Hi. Fantastic demo. Well done. Are you happy still with the 307. It seems like people complain about the hi-hat tracking. I bought the 307 today. Hope it was the right choice. Thanks. 🥁
The double turret rim mounting PDP has designed looks even better than DWs, hard to believe a budget line that rivals the flagship brand. The natural finish highlights all the chrome on each drum and is the only finish to choose. Install decent heads and they sound twice as good. The only drawbacks are short floor toms and long bass drums.
My kit is poplar and I don't know why critics put it down. Sounds no difference than any other wood. BTW I came across a tulip poplar tree and can't believe how BIG it was. Ironically, right next to it was a giant oak. Both trees have the same rough bark. I can tell it's a tulip poplar because of it's leaves.
i also have a poplar kit, very little difference from birch kit but huge difference from maple and mahogany....the thing is that raw poplar wood doesn't have a pure tone when hit as opposed to most others like maple, mahogany and basswood that has a warm pure tone so that's why critics rank it so low.
I just checked the hi hat stand, nice and not heavy at all. It has all the right features: 6 sided rod, tilting system, leg adjustment and spring adjustment. Good!
loss or tension of the head: do not affect the pitch of the sound played. Tuning, in my experience, will only serve two purposes: adjusting the bounce (feel/responsiveness), and helping triggers accurately register. they do not affect the pitch of the sound you are playing With mesh heads you tighten or loosen them according to what feels good while you're playing.(too little tension on the head causes loss of sensitivity and mistriggering, and may enhance the hot spot problem with certain types of trigger placement (such as center mounted triggers.too much tension on the head also can causes triggering problems (loss of dynamic range and unintended double triggering are examples) and makes the drum feel off - it's like playing against a brick wall; the head has no give. )
If you dont want to be noise while playing drum, please playing with your pillow. There is no such a fun playing drum without noise. Drumming = the state of art of noises
I never owned a Mapex, but I got to say for the money, Mapex gives you a good amount of features and quality for their price. Along their whole line. Underrated drums in my opinion, and I've played and have been around drums for 30 years.
That's nice. It's sad that they were discontinued. Such a good midline drum kit good for smaller gigs. I would like to hear how it sounds compared to Tama, PDP and Mapex from your thumbnail image. 🙂
