[Drums] Right, Mon, Pics of Your Kit.

[jo-bah]

Originally Posted by Dominion28

I remember when you got that snare, you spent aaagges drooling over it.

I know, but I quickly grew to hate it haha.

[djtoast]

Originally Posted by jo-bah

I'll never go back to steel shells again

i've never been wild about steel snares, admittedly i've only owned one and it was a fairly cheap one, but of those i've heard / played i've been kinda "meh."

brass can be kinda nice but maple/birch suit my tastes better even for rock music.

[jo-bah]

The Omar Hakim snare is mahogany, it's got a really nice sound from it and the fact it's that one inch shorter in diameter makes all the difference, pretty much the sound I've been wanting from a snare drum for ages. The emporer X skin on it makes all the difference, really can't wait to start recording with it in the next few weeks!

[LesMTS]

Originally Posted by djtoast

i've done a very bad thing.

bought a new drum kit, and haven't found a home for the old one yet.

oops

Sir, that's ludicrous.

[djtoast]

Originally Posted by LesMTS

Sir, that's ludicrous.

The left hand side has gone to visit my brother in law now, but I bought an electric kit since then so in total it's just as big still

next gig is with a jazz band, gonna have to take as little as possible, that genre seems to value talent over sheer quantity of equipment.

(uh-oh!)

[bugpowderdust]

I've not had much experience with mapex kits but any time I've played them I've always though the drums were 'ok' but the hardware really pissed me off.

I owned an Omar Hakim snare a while back. I picked it up rather cheap second hand from that shop out at kelvingrove. Couldn't ever get it sounding the way I wanted though so it ended up on ebay.

So there.

[djtoast]

The drummer in the clash tribute bnd we had in last week had a mapex kit and it looked and sounded lovely, but yeah, the hardware looked fiddly - to the extent that he actually gave up trying to get the third tom where he wanted it and just got rid of it altogether! Yamaha hardware doesn't delight me either (except for my BD pedal).

Premier and Pearl hardware am de best.

[Kenny Everett]

Ordered myself two new Premier stands today, I shall report back. That said, you can get minted Premier stands off ebay for £20 that blow much mroe expensive stands right out of the water.

[bugpowderdust]

Originally Posted by djtoast

Yamaha hardware doesn't delight me either

Yeah I'd agree with that. Except for pedal and stool my hardware is all Yamaha (dunno the series, but the decent double braced stuff) and I've got it set up perfectly for me, but I could see it being a problem for others. The tom mounts aren't as versatile as Pearl, although I prefer the YESS 'nodal' mounting system, and the boom bit of the cymbal stands get slightly gouged when tightened which isn't ideal if your setup changes often.

[Yorgo]

Just bought one of these,

[djtoast]

*squints*

is there a picture there somewhere?

[Yorgo]

Mapex Saturn in cherry fade if anyone cares.

I'm also going on the Mapex website in the next few weeks as one of their keyman artists, so i'll link you up when I know further.

Originally Posted by djtoast

*squints*

is there a picture there somewhere?

Aye its a bit big

heres a better one.



Im getting it in 24/12/16/18 and 14x7 snare

[Kirsten]

Babes, just leave it for a while after this one, eh?

Remember - Christmas (etc) is coming up!

[Dominion28]

Dunno bout Premier or Pearl hardware. It always seem just that little bit less flexible and clunky. Mapex stuff is ok, but never had much use with it.
I'm using Yamaha arms and stool, gibraltar rack, tom arms and hat stand and DW kick pedals, so really cant complain.
The gibraltar hats are a thing of beauty, but never had a reason to try out their stands.

[Kenny Everett]

It's six and half a dozen I think. The Pearl and Premier stuff gets my vote because it's solid and reliable. The best stuff they do does tend to be heavy and isn't eneryone's cup of tea but i think that if you get it then it's hardware for life