[jhilldrums]

Why Mapex? Just curious if you have one in mind, or you fell in love with one at the store?

I played a Mapex at a store as a test drive and found it to be pretty nice. But I prefer the Yamaha lines. Not a cheap intro set like the YD, but a stage custom where you still get decent wood (Mahogany and Falkata shells).

I went into a Tama phase when I was a kid, traded my Ludwig amber vistalite kit for a 5 pc Tama, got it home and within 2 weeks a tom arm snapped. The tom bounced off the bass and rolled to the floor. Piece of junk in my opinion.

Play the Mapex, look into where in the line it falls and go from there. Good luck with whatever you chose.