I have a set of custom shells of Birch/ Mahogany with Bubinga outer layer. Absolutely love these shells. Nordic is an absolutely great company, highly recommend!!!
Great video and and Nordic seems to be a great contender for the shell market. The fact that they are innovating and adding options adds to their appeal. Love to see the snare kits as they come out! Heading to their website now.
Thanks mike for another great video, i believe nordic is producing state of the art shells for many manufacturers, be interesting to know who they are.Have always thought most were using keller.Very excited to hear nordic is offering maple/gum shells as well as up and coming made in japan style shells.Drum kits have become so expensive,i think ill check out what the cost would be to configure a custom kit from them choosing my favorite hardware and finishing them myself.i think thats the way to go these days as long as the top manufacturers continue to over charge for there products.!!!!
Honestly, I don't believe top manufacturers are over charging, and once you price out building a kit with shells, hardware, heads, and all the other parts that go into, you'll see it's just an expensive endeavor. I like building custom because, I can design anything I want, the exact way I want, but companies aren't building these kits for $100 and then charging $5,000. The top of the line kits are expensive to built, aside form the cost of well trained craftsman making them.
I think it’s a very minimal piece of the overall sound, but it’s interesting because I think a lot of heavier style drummers want thicker shells, but in actually they may want thinner shells in order to have an easier time tuning lower. A good drum has a huge tuning range, but a thinner shell probably has an easier time getting lower or having the shell vibration being complimentary to a lower tuning. Just my opinion.
I wish they just continued to release non drilled kicks tbh. this crap sticking out of the kick looks so cheap and annoying. had to go with catalina club rock instead of renown for that reason alone
I can’t say I think it looks cheap, Yamaha recording customs have them, and they don’t look cheap, vintage kits have them, and they don’t look cheap. I think it’s just personally preference.
@@malonedrum sure, its a taste thing. I'm in the market for a 24/16/13 set, huge kicks look ugly drilled to me. actually having second thoughts now as a renown clearly sounds better in this video, more bloom, mids and that vintage mojo overall. and I really like the oyster wrap
They were in almost unplayable shape (bearing edges) and were destined for the trash. Tenors are super loud, and take up space, so I'd rather have pads.
Thank you for this video. I've been eyeballing Nordic for a while now, and seeing how passionate these guys are about drum shells is a breath of fresh air.
I don't want to be rude but I'm quite disappointed with Nordic shells quality control: I ordered a 6" shell last year. Shell was porous with encrusted dark dust that even with sanding, wouldn't had come off: I would have destroyed outer ply. 2. Shell MASSIVELY oversized: could bearly fit the drumheads on it and the hoop nearly fit. Even more ridiculous: the lugs were so off : tension rods nearly didn't want to screw since they were so angled.. Smh Don't give me: oh but 6" are rare and they made you a favor doing it. Ffs: did they even test fit it?!? Suuuper disappointed. Sad cause they offer aaaaaa lot more interesting options than Keller but.. Keller are by far a safer choice. I orderded several keller shells: one small detail was off but I was quite satisfied!
I'm sorry to hear you had that experience. I've worked with Nordic a number of times and not had the same experience at all. I'm not sure if you bought just a shell, or had an entire drum built from Nordic, but it sounds like maybe other variables in your drum could also have played a part. As far as the dark spot on the shell, it's important to remember wood is a natural product, so there is variation from drum to drum, especially with certain species. I'd imagine if you reach out to them, they'd love to help you out or investigate the size of your shell and why it didn't work with your heads or hoops.
I wish there was a company like this closer to me, like in the same country ! Not sure if there are any Canadian companies that make drum shells, I've never heard of one.
There would be too much surface area of the shell in contact with the drum head, so much so that the drum head would barely vibrate (if at all). The bearing edge is needed in order to actually get sound out of the drum.
What a great informative vid! Glad to see the pressing machines from my country making these work of art for lots of drummers! Amazing company and amazing video! Keep up the good work love from Taiwan 🇹🇼 ❤
Hey Mike I've been watching your videos for a while now. Great work as usual. Me and my younger both play drums. I'm all about the kit. He plays both kit and marching. We couldn't be anymore different style wise. Lol. I would love to see you and RDAVIDR do a colab drum project.
