Yamaha Stage Custom Nouveau SCN2FS5

I've been drumming for close to 2 years. Currently in an Alt-Rock band.

I acquired my Stage Custom Nouveau from a local music store for 900 Canadian. They came with full hardware (2 boom stands, snare and hi-hat stand and single pedal). They are a natural woodgrain finish.

I love these drums. The hardware is awesome. Even the Bass pedal is pretty good for an entry model. The stands are all sturdy, I even have an adapter arm holding a 20" cast bronze Ride symbal with a 16" Paiste Rude crash on the same stand.

The stock heads are crap, yes, but I've never seen a brand new kit with nice heads. Once i got my Remo battered Pinstripes on them they hummed. The snare sounds nice and sharp as well. I was VERY impressed with the bass drum. Once I'd fiddled with it enough it came out with a low punchy tone I didn't expect to get from a mid-range kit.

Only thing I can gripe about are the cheap plastic lugs. While I've never had a problem on any toms or the bassdrum, the lugs on my snare tend to break (i play a really tight snare head). At first I thought it was the environment causing fluxuations in the tension.. but after moving them I still had problems splitting the lugs.

Moral of the story: If you play your Snare head REALLY tight... might consider either replacing the plastic lugs with metal lugs.

I pretty much touched on this already. The quality was great. I couldn't expect more for the price range of this kit.

This kit impressed me more than any other kit within 500 dollars of it. I tested the tama rockstar, tama superstar, Gretsch Catalina, PdP LX and MX and NONE of them compared to the value of the Stage Custom Nouveau Advantage.

I advise anyone who can't afford to spend 2k to seriously consider this kit. It sounds spectacular for its price!

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I bought this drumkit a month ago at a price of 860 euros (with a stool as a gift .... the class) and I am trs trs satisfied with my purchase. I possde configuration 22 October 12 16 + 14 cc and I chose the beautiful color mcr (dull red) that changes depending on the Lumire. (Waouhhh!!)

Premire satisfaction goes up when the BTE is the solid gnral kit and hardware. The renaming of Yamaha no longer be on this and it really is more solid and beautifully chrome. The quality of fts is no exception and sounds of thunder once again hides well accordes.Les shells are very practical (Ayotte thank you!) And trs are much the agreement. The bass drum is powerful, a deep well and fts ragissent wand at the least, a warm way I like it.

Only BMOL, the snare, which is not the height of the kit I got. Like all snares in this budget, it is not unusual. It lacks depth, but we get a well nanmoins snapping, holding the drum head to the max.

I test a lot of other models (including the lovely and also the custom Basix sonor 2005) and I had a crush on the Yam, it is beautiful, and it sounds from hell really of great quality.
The ratio quality / price is more than correct when you see the quality of the accessories (the high end to me )

If I had to redo this choice would be without hsiter ..... then go ahead!