| I'll put my 2 cents in here. By the way it's my first post and HELLO ALL!!! Ok first off, no other company comes close to the customer service delivered by Mapex. Does DW offer a lifetime warranty on their shells??? Nope 3 years. How about Tama?? ( I own a Tama right now) Nope 3 years. I knew a guy who had backed over his bass drum and Mapex sent him a new one overnight no questions asked!! (of course he had contacted the Mapex dealer he had purchased them from first) Now, I see someone had put down the Pro M series and they mentioned Birch. The Pro M does not come in Birch, it is 100% Maple, the M series comes in Birch. They also are offering 6 for 5 or 7 for 6 specials in the M series line. In the Pro M line, certain sets are eligible for a free Black Panther snare and other Pro M's are eligible for free Mapex drum bags. Now I'm not trying to come off as saying Mapex is the best there is nor am I trying to get anyone angry here, I'm stating facts. I have recently moved from Mapex to Tama due to a disagreement with the local Mapex dealer. (basically they were giving me a raw deal on alot of the accessories I was buying, even after I had purchased 5 drum sets from them in 1 year) For those of you who love their Sonor's, welcome to Mapex!! They solely own Sonor now. They also make some lines of Pearl, Tama, Ludwig as well as other lines. That does not mean they make the upper lines for those mentioned companies. They do not. Mapex is KHS industries. Which happens to be the worlds largest manufacturer of musical instruments. The Pro M would have been a HUGE move upward from the Rockstars. I own a Tama StarClassic and I'm not as happy with it as I was my Mapex's but what can you do???? Mapex, by far, out does anyone on warranty and customer service bar none. As soon as I find another Mapex dealer within 100 miles from me, I'll be back behind a Mapex. The Tama set you bought is a very nice set as well ..... Congratulations!! Play it in good health and take care.  |