whats a good intermediate/advanced drum set? What is the best hardwood for the shells and how many plys? I will be playing hard rock music. I want drums that have a nice crisp punchy sound. Should I get shallow or deep toms? I have a dw pacific that I have used for many years but I'm sick of the sound. Ive tried different heads, muffled etc. Still sounds like crap. I have good hardware/cymbals. Just interested mostly about the type of wood shells are used and how many plys. What do the pro's look for. Thanks for your kind responses, everybody.
2007-05-12 14:12:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
Professional drums are usually made of maple or birch. Maple has a warmer sound, and birch has a brighter sound. You really can't go wrong with either, but maple is usually preferred for live playing and birch is preferred for recording. Yamaha has a line of oak drums that are supposedly very loud and punchy.
More plys will give you more volume, but fewer plys will give you more tone and resonance. Anywhere in the 4-6 ply range should suffice. If you're playing hard rock, I'd go with more plys and deeper toms.
It all depends on what price range you're looking for. If you want a semi-pro line with great sound, I would suggest Yamaha's Stage Custom Advantage line--they sound amazing for the price. If you want good value in the maple-birch lines, I would suggest the Pearl Session Masters line. Pearl also makes a professional line called the Reference series, which uses a variety of combinations of maple, birch and mahogany and a mix of plies, so each drum is optimized for its own sound and the whole set of drums meshes together well. These are pretty expensive though. Hope this helps.
2007-05-14 10:40:36 · answer #1 · answered by kncvb21345 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most people prefer 6 ply maple. I play Pearl Master Series personally and have always just stuck with that brand. There are many good custom drum makers out there also. I like deeper shells myself. I use a 12"x11" tom and 16"x16" floor tom. I've also tried all different depths of snare drums but always come back to a 61/2" metal.
2007-05-14 06:26:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just get 5 different sized bongo drums and a cymbal.
2016-05-17 03:57:29 · answer #3 · answered by haley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a guitar center for ideas.
2007-05-12 14:16:12 · answer #4 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋