What's your favorite drum kit?

[small sound]

This is my favorite drum kit....

http://www.drumheadquarters.com/pop_pag ... rumset.htm

[marqueemoon]

This is my favorite drum kit....

http://www.drumheadquarters.com/pop_pag ... rumset.htm

[Meriphew]

Here's the two I have my eyes on:

[Monkeyfist]

You said lust after...

Feel the gleen!

[Monkeyfist]

Aww shit son!

[marqueemoon]

[rubykitty2000]

This is my kit (60's Gretsch Champagne Sparkle 20" 14" 12" + snare). I absolutely love it, although I usually go with my metal Rogers Dynatone snare.

I bought a 70's Ludwig Vistalite kit last month. I don't like it as much as I thought I would. It sounds a little bit fake. Lots of attack and not much else. The kick records really well however.

Hey Vistalite guys - what heads do you prefer? My kit showed up with Powerdots which I promptly replaced with coated Emporers. I'm still not happy. I was thinking of switching to clear Aquarians.

-c

[thecongostudio]

On vistalites I've heard and semi-recorded (only an intern at the time), the best sounding heads were Clear Remo Pinstripes with Aquarian Kicks. I have a personal vendetta against coated tom heads as that they have a tendency to change tonal characteristics every few days or so. But clear aquarians do kick ass for toms, but for snares always coated remo pinstripes.

[theslumlord]

This is my favorite drum kit....

http://www.drumheadquarters.com/pop_pag ... rumset.htm

I don't know.....umm....there's, there's....something missing?

[syrupcore]

not to be overly stupid but I'm fond of which ever one has a good drummer behind it.

those gretsch sets are lovely. I have a little singerland and I dont know a damn thing about it. its old. sounds nice. I'm happy with it.

[cgarges]

www.noblecooley.com

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[JASIII]

Noble and Cooley makes great stuff, a friend of mine ordered a set a few years back and it sounded incredible. Their snare drums rock!

[cgarges]

Their EVERYTHING rocks! Their toy drums rock. The factory rocks. Their history rocks.

If you EVER find yourself in Western Mass. and have a little bit of time to go see the factory, do it. It's like the fucking Wonka factory. Except that Jay's taller than Willy Wonka.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

[Meriphew]

This is my kit (60's Gretsch Champagne Sparkle 20" 14" 12" + snare). I absolutely love it, although I usually go with my metal Rogers Dynatone snare.

I bought a 70's Ludwig Vistalite kit last month. I don't like it as much as I thought I would. It sounds a little bit fake. Lots of attack and not much else. The kick records really well however.

Hey Vistalite guys - what heads do you prefer? My kit showed up with Powerdots which I promptly replaced with coated Emporers. I'm still not happy. I was thinking of switching to clear Aquarians.

-c

Hey Ruby - Have you ever compared your Gretsch set with the Ludwig Fab 4 set? I would expect the Gretsch to sound better, but I'm wondering if it's by inches or by miles.

[cgarges]

For whatever it's worth, I find the older Gretsch drums to be cleaner, fuller, and a little slicker-sounding than the older Ludwig kits. They sound a little better in a wide tuning range and project fundamentals better than the Ludwigs. (To me, that means they generally sound better at FOH.) The older Ludwig kits just scream rock and roll, though. I didn't really believe it 'til I played a few of them. I'd probably be much happier close-miking old Grestch drums and they tend to integrate with modern drum kits better, but for a more ambient rock thing, the Ludwigs may be the way to go. Hope that helps some.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC