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Published on 02/29/04 at 15:00see below
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I paid $399 for this set plus 35 to ship from M123. Others with free ship didn't have the unit in stock. I love playing drums but hate toting them. I don't play often but started up again recently, so I thought I would try this set that can pretty much collapse into a couple of bags to carry. I've played the set out already and people who see it, dig the hell out of it including me. I don't buy into the line about 'not using this set to play out', that's bull and indicative of a typical drummers ego. These play just fine. The forward toms have a timbale sound which is okay. The floor tom needed a more deadened head and the bass drum heads needed to be changed to those REMO dampening heads because it did ring too much. I don't even use the snare, since I bought an even SMALLER one, the Pearl 1040 10" Piccolo-- which is a gas! The whole thing is cool to set up so small which is great when you play in cramped quarters. The hardware is okay but the hi-hat doesn't have a stop detent to keep the tube from slipping in hard play. The pedal is good. But I do agree that the open bottoms of the drums could have used a bit more dressing up. All in all, I like this set and it's fun as hell to play on.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
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I paid $399 for this set plus 35 to ship from M123. Others with free ship didn't have the unit in stock. I love playing drums but hate toting them. I don't play often but started up again recently, so I thought I would try this set that can pretty much collapse into a couple of bags to carry. I've played the set out already and people who see it, dig the hell out of it including me. I don't buy into the line about 'not using this set to play out', that's bull and indicative of a typical drummers ego. These play just fine. The forward toms have a timbale sound which is okay. The floor tom needed a more deadened head and the bass drum heads needed to be changed to those REMO dampening heads because it did ring too much. I don't even use the snare, since I bought an even SMALLER one, the Pearl 1040 10" Piccolo-- which is a gas! The whole thing is cool to set up so small which is great when you play in cramped quarters. The hardware is okay but the hi-hat doesn't have a stop detent to keep the tube from slipping in hard play. The pedal is good. But I do agree that the open bottoms of the drums could have used a bit more dressing up. All in all, I like this set and it's fun as hell to play on.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com