy and what the quality of the drums are.....If anyone can help that woould be great.

Cheers
D95...

Definitely a good deal if they are in good condition. New they are about $600.

I recently bought a new Tour Custom set, Maple but probably similar hardware. I can say they are great drums. The lightweight rims and hardware made me a little nervous after having really heavy duty Tama's for a long time.

The Tour Customs have a really nice pure tone, are easy to tune, etc... If they are any indication, then $400 for all birch Stage Customs is definitely worth it.

Good luck and post pics if you get them.

+1. Kaos is right on with this.

[scorch whammin]

yeh lets see em knappy

Just gotta say the floor at my fave drum shop in the city is level!!

I had drool coming out both sides of my mouth when I tapped on the new phoenix set, man it has a heavy discount too, 5 peice kit,2 up 2 down, glorious finish all for $6600.00 plus taxes. man its a beaut.
thinking of sellin the bike and a trade on the ekit would pretty much land me this baby!!! yikes. [and maybe a split with the woman]

Yea...the PHX kits are the bomb!...and I would love to get one...and one day I probably will..but I would probably have to sell something (i.e., one of my other kits) to get it..:(...and I'm just not ready to do that just yet!

[TxDrummer]

New to the site and also I've owned a Yamaha Stage Custom kit now for 12 years now and even though they are "intro line" I love the sound I get from this kit. I've made several recordings with them and the engineers have always love the kit. About to buy a new kit and in a decision to buy either Maple Customs or a DW kit. In a toss up for now. As far as the hardware goes, by far the best hardware I've had on any kit. This is my 4th kit. I currently own three kits now. My first Ludwig kit made back in 77 and a Remo kit. I play my Yamaha kit more then the other two.

[TxDrummer]

Well last night I ran into a great deal and ended up doubling up my kit.
Posted the pics on the forum Show Us your Drums! Post 6153
Here's a quick image
Toms are 10, 12, 13
Floor 14 and 16
22 and 20 Kicks
Normally I do not play big huge drum kits, but have always wanted to have one to play around with.
The great thing about having all these toms is the possibility of all the different type of setups I can have now.
1. Great small jazz kit
2. 3 Piece big Tom Power Kit
3. 4 Piece Bonham Kit
4. Standard Rock kit
5. Big *** Moon Monster kit

David

[Christiandrummer777]

man i envy you with that kit. its very nice... dang man that must have been a great deal. great kit.

[drumhedd]

I just ordered one of these..same finish and config (10, 12, 16, 17x22, 5.5x14)
With 7oo series hardware. It came with a free 2 legged hex rack system!!
Under 1k!!!

Pix next week! Any head recommendations. It's my first go at birch shells.
Looking for a more open, but deep tone.

[scorch whammin]

Don't know if these pics showed up earlier (as I pasted them from another forum site and sometimes they don't show when you do that)...so I thought I would show again (but using drum chat pics)

I've been busy slowly building my 2nd hexrack...this one for one of my acoustic kit(s)....pictured here is my progress thus far....MCAN in ASF

[Andreeew]

beautiful. What does that sub kick do?