Most Underrated Drum Company?

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Originally Posted by willyz

GMS is another custom company that's climbing up in popularity- I've only heard them on record (namely Fates Warning albums), but they've always sounded great!

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GMS has always been respected among those in the know.

i think there is a difference between popularity and being underrated.

un·der·rate Audio pronunciation of "underrated" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ndr-rt)
tr.v. un·der·rat·ed, un·der·rat·ing, un·der·rates

To rate too low; underestimate.

no one i know ever doubted they make an amazing product.

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Originally Posted by Hit 'Em Hard

Does it really matter what a bunch of guys on a board think ?

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i was just curious what you guys thought of dw because i've never played on a dw kit and i noticed that a lot of drummers use them. i didn't know if they were as good as everyone thought or not. i've been wanting to try out a dw kit for awhile to see for myself.

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Originally Posted by thismercifulfate

I think they are highly OVERrated...

Famous people playing a certain brand doesn't mean a thing to me to be honest. Even if it's my favorite drummer. And also the most expensive or most popular brand doesn't make it the best-soundind for YOU. I've read many threads about people being largely dissapointed by DW and finding much cheaper high-end kits to sound much better and sport better features. And I find their pricing unjustified. It's mostly the whole "made in the USA" hype, not only with their drums, but also with their hardware.

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I agree 100%.

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Originally Posted by korch

I think the Blotz used to play TAMA. At least he did when the EP and their first album came out. I have video of him playing a red Tama with ebony resos. Maybe I'm wrong.... it's been 22 years or so, so cut me some slack if I am. :)

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Also Feck Campaign said he's known him to play Ludwig.

Funny story: My g/f had met Blotz & his g/f the night before & hung out. So the next night she was going out with them again so I figured since I'd probably being meeting him too,I'm the drummer here so we could maybe talk drums,gear & what not. I thought I'd do a little research & see what kind of drums he played. I looked online & to see if he had any endorsements. All I could find was just his cymbal & drumstick endorsements. Finally I found something that mentioned his contract with Ludwig. So I thought I could talk to him about that. Well,sure enough I run into him that night at a bar. So just to start the conversation I said,"So are you still endorsed by Ludwig?"

He says,"I've never played Ludwig,I've always played Yamaha...."

I was like :|

lol... I got owned by the Blotz.

I would say premier. I play gen-x's and I think they are absolutly amazing, but not a lot of people play them anymore. I would also like to add DDRUM. I have played a couple of their kits and they are awesome....... but they could be underrated because they are new also.

It's gotta be peace!

mapex is kinda underrated, and a lot of other brands like ludwig and gretsch.

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Originally Posted by willyz

I would have to say Ludwig- they've been a standard in drums since way back in the day, and still today the Classic Maple line is one of the best sounding maple drums out there.

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I agree and disagree. Ludwig did this to themselves. They got too big and cocky and their product went down the drain. I don't know if they are back from where they were back in the 70's.

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.