What are the best sounding drums you have ever heard?

[lukedavo]

not the player..... the drums themselves?

[GearJunkie]

Led Zeppelin- When the Levee Breaks
Smashing Pumpkins- Geek USA
Pedro The Lion- Magazine

Also, I've always liked the sound of Yamaha, Slingerland, Ludwig and some DW kits. The problem with DWs (as i've learned over time) is that you can't get any tones but modern tones out of them.

[sid vicious]

I was pretty impressed with this C&C Custom kit I heard recently. I believe they actually cut the bearing edges on the Keller shells that almost every custom manufacture uses, so it sets them apart a little. The hoops were Die-cast.

[drewsifer]

Lee Ruff makes one of the best sounding kits you can buy out of his PA workshop, assuming you know how to tune your drums. There not too expensive and I think the name of the kit i heard was the "jaz" kit. good luck finding a website, but he does attend many drum workshops/ seminars.

[dolivas]

Jaki Liebeziet's on Can's Vitamin C - Ludwig 9-piece I believe it was
Phil Collins' on either Brian Eno's No One Receiving or In the Cage from his Genesis days - on both songs I dunno which kit he has but he did use 1970s drum machines at the same time
Ringo Starr's drums on Tomorrow Never Knows
that guy from Joy Division who played on Wilderness
Klaus Dinger (if im right) drums on Hallogallo from Neu
Keith Moon in the Who's Happy Jack

[Bellringer]

Premier drums from the 70's (Keith Moon played often). They were made a bit different back then. They held tune well and had great impact. Sets made today, Gretsch pro line sound great.

[lucidlou]

Originally Posted by GearJunkie

Led Zeppelin- When the Levee Breaks
Smashing Pumpkins- Geek USA

Also, I've always liked the sound of Yamaha, Slingerland, Ludwig and some DW kits. The problem with DWs (as i've learned over time) is that you can't get any tones but modern tones out of them.

There goes my two favorite drum sounds right there. It doesn't get any better than that. Gear Junkie is a genius! Some other players/sounds to check out are Dave King, Jon Theodore and Tool's Danny Carey.

[sid vicious]

Dear Gearjunkie,
I'm just not clear on what you mean by "Modern Tones" when it comes to DW. They have become more of a standard nowadays being one of the biggest Custom Shops, so they are readily available. Is that what you mean?

[GearJunkie]

In terms of "Modern Tones" from DWs, you can't get a vintage tone out of a DW kit as hard as you try. It's going to have that polished, tuned up thud everytime. There's so little character to the sound of the kits that as soon as you hear one you say "oh, that's a DW kit."

[smopo24]

http://home.earthlink.net/~northdrums/gallery.html

these drums are awesome. dave king plays them, and they sound great; check out "lost time," by 12 rods, or any of the bad plus records to hear what i mean.....but you should all go see him play in whatever band he's playing in on tour near by, you won't be dissappointed!