[tfondrums]

Well, regarding DW, I must say this. When I sold my Gretsch birch kit, I picked up a PDP fusion maple kit for next to nothing. It was the last kit that my dealer had of that series and therefore, I bought it until I could figure out what I really wanted. On the down side, the factory PDP heads are the worst I've ever seen. I replaced both heads on every drum with Evans heads. On the up side, they now sound very good and the finish looks great. Upon close inspection of this kit, I find some very good engineering like a 10 lug 22 inch bass drum. Even my 10 inch rack tom has 6 lugs and the snare is also a 10 lug machine with a great sound to it. So, I must give DW large credit for their design and engineering, even at a ridiculously low price which the entire PDP line is.