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This Yamaha Stage Custom birch drum shell pack with 22" x 17" kick drum is among the most affordable all-birch Yamaha drum shells ever! It is an incredible value due to the legendary tone of Yamaha's all-birch shells. These drum shells provide low fundamental and warm tones that have made Yamaha's birch drums a top choice of drummers for over 30 years.
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I saw this kit at guitar center in Houston. Once I sat behind it and heard these drums I was blown away by the sound quality. I have owned Tempus drums, Pearl MasterStudio drums, Gretsch Classic and DW Redwood Burl Drums, all of which are high dollar sets. I have to say that after tuning these Yamaha drums they sounded every bit as good as all of the above sets. I have played professionally and taught for many years and I have never seen such a quality made professionally sounding drumset for such a low price. The drums also sounded awsome with the stock heads, which I used for a couple of months. I have always changed the heads out immediately but these sounded so good as they came. I then put the evans heads on and they sounded even more amazing. I am very impressed with the Yamaha company for making such a quality set for such an affordable price.
most amazing drum set ever played. i bought this and all i needed to buy along with it was a snare stand throne and hi hat stand. if you have all that then your good to go. i got these in the mail and i didn't even have to tune the two rack tom. they sound beautiful out of the box. i most definitely recommend this for a professional, beginner, or and intermediate. for beginner i definitely recommend saving up for this. even if you have to wait for it, this drum set it very much worth it.
First, a disclaimer: this is the first drum kit I have ever owned. However, I have been around drums for close to 50 years. I checked out the sounds of various drum kits at the GC store in my area, and I listened to folks playing many different sets, including the Yamahas on internet videos. When I ordered the set, the 12" tom was on back order in the color I wanted. I waited almost two months for this set, rather than buy another set because I was convinced that the sound of this kit was exactly what I wanted. The Yamaha kit offers a crisp, clear sound. The kit comes with the heads of the 10" tom and the 14" snare already in place. They have a fantastic sound right out of the box -- no exaggeration! As I assembled the heads onto the 12" tom and 16" floor tom, I measured the tension on the snare and 10" tom heads with a Tama TW100 Tension Watch. Out of the box the snare and small tom had a head tension of 70 to 75. So, that is what I tuned the 12" tom and floor tom to. I tuned the bass drum to a tension of about 30 to 35. And, I placed a pillow inside the bass drum to dampen the sound. The snare came with a Yamaha dampening ring. I have purchased a set of Aquarian dampening rings for the rest of the set. The floor tom especially needs some dampening -- you get an overtone ring from it, as well as a slighter ring from the other toms. I think that the dampening rings (about $12 or so for the set) will do the trick. I bought the dark metallic blue color. They really look fabulous and sound awesome. I also bought noise reduction (isolation) head phones -- Vic Firth from GC -- and they work great as well. I am thoroughly enjoying my new Yamaha set. I highly recommend these, especially for those who want a really great set of drums at an affordable price. This purchase was PERFECT for me, and I look forward to enjoying my Yamaha Custom Birch kit for years to come.
