What are the best sounding drums you have ever heard?

[Professor Riffs]

Originally Posted by 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!

I saw The Bad Plus a few months ago, and it was downright amazing. Fans of adventurous yet still very musical jazz, you need to check them out.

[smopo24]

i applaud you riffs on your good taste! live they are a wild animal, a power jazz trio that eats rock for breakfast.

[McLean]

I have a Tama rockstar kit that I purchaced more than 10 years ago. It has held up well through years of abuse and still works great. It sounds perfect in loud rock situations. In the past 5 or more years I have been learning the art of dynamics. That set does not sound as good when being played quieter. Very curious. Since then, I have resurected an old vintage set I got from a friend. That is what I am doing the lighter stuff on now. I love vintage gear. This is a Ludwig knock-off and it sounds smooooooth.

[Whoopysnorp]

Dave King's drum sound on Bad Plus records is definitely phenomenal. I also really like the sound of Chad Wackerman's drums on the 1988 Frank Zappa tour recordings.

[Nubus]

One of my favorite drum sounds was John Manson, on of the old drummers from the band Neptune. His snare sounded so good live. It was like a punch in the chest. What he did was barely tighten the head down. You have to play a certain way but it'll smack you in the pants like Don Henly.

[dagosto]

I've gotten into recording low tuned snare myself. I've gone so far as to tune my snare lower than both rack toms. Not so good if you are going to be doing a lot of buzz rolls but man does it ever punch for single hits and flams. You'll need a good larger snare drum (mines is a big metal yamaha concert snare) with a heavier batter head.

[Whoopysnorp]

Having a good low-tuned snare does indeed sound great. It's perfect for heavy rock stuff. A friend of mine had a band called Obelisk who recorded an album on a Portastudio in his house, and he detuned his snare significantly for the recording. It sounds aggressive as all hell, but he said by then end of the recording session the head was useless. I guess that's hard on a drum head's lifespan.

[mikegee]

my favorite drum sounds are actually in a computer program, Propellerhead Reason. From what i have read, they sample Yamaha pro kits with Nuemann mics below, to the side, and above every drum. Lots of character, clean tones, nice depth and decay. although, i'm not too impressed with the cymbals in the program. oh well...

[clineaudio]

Originally Posted by Professor Riffs

I saw The Bad Plus a few months ago, and it was downright amazing. Fans of adventurous yet still very musical jazz, you need to check them out.

Those north drums look BONKERS. and they sound like????

[Arnieinthesky]

Most of the drum sounds listed are from recordings. All my favourite artists use gear I dislike. The audio engineers tend to manipulate the sound of the drums so much, they don't even sound like the source anymore.

I landed a Bauman Custom kit. (The only one in existence apparently. He makes custom snares only.) I thought it was the best and then realized most maple, matte finish kits sound like mine.

jl

Just say no to North Drums!!!