DW Drums Workshop Series Drums

The DW Workshop series Drums are great. Before making such an investment, I took Pearl (MMX & reference), TAMA (Starclassic Mapple), YAMAHA (Maple Custom) but none given me much pleasure and sensation of sound. Only DW detour me of the beautiful German but the difference in 1000 for the same configuration gave me back the reason.


The barrel is cut in the direction of the wood as if it were part of a trunk. It is light. I find his "elegant" and my fellow musicians found it "clean". It argues, that is, it's not just an impact pressure with and without color. I get a great boom on volumes, even on 12. I chose a cc of 4.25 which cuts the bass drum sound to perfection. The offense can play any course.
8 years of loyal services. The drums are great. I purchase there were no accessories, I bought this model the honey colored wood grain visible. I find it pretty slamming, pearl, and fell in love with its impressive bass drum (the skins there are many, it is true).
I tried other Japanese models, but, to my taste all ring more or less the same. If it all over again I would not hesitate too long before buying it. I am very happy. (See picture on my profile).

You can also get the Custom Absolute kit in other materials, or even mix and match different woods if you want. I'm not a drummer, but I've recorded enough drum sets to know which sound good and which don't, and this one certainly sounds great! It's definitely a professional's drum set, so I'd only consider it if you're recording and/or gigging a lot and have a good amount of money to drop on a top of the line kit. The overall sound of these drums is deep and full, with the snare being punchy and bright. You can get different sized toms I'm sure, but the rack toms that he had were 10" and 12" I believe.

(Originally written by battsrad81/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
First of all, the DW Workshop Series Drums is a very rare model because it was produced only two or three years. It's a very classy model by DW with all-maple shells without reinforcing hoops (no Keller shells).

At that time it was only available in two finishes: Satin Oil or lacquer finish

Chrome-plated hardware and oval lugs (no round lugs like on the Collector Series) with narrow thread for more precision. These lugs inspired the PDP models produced by DW later, which are different .

STM suspension tom mounts and BDM slide track tom holder.

Everything is perfect. I've owned this drum kit since 01/22/2002. I bought it new and it's just fantastic. The knowhow packed in this drum kit is impressive and makes it an exceptional instrument with incomparable sound.

My model is the same as on the picture: 10*8, 12*9, 14*11, 16*13 and 22*18 bass drum (diam*depth) with lacquer finish in Sea Blue.

The bass drum has no tom mount system (so there's no hole

nor fasteners affecting the resonance) because all toms are suspended on stands or on a rack (I have a DR500), even the 16" low tom. The sound is powerful, accurate and rich with controlled sustain and overtones. It deserves to be rightly tuned (and without any damping...). In short, you always get the SOUND.

The PRICE almost gives me a heart attack... I even kept the price tag (for the money I payed, I won't throw anything away lol...). And you only get the 10", 12", 14", 16" and 22", without snare and accessories. It's the price of excellence...

Value for money: very good/very expensive... I'm one of those who thinks quality has no price... unfortunately it does.

Of course I would buy it again. It's a pleasure to play this priceless instrument...