Re: Best live kit recommendation
Sam S
"James" <nor...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I'm thinking about buying a second kit strictly for live work, so I don't
> have to keep setting up my regular kit for practice at home. I have a
> Yamaha 9000, having a preference for the warmness of birch. Can anyone
> recommend a kit that is particularly good in terms of being light to carry
> and good for projection which might suit my taste? I'm out of touch with
> kits currently on the market.
>
> Also - what is the sturdiest and lightest hardware?
>
Price points would be helpful. With price no object I would go for the
Gretsch Customs.
Sam S.
Pete Pemberton
My ddrum kit sounds every bit as good. Get the Dominion Ash series.
Can't go wrong with these upper low end kits.
PP
James
> Price points would be helpful. With price no object I would go for the
> Gretsch Customs.
>
> Sam S.
I'm looking to buy off ebay, based on recommendations I get in here (bold
move, I know). Pro standard kit in general circulation in the UK (this would
exclude DDrum unfortunately).
Cheers
James
Sam S
"Pete Pemberton" <bfpe...@fuse.net> wrote in message
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Are they really thin shelled like Gretsch? He mentioned light and Gretsch
jumped to mind. They have to be, by far, the lightest drums I've got when
comparing them to Ludwig (70's vintage), Rogers (60's Vintage), and newer
Pearl Masters.
Moot point. He is looking in the UK.
Sam S.
Pete Pemberton
Yeah they are really thin, and the bearing edges are great. Bonus is
the cast hoops! They sound better than my old stopsign Gretsch, well
just as good.
They are fairly light, the cast hoops do add some weight.
PP
Stephen
Sonor Delites. There are a couple of kits on ebay UK at the minute.
There's actually a 4-piece in Birdseye Azure (same finish as mine)
which might not go much higher than 6 or 7 ton.
I've owned a lot of kits in my time, from Ludwig Vistalites to old
Luddies to Mapex Saturns to high-end Pearl plus a lot of others, and
there's none of them touch the Delites for pure class in sound,
workmanship, finish...they're thin-shelled, light, beautiful, warm-
sounding, sonorous (if you'll pardon the pun), musical...as a Sonor
rep described them to me, playing Delites is like stepping into a warm
bath. :) After the best part of 40 years gigging, I have found The
One. I simply can't recommend them highly enough. I can't ever see me
"trading up" from Delites.
Stephen