Best Custom Drum Company

gyutae · #1 (**permalink**) 07-18-2006, 01:48 PM

There are a lot of custom drum companies out there, companies that will make drums and drum sets according to your specifications. Some of the more well-known custom drum companies are Pork Pie, Phattie, Spaun, Orange County, Epiarch, Trick, and Chop Shop. Does anyone here have any experience with those companies or other custom drums?

robbiemel169 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-01-2006, 04:09 PM

i love my DW custom
they did a good job on paint (air brush)
on tone i wanted
and sizes i wanted

they are what i wanted
i love there work a sound

check the sound of them
www.octobersun.org

lata
robbie

malletjazz · #3 (**permalink**) 08-01-2006, 04:30 PM

I've had very good experiences with the following companies and their drums:

Global Drum Company - segment shells and drums
Joshua Tree Percussion - stave shells and drums
Tempus Drums - fibreglass and carbon fibre shells and drums
Exotic Drums (web site currently down) - stave snare drums and snare drum shells

drummaryan · #4 (**permalink**) 04-08-2010, 02:43 AM

I would go with Pork Pie, they are the most durable and best sounding that I have used. They sound like gretsch and DW had a baby, and that baby got married and had another baby with ludwig, that's what Pork Pie sounds like. If you like thise companies, then you'll like Pork Pie. Plus there customer service is the nicest ever. I have played SJC, Truth, OCDP, Gretsch, Ludwig, DW, and C&C drums, and Yamaha drums, and I always go back to Pork Pie. They just have the best tunong range, there good tuned low or tight!!!!

**Tainojim** · #5 (**permalink**) 04-09-2010, 02:47 PM

Gretsch Custom Drums have been loyal to me.

Even though I let others play them.

Cymbals & Snares · #6 (**permalink**) 04-16-2010, 09:31 AM

I'm really up in the air about "custom" or boutique drum companies. Yes indeed they will make kits to your specs. But do some research it seems to me about 95% of the companies use the same basic materials. Keller shells, hardware from several distributors. Some are clearly just drum assemblers. Not that's an easy thing. But if your looking for a truly custom made kit, your gonna need to do your homework. Make sure the company is financially viable. Find out to they use keller shells and stock hardware. or do they make there own shells. Alot of bigger name companies now have "custom" lines of drums built to your specifications. I am a big fan of supporting the up and comming companies, Just make sure they are what they say they are. My Freind put a deposit down on a "custom" kit from a boutique drum company. He recieved his snare which was absolutely horrible. The finish has drips down the side of the snare and 2 of the lugs nuts were literally crooked. How this pass inspection was beyond me. He requested his money back and was refused " claiming it was non-refundable" and they had three quarters of his kit finished. This after 7 months. Eventually his phone calls stopped being returned, just getting an answering machine and them the dreaded " this nuber has been disconnected" He got beat for $1700.00 he doesn't even have his sub par snare drum because he sent it back to get refinished. So Just treat carefully. Go with one of the more established boutique companies. If your heart is set on a brand new or little known company just do your homework first. I mean everyone started out small at one time. Just make sure they are a viable drum company. T