Rob, I have nothing to say regarding this video other than I love your videos. Your video on developing better time by counting the subdivisions was a game changer for me. Thanks!
For some personal issues, I just sold my custom handmade high quality drums. It was sounding good but not greater than the Yam Maple custom or Tama Starclassic that I previously owned. Now I'm back playing on my very first kit ever owned, a Yam stage custom from 84. To my surprise, I must have forgotten (or deliberately forgotten) how good it was sounding compared to much more expensive/nice looking kit I had to chance to play on. TBH, as a rock drummer playing mainly occidental music, considering that we play 80% of the time on the snare and bass-drum, I start to wonder if it is really worth spending this amount of money on some 2k, 3k high end drums rather than saving them for cymbals and snares. With a bit of experimenting my stage custom seem very versatile and pleasant. I understand ofc the "pleasure" part in buying himself a beautiful drum-kit. That feeling is maybe coming from the fact that I did not play enough different drum sets in my career. I'll ping facebook.com/SoundsLikeADrum/ on this one as they taught me a lot on this topic.
@@drumcenternhhey there DCP, i want to come to your shop in portsmouth but i live in kentucky, nearly 8 hours away, and im 12 so i cant drive myself, oof. ive watched the ludwig vs. imperialstar video about 4 times over along with this one!
I own the new Stage Custom Birch kit with the 20" kick and for the price there is no better kit on the market! I added a 16" Floor tom and also purchased the 14" x 6" steel snare. The snare that comes with the kit is amazing, unlike most 8 lug snares these are 10 and it makes a world of difference. This video is great and really shows how little of a difference in sound these kits have. When a $650.00 kit sounds close to other kits in this test it really makes you think...
Thanks for putting the effort to make this video. As a 1980s Recording Custom owner, I think the Stage Customs are phenomenal value. What you save on the shells, you can put towards quality cymbals. Today's beginner drummers are so spoiled for choice.
Birch is such an underrated wood for drumming. The recording custom's bass drum sounded thunderous!!! However overall if I had my choice it would be the hybrid maple. It sounded the most balanced out of all the kits in my opinion. All are great kits.
I agree! I have the Yamaha AHM drums and they sound great, really! I bought a 10, 12, 16 and 22 shell pack and added a 14 FT and 20 BD, as well, all in vintage, natural finish and they sound and look great. The drums are also receptive to various head changes! You can’t go wrong with any oth these drums, really. It’s what appeals to you or what’s in your range, really.
Bottom line: Yamaha just makes a phenomenal line of kits! Thanks for putting all the energy into making this high quality video; great recording and nice playing guys!
as weird as it may sound the Toms on the Stage custom were my favorite out of all the rest. I guess that's what makes drumming so great that everyone has their own unique sound they like
Thank you for taking the time to do such in-depth, high-quality demos like this one, dudes! It is a generous and helpful service you guys are providing.
@@BACrites Hey! I’m about to get a new drum kit, I need something for gigging, but also with good response on low volume situations (orchestra, jazz giggs, etc) The question is, tour custom or stage custom? In your experience, it worth the diference of price?
I DID NOT expect the sound of the SC kit, damn ! For $650.00 ?? That’s a lot of quality sound for entry level price. Much better than entry set from Pearl I once had and Tama too IMO. Thank you so much for the hard work to make this. Excellent video !
Randy Porter Another thing I’d add is that Yamaha stands & kick pedals are the absolute tops. They’re pricey, but even the entry level stands I got with that Stage series kit was as good, or better, than the upper line hardware I’ve used from other makers (Gibraltar comes to mind).
I don’t know if it’s just this video or if my ears are deceiving me but that Stage Custom kit sounded the best of all of them (followed by the PHX). They all sounded great but that kit really blew me away. Maybe hearing the kits live in a room might tell a different story, but on this recording it sounded incredible.
I agree with you guys except my 2nd would be Hybrid. Once our sound hits the mics, we're at the mercy of the guy turning the knobs! My Stage Customs are from '95 and still sound great!
As a former Yamaha endorser, I’ve owned and played both Tour Customs and Live Customs (also, Rock Tours and Club Customs-I’ve owned six Yamaha kits). My faves are the Live Customs, but I agree with you about the price/quality argument for the Stage Customs. Great drums.
these guys have the best drum sounds period. you can hear the flawless attention to tuning & head selection. the really make those kits sing...and the Sabian HH Legacy (I think) are gorgeous sounding cymbals, truly a match made in drummer's heaven...my recipe for a professional drum recording session.
The best comparison video ive ever seen, period. Guys, you have excelled yourselves, take a bow. I've never understood why manufacturers don't do this themselves rather than relying on retailers, but that's another story. You have totally sold the benefits and sound qualities of each kit in the range in a way that truly translates through to my living room. Personally, I'm loving those recording customs. Takes me back to when I started in the 80's. Seriously considering it following this video (Gadd black of course!)
Fantastic video guys! I bought my first Yamaha Recording Custom drumset in 1989 (and still own it). Yamaha drums set the high water mark for me on professional equipment! There are many phenomenal sounding and performing drums made today... but to me- Yamaha is always the brand I compare things to. And they will always be very dear to me, as I’ve essentially grown up with them! Thanks DCP!!!!!
Holly heck, theyre all fantastic. Ive once played a maple hybrid, it just blew me away. They sounded so pristine like they were already mixed and mastered. Amasing
Shane and Co - thanks for these videos. You are an incredible asset to the drumming community. There is really no substitute for these sort of side-by-side comparos when you are trying judge differences in relatively similar items. As you guys know recording conditions, head selection, room, tuning, and even the technique of the drummer all make such a huge difference in how a set sounds. So when you have an opportunity to take all these variables out and really try to show drums in same vs. same conditions, you get a lot more useful information. I also like the expert commentary from Shane - he's one of the best. I have bought a lot of things from him over the years because I appreciate his insights and accurate commentary. It's very hard to make it as an independent in this business and the reason Shane is successful is that he offers a lot of value add. Regarding Yamaha drums - I have often said the same things about the build quality and consistency of their product - I have a lot of their sets (Phoenix X 2, recording custom, maple custom, oak custom, Washi birch) but also sets by every other major builder (DW, Tama, Pearl, Gretsch, Sonor) and also many more esoteric ones (Craviotto, Noble & Cooley, Dunnett, Ocheltree,, Rocket, trick, etc.) and nobody made a BETTER drum than the Japanese-era Yamahas. I mean "better" in terms of consistency and build quality. Two things I was left wondering about: -what were the mic's used and the post processing? My suggestion here is that you put an overview of what you did into the text description of the video or have a pointer to a video that says "how we record drums " if you do that the same way every time. Note: you did a video where you went through mics and recordings about 2 months ago - point to that? The unbelievably good bass sound you are getting from a 699 kit has to be partly a function of spectacular room sound and microphones. -would love to drill down a bit on your commentary on tuning the Phoenix kit. i have two of these kits: sapphire fade: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RCIsFFNtV0o.html custom copper: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D5Xdj_MT28A.html on the sapphire kit I have 2 ply emporers and on Jimmy's kit I kept the coated ambassadors. I find them both to be very tunable across a wide range (one of the signs of a truly great drum) while maintaining the tonal character of the Phoenix drum which is truly unique. I really think these drums sound much better with 2 ply heads because they bring out that amazing bottom end on the low toms. Can you just explain more about what you meant there? I respect your opinion, just want to understand it.
Great Stuff here! I own a white Stage Custom, a black Hybrid Maple & a PHX in Natural Burled Ash and now I know that I definitely made the right choice with Yamaha Drums! They all sound (and look!) amazing and like Shane said, they are really made for touring. And with this video I am sure that every drummer can find his personal Yamaha Sound!
@@larrytate1657 I really like the PHX Drums (setup in my Studio). The Projection is just crazy good & the Bassdrums sound huge! But the Hybrid Maple (which is my gigging kit) has some similar characteristics of the PHX. So this follows very close behind the PHX. The Stage Custom is setup at my music school and sounds amazing for the price. I don't know another kit that sounds this good in that price range.
Those Phoenix kits are just unreal!!! I have a 90's Yamaha Maple Custom with the gold lugs and I'll never give it up. But if I ever was it would be for the Phoenix
Thanks for the thorough comparison. The last quick comparison at 17:02 is very valuable for a drummer interested in the current Yamaha drums lines. I have two late 70's Yamaha 8000 Tour series sets that I still use on gigs.
Absolute Hybrid is my pick, I like to have a drum with sustain as I can always tune it to reduce it when necessary. Although, I’ve had 2 of the newer style Stage Customs Over the last 10 years for gigging and there is no better kit for the price. Also, their hardware is by far the best. Easily manipulated and built like a tank. I’ve been tempted to get an AQ2 kit for gigging after playing a bob setup at GC here in Houston. I was stunned by the sound of it. After watching this video I’ll probably just get another Stage Custom lol.
I honestly have to disagree. I played a lot of these kits here and there and got into them. I‘m also playing tons of drums in my life. Each of them got an own character imho. When i heard the stage custom i got kinda annoyed because we had this set in university and i don‘t like its unsensitivity. The Oak set sounds much harsher. Recording Costum has that nice bongo-kind-of tom sound and a more subtle and more organic approach. Hybrid is hell of sterile and pretty sharp in sound - i also just remembered the studio where i played it. And the phx is imposant and sounds like a caddilac. Subjective opinion but in my drummer ears there is a big difference. Maybe not after 5 mins of hearing, but after playing them a while (or being soundengineer with these kids for a while) you get their strong and weak points. I think that this i also relevant for the final music and not only for drum-nerdy satisfaction
Thanks so much for all the positive feedback on our videos! The more subscribers we get, the more of these types of videos we'll be able to do! *Please note that the Tour Custom Maple shell is made with North American Maple outer plies, and Chinese Maple inner plies.*
Zenon Castro assuming North American maple means rock maple, NA maple is harder than the Asian maple. Rock maple is also more expensive. Based on the research I have done, I am assuming that Yamaha built these shells using an inner and outer ply of NA rock maple and inner plies of a softer, less expensive species of maple (probably Asian). I bet it’s a similar sound to the many drums that use inner plies of a softer hardwood like poplar or gum (Ludwig, Gretsch etc.) and outer plies of hard maple for projection. Using less expensive maple as a core might be a way to advertise an all-maple kit at a lower price point, but it also might create an interesting sonic variation of a basic maple kit. Whatever. The drums sound great, look great and are very reasonably priced.
Nice guys! Great playing as well. When I joined the Yamaha family about 7 years ago, They loaned me an Oak Custom kit until my actual kit came in. What a pleasure it was. Full rich tone but with that mid-range that helped the drums speak over any situation. Then the Hybrid Maple kit showed up. I'm still finding new tuning ideas with this kit. It's simply stunning. At various points I've borrowed a PHX kit, Stage Custom, toured with a Live Custom twice and was fortunate to be asked to demo the Recording Custom for another music store. Across the board, every kit performed beyond its expectations, particularly the Stage Custom. Now I have a Tour Custom coming as a "B" kit I keep at a satellite location where I gig a lot. You guys have done a great job showing the quality and consistency that makes Yamaha such a valued and trusted brand. Too bad the Live Oak Hybrid wasn't around for this. It's magnificent with maybe the greatest bass drum ever made. All the best! Jimmy ... I hope to visit the store someday! Cheers.
Just got a 9 piece stage custom. Very impressed with how it performs for hard rock/metal. The sizes are 8/10/12/14 rack toms, 16/18 floor toms, 22/22 bass drums and a 14 snare. Excellent. Simply excellent.
This is by far the most enjoyable video in the world of drums. I've lost track of how many times I watched this video and continue to do so. I bought a new stage custom package for the Canadian price which is almost $1000.00 after taxes. But I know with the exchange rate, in U.S it would add to around the price range which you rightfully indicated. I put coated emperors on the batters of the toms as well as the floor tom. Clear ambassadors on the bottom. Power stroke head on the kick. Coated emperor on the top of snare. Clear snare ambassador for the bottom. Before even micing these drums to my studio rig, the tone out of these babies is out of this world. Punchy, lots of tone, lots of ranges, easy to tune. I've been a Pearl drum user before I switched to Yamaha. Ive had my eyes on the Yamaha kits for a while and watched several video demos. This video is by far the most enjoyable. I got so much information along with beautiful playing demonstrations for each kit. My dream kit is the PHX kit. My goal is to order a PHX shell pack by this summer. Luckily I have a hand full of studio and gig dates that will help me make the investment. I salute to you all. Much respect and admiration.
I've watched many videos and I must say that the Maple Hybrid Set sounds superb. The Toms are maybe the best sounding Toms on the whole market - I owned a Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute and that kit was killer. The Maple Hybrid sounds even better! I think I have to buy one :D
I've had my Yamaha live custom oak for about 4 years. Killer kit. Absolutely gorgeous. Sounds incredible in the practice room, live settings and in the studio. I've tried countless head combos and believe me it changes completely with different types of heads. The best combo I've found has been Remo ambassador clears on the reso side and Remo coated ambassadors on top (I tried ALL Evans heads couldn't find that sweet spot). Sadly they're discontinue but if you ever get a chance to pick one up do it.
All sound great . . . PHX sings so beautifully . . . Recording sounds tight . . . Hybrids sound in between . . . the Live sound like the recording, but more midrange definition to me, honestly, I think they actually sound as defined by their product line placement . . . they do what they say they do . . . which is exactly what one should hope for.
Love the Stage Custom. Had the 2023 offering since April 2023 and it has proven itself time and time again. Finding the right head combo was tricky for me, but man, this kit sounds good acoustically, miced on an outdoor stage and in a small musical theater venue. This video helped me decide, and now it has popped up in my feed again. Second "brand new" kit ever, and the first additional kit at all in 34 years. Yamaha really stepped up on this one. Great video...very validating for my choice!
That PHX is the best sounding kit I've ever heard. I like how you set it up as maybe kinda sketchy and say "let's see how it goes.." Then the best four sounding drums I've ever heard, haha
You're really outdoing yourselves with these incredible demo's! They are so well thought out and performed. I personally am through with my drum purchasing binge.....for the time being lol! BUT if I were interested in a kit I wouldn't dismiss Yamaha. Not traditionally a brand that comes to mind of when I think of drums and yet everything they manufacturer is of elite craftmanship, weather it's a motorcycle or a piano. I've always liked the Live Custom based on performance and value. They all sound great, really, but based on the mics here, the Recording Custom and PHX are the elite of the brand as they should be considering cost. These videos are an online consumer's dream! You guy's deserve a ton of credit for this, literally! Hopefully, in turn, as karma should have it - you'll sell a bunch. Awesome playing BTW Tom and Shane!
Yamaha makes excellent electronic drums, as well. I so want to buy a DTX-532. Alas, I will have to sell lots more of my acrylic paintings before I can do that. LOL.
Hard to hear the drums with all the crashes! Haha. I bought the 1st Stage Custom kit to hit San Diego in 1994. It was set up, and I bought it instantly. Needed a sturdy good sounding kit for steady gigging. Also, if something happened to it, cheap to replace. Never failed me. I recently sold it. Served me well for 25 years!! Great comparison.
Just ordered an add-on tom for my Tour Custom Kit through DCP. I urge any drummers looking for excellent service to hit these guys up. My sales rep. James was fantastic. Thanks DCP ! Keep up the great work. Drum on....
I picked up the Tour Custom (20, 14, 12, 10) last year for a secondary "inexpensive" tour kit, so glad I did! Amazing value, great hardware, tunes up so quick. It defiantly sounds like a more expensive kit. To be honest I think the toms sounded best on the Tour Custom, just had a more open sound. Of course they all sounded good! Thank you for making these comparison videos, I'm positive it helps with the buying and selling process. Cheers!
You guys knocked that comparison way out of the park. Man all those Yamaha kits sounded so great. One of the best sounding kits I've seen. I'm calling you on a Yamaha kit. Unbelievable.
Forget how good the drums sound, or the time it took to make such an in-depth comparison review video with awesome audio, let’s celebrate the awesome “Dubly” t shirt! Turn it up to 11 boys! Best drum channel on RU-vid! Cheers from Australia!
I own (and gigged multiple times) a stage custom birch and it’s absolutely ridiculous how great it sounds. All sound guys I’ve worked with loved it too. Mic’d up very easy and is very, very warm sounding. I honestly prefer the sound of the stage custom birch over my gretsch USA custom.
I love Yamaha drums! They all sound great but I own the recording custom kit same as the one you tested! They are awesome live or studio!! They are my pick!!
Finally. A demo/comparison with the stage custom birch using good coated heads across all lines. What a difference the heads make. It's ridiculous how good the Custom Stage Birch sounds good heads....
I felt compelled to continue the trend of comments commending the effort and detail put into this video! A stellar production, stoked to hear that there will be a luddy version. Thanks DrumCenterNH!
PHX, Recording Custom and Hybrid Maple in that order. Can I have all 3? I've said that if I ever bought another kit it would be a birch kit. I had an 8 piece Ludwig Melodic concert tom kit (no bottom heads) and yes they were loud but had no tone to speak of. I bought them in the late 70's and tried to get a good tone from them but could never get it. I constantly changed heads and various methods of tuning but I never got the sound I wanted. I always blamed it on the maple but I was wrong. Lesson learned. Kids, keep your bottom head on. Now if you could do a comparison of a Sonor SQ2 Birch and a Ludwig Legacy Mahogany that would be sweet! Great vid guys..you rock!
Wow! You guys did it right. That was the best comparison I've ever seen. I'm seriously thinking Yamaha. I went for a tour on how Yamaha drums are built. I'm sold. You all will be hearing from me in the next couple weeks. Thanks for all your good help
I recently just got the stage customs and they are that good!!! Clean punchy sound and hardware is so nice for the price Ive owned yamah oak, beech absolute and older stage customs and these are best of the lot I just dig the sound
As someone who owns a Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple, which I purchased from DrumCenterNH, and who also plays both a Yamaha Recording Custom and a Yamaha Birch Custom Absolute pretty regularly - I'm think I'm pretty qualified to say that the video presented here is a much more honest interpretation of these kits in real life than I would have thought. As such, outstanding job on this, Gentlemen. Awesome. And while my personal favorite Yamaha drum kit remains to be the Absolute Hybrid series I am still amazed by how good the Stage Custom sounds given its affordability. And the PHX series is just stunning and has thunderous-sounding toms in this mix. Hats off!
Great video. Really cool to see all the lines of drums one after the other like that to really hear the difference. Thanks for making this video. I would love to see this style of comparison for some of the other drum company's lines. I bought a stage custom in fusion sizes to take with me when I went off music school 15 years ago. It was the best kit I could afford at the time, and I used that kit for about 8 years exclusively. Super versatile set, really great choice for a serious student who's expecting to have to play a lot of different styles. I sold the kit off around 5 years ago for just around the same price that I paid for it all those years back. It's the best kit at that price point in my opinion. That recording custom is really something, though. There's a reason it's such a classic.
im looking forward to stopping in the store when im on tour through Portsmouth... I changed to yamaha in 2013, it just does not get any better then with that company, every single kit i have from them sounds amazing! Every time i get a kit backline or rental that is a Yamaha i know its going to be consistent and sound great.. Awesome video!
This is one of the best comparison Videos today. I Play a Live Custom, there before a Yamaha Power Tour Custom Mahagony Kit of 1986. So I spent a lot of time for searching a new one with actually sizes. The best tone, presens and wormth what I found, in my opinion, is in the Yamaha Live Custom. I play it in Rockbands, Jazzbands but also in Philharmonic Orchestras. All my musicans always say the same: "What a great sound". They are looking forward If I play my Live Custom Kit.😃 Greetings from Germany, Arnd
After listening to this review for a third time, I think I have decided what kit sounded best for the money. Before, I was all about The Recording Custom. Now, I feel like the Tour Customs actually speaks my language more. The way those stage Custom sound here is amazing. Probably the tuning, the micing and the mixing. The snare is just plain KING on all kits.
The last ten tears of my career was with a Recording Series that I customised to suit the genre I was playing. I came out of retirement in 2015, tracked down my old kit but couldnt convince him to sell it so found the last Japanese made Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute in Australia. Did some studio sessions, some reunion gigs and then settled into my home recording studio. Due to my accomadation situation was unable to make any noise so reluctantly sold the kit and went the electronic way in 2022. Here I am, Jan 1st 2024 and about to order my Yamaha PHX kit. My skin preferences are organised so it is down to which Black finish and will I also get the 18" floor to go with the 16", 14", 12" and 10". Love this review although some harder playing would have been appreciated. The PHX stood out fractionally ahead of the Recording kit. It was the hi tom that did it and was tonally similiar to the rest of the kit. FYI I am listening on my mortgage Yamaha YH 5000 headphones that I use for mixing. They do not lie. Peter
Fantastic video, you guys have got the best drum comparison videos on RU-vid - for a start you tune the drums at their natural pitches, but also keep absolutely everything the same as possible, and the sound quality is great. Thank you!
@@drumcenternh will do and thank you for the reply. I would also like to say you guys tune the kits amazing, it's most drummers weakness, it just goes to show how good mid level kits can sound tuned right!
Love my new Tour Customs 20" kick kit in Candy Apple Satin, stunning drums that even sound better with Remo Emperor Black Suede heads. Other than the Absolute Hybrid Maple snare I bought about a year ago (OMG!!! Still not as good as Larnell Lewis, but fun trying!!!), these are the first Yamaha's owned in 40 odd years of playing, bought and played all the others major companies, always came back to Pearl but wondered about Yamaha, especially having Larnell and Steve Gadd aboard. Experience with the Absolute snare started an itch that had to be scratched. Still have and love my Pearl ELX Export Selects 20" kick kit, in Blue Mist lacquer - poplar wood, bought new in 2002 or 2003, so best of both worlds for me. Wanted to buy from you guys, but didn't want to wait because the itch was too persistent!!
One of the things that is so overlooked in drum tuning is sympathetic resonance. When you discuss how the PHX floor tom and kick tune right up, but the rack toms are a pain, it's the sympathetic resonance of these drums that drive people crazy. As a PHX owner, I had the same issue when I first got them . . . why don't these tune up like my Maple Customs or DW Collectors?? The reason why the Recording Custom is what it is, is because those drums are basically designed (intentionally or not) to minimize sympathetic resonance. That's why they use those full length (high tension lugs). I always wondered why "low mass lugs" - single screw, small lugs like the Yamaha MC are not everywhere? Why does DW still use those big round lugs on their collectors? Why would anyone use something like "silver sealer" on the inside of their drums like Gretsch? Etc. Etc. So many drum tuning videos show the "experts" tuning one drum at a time on a table or stand etc. We all try to do that and often the drum sounds great . . . (by itself) . . . then we mount on the kit and it doesn't sound right and people get frustrated. So out come the tune bots and the drum dials and all the toys to tell us that we tuned correctly . . . but that's not the problem . . . acoustic drum sounds are shaped by their surroundings, not just their tom mounts. I think it would be a great video for you all to explore tuning and the effect of sympathetic resonance . . . and how to tune with it. Resonance is a blessing and a curse and knowing how to control what and when would probably help a lot of drummers who can play a paradiddle at 5000 bpm lol, but can't tune a tom tom.
I’ve learned that you just can’t go wrong with Yamaha drum kits. Sound. Ease of set up. Options/expansion. The stage line, you can get a 24” kick down to a 18”. Tom range from 8 to 14 mount. 14 to 18 floor. It’s truly a great line of drums with so many unlimited options.
Amazed at how great these kits sound. I bought a Stage Custom when I went to college and it's crazy how on-par it is with the high end kits, I always got compliments at gigs and my percussion recitals about how good the kit looks and sounds. Hoping to buy a Tour Custom someday (10 12 16 22 plus add-on 14, either butterscotch satin or candy apple satin) as an upgrade/alternative, really liking everything it has to offer- drum sizes such as the shallower kick and floor toms, satin finishes, hoops, mounting hardware, maple shells, the look, everything. All of these factors are exactly what I'm looking for at a kit in this price range, all the competitors are missing some of these factors. The only downside of the Tour Custom that I can think of is no 8 inch tom but that isn't an issue for me, I can just add more toms to my stage custom in that case. I really hope Yamaha doesn't get rid of the Tour Custom anytime soon as it's a really great kit!!
I love them all! I own a six piece stage custom in Raven Black Fade in mint condition. I think i played them five time and to me they sound better then most kits i ever played out there?
Out of all the kits played on this video I liked the Stage Custom the most and i'm not just saying it because that's the one I can afford I'm saying it because it stood out the most for what I play, I did however like the way they tuned the second snare.
I think they all sound totally professional. I could probably notice the differences in tone, projection and attack between them if I was physically in the room, but listening through my little earphone buds they all sound just amazing.
I listen to this video seven times now and I honestly cant tell a difference between the toms on ANY of the kits. Kicks fatter but I trigger my kicks anways so doesn't matter to me. Stage Custom in white purchased. Almost went with a recording custom for the color but sound wise...unbelievable how similar they are hard to justify the price difference. So with the extra cash I got all new K cymbals a trick pedals. They all need remo ambassadors and they sing. I did remo reso heads on all the drums and a power stroke on the kick.
The Absolute Hybrids are great but to my ears they don't have the sound that made the MCA's so legendary. Would love to hear the Tour Customs with die cast hoops...
I got a stage custom(20 in kick), and tour custom(22 in kick)..absolutely love both! Also- i know this video is older, the tour custom now uses USA wood in it i read.
Just an all around great video. From content to production, perfection. I've been a Yamaha fan for years, and they are in a class all by themselves. Thanks so much guys. I'll reach out to you soon for my Absolute Hybrid purchase!
Fantastic idea, spot on. Love those comparisons, so incredibly helpful. Now, when you do something similar with Pearl, the video will probably last 3 hours due to their many confusing lines. :-) Hopefully this is just the start of similar videos for other brands: Tama, Sonor, Gretsch, Pearl? Rock on, guys. And thanks for your work.
No 1 for me would be the Maple Hybrid. Absolutely great tom sounds. No 2 would be PHX and the 3rd one would be the stage custom because of the value for money.
