I'm going with the LuKa Drums aswell. Killer drums....Not too many people know about these drums.
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I'm going with the LuKa Drums aswell. Killer drums....Not too many people know about these drums.
im sure ive replyed to this thread ....
ocdp are overrated i probably said .... then again i would ... however they make great kits (most the time) (some designs are the problem of the owner not the maker)
tama , pearl, mapex = not overrated / but not underated
sonor , lugwig, yamaha, taye, preimer = underated , but only because they have to compete wid the top 3 ....
Sonor and Yamaha.
Epiarch, Sonor, Gretsch, Mapex.
Rmv!
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I agree, if you're talking to a group of snobby drummers/musicians that think they're 'in the know' I think Pearl is highly underrated. Pearl is viewed as affordable drums for the masses - and when you're ready for a 'serious instrument' you look elsewhere. I ran into a jazz drummer not long after I returned to drumming and had purchased my ELX. I was telling him how I was starting to drum again and when he asked what kind of kit I bought as soon as I said Pearl he responded "oh, just a little Pearl to kick around?".Quote:
Originally Posted by Bierce85
I have to clarify this is not the reason I got a Yamaha, I simply went for the model that my ears like best.
It's a shame but it gets hard to change people's minds once they get an idea. The real shame is unfortunate situations - like the way Virgil Donati's drums sound on TUDW 10th anniversary DVD - they sound pretty dead.
So anyway, my point is I think Pearl is underestimated.
ocdp. I think everyone says there horrible, becuase they have never played one of there drums. They are amazing sounding and have response faster than a gun.
Def for me Ludwig.
Their kits sound amazing IMO.
Taye.
Personally I think Gretsch and Yamaha.
One of the best sounding drum manufacturers IMO are Fibes. They are almost non existant on drum forums and in the drum community even though they sound incredible.
GMS and Ayotte are 2 other great company that makes classy, great sounding kits and from the big guys, I would have to say Yamaha doesn't get as much respect as it deserves.
Chris :D
I say Sonor, Mapex, DDrum and Yamaha. I've never played any of these brands but I've seen most of them in person and I like the sound of them in recordings. I just started to really like Mapex and Sonor especially because I see alot of people's on here that have them and they look amazing. That's just my .02$.
I know what you mean. My old drum teacher when I was a kid had a Fibes kit that sounded incredible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris69
DDrum also comes to mind. It seems like they've come out of nowhere and all of a sudden they're making really nice drums and getting new endorsers every day.
PDP!!!!
theyre cheap and sound kick *****!
Any company that uses Keller shells is very much underrated. I'm constantly reading where any drum company that uses Kellers are looked down as being a "lesser than" company and I for the life of me can't figure out why. I requested 4.0 mm Keller shells for the custom kit I put together and they sound phenominal! I can't stand all the high end of thick 7 to 8 mm shells. On 8" toms, shells that thick make the drum sound horrible because they hardly resonate. I know because I've had to tune 3 Pearl 8" toms over the last 4 months and I could get them to resonate the same as my 4.0 mm 8" Keller regardless of how hard I tried (and I do know how to tune drums!). Give me any company that uses Kellers any day!
Taye and premier!
Not-popular enough: RMV, without a doubt. They make amazing drums and the price is amazing
Under-rated: Probably Yamaha. Its amazing how many people that are looking for a new kit dont even consider Yamaha, when they look and sound amazing.
D'Amico drums. Gene has been building quality snares and drum kits for nearly 20 years.
Ludwig Classic maple kits.. you just don't see enough of them in the sea of Offset ,glass glitter striped kits with 28" deep bass drums... :)
your sig:6 -ply 7.5mm 100% Birch with reinforcement rings? since when does a brx have re-rings?Quote:
Originally Posted by AL PERCIVAL
My kit is special..... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by TommySalami
The rings were added at the Taiwan shop, and the professional re-wrapped was most proabably done by Pearl in Nashville at (PMI) according to Tony LaCroix.
AL has mad connections we ordinary people cannot dream to have. :)
I think high-end Mapex kits - the Orions and Saturns, ESPECIALLY the Saturns - will be spoken of in 25 years time in the same reverential tones as the Yamaha 9000s are spoken of today. I did a gig on Saturday night, the venue had its own PA and soundman, and he said he'd never heard as sweet sounding a kit, nor a kit as easy to mic, as my Saturns. No damping, all wide open, and they mic'ed like a dream. I think the Saturns could hold their own against ANY other high-end kit costing maybe three times the price. I've owned many kits over the past 35 years - Premier, Ludwig, Yamaha, Pearl, Hayman etc - and the Saturns are the best-sounding kit I've ever owned.
Stephen
Nah, Just lucky networking. My Pearl friends are your same Pearl friends. I just live here so I see them more often.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demfer
Speaking of the rings, Gene was telling me that a while back R&D was strongly considering making a 6-ply BRX with 6-ply rings for added resonance + the natural eq'ing and projection, kinda like a MMX on steriods. :D
You never know what they've got up their sleeves. :)
Another underrated drum company. They use standard keller shells, but do some amazing finishes. Jackson Drums.
I would love to play that BRX! that would make 12 ply shell sections at the Re-ringsQuote:
Originally Posted by AL PERCIVAL
Yamaha, purely on this crazy oak snare drum of some discription I played.
It
Was
Fantastic.
Its similar sounding to the MMX, just slightly higher pitched, warm and full-bodied with slightly better highs.Quote:
Originally Posted by Demfer
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Man has this thread been revived... but since I am here, I think that Premier is one of the most underrated drum companies. The Signia kits, Genista kits, Vitria kits, long lug Cabria kits, vintage models with the birch and African Mahogany shells, so many of their snares are outstanding... They can hang with the best!
Gotta agree with you, I owned a long lug Mk1 cabria and it is indeed such an under-rated kit, i'd put it right up there with Pearl Session series stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by marquisjohnson22
Also going to add Natal to this thread, don't get nearly the rep they deserve for the products they make. The originals and cafe racer kits would compete with any other high end kit, and at half the cost or less too in many cases. And the variety of snares shouldn't go unnoticed, i'm loving the 14x5.5" pure stave Walnut at the moment, made in the Marshall speaker cab factory in Milton Keynes, UK, by hand and finished in beeswax and assembled by hand to make one of the sweetest sounding snares i've personally played, and my Phosphor bronze shell 14x5.5" is just something else completely, works in any tuning range and with any head combination, i've had it low and fat and it sounded huge, but equally just as at home tuned up on a jazz trio gig, or playing in a funk band.