Re: What brand kit do you play and why?
DW maple. It started as a 4 piece bebop shell pack. I would have never guessed that I would pay for a DW kit. But several years back I walked into the local Guitar Center the day after Thanksgiving when they were having their "We'll pay the sales tax" sale. I walked into their drum room stack and packed with shell packs stacked everywhere. As I walked around looking and drooling thinking I would probably just spend about 1200 bucks on a yamaha shell pack, I turned the corner and found something that caught my eye. That DW bebop shell pack I'd seen and played before, but knew I couldn't afford. Then I spotted the price and asked the salesman "what's wrong with it?" He said "nothing's wrong with it other than it doesn't like the younger group want because it only has an 18" X 16" bass drum".
I said "but I've played it before and that little bass drum does NOT sound whimpy at all". To which the salesman agreed but said "a lot of his customer want a bass drum that looks bigger". So, I bought that 4 piece DW bebop set that listed for 3200 bucks, regularly sold for 2700 and they finally after a year of trying to sell it... sold it to me for 1495. And they paid the sales tax.
That's why I have that set. Although, I've almost doubled what I had into it when I ordered a matching 14"x5" maple snare and the 13"x16" tom. Oh well, even at that I still feel good about it. And not only do those drums look beautiful, but they sound awesome as well.
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