Maple vs. Birch

[Arnieinthesky]

Originally Posted by Whoopysnorp

I personally would much have a huge-sounding kit with lots of midrange to a sparse-sounding '80s type kit. I guess if I ever buy more drums I should try to make sure they're maple. I wonder what my old Slingerlands are made out of...

The Slingerlands were maple. Real old ones had no bearing edge.

jl

[Whoopysnorp]

No bearing edge? How does that work?

Mine do have a bearing edge, I think. Although there is a damaged spot in the lower edge on the 13" tom; I hope it's not hurting my tone. My drums were salvaged from a basement of a house my parents used to rent in Iowa City that used to be connected to a strip club in the '60s, so my understanding is that they were the club's house drums back in like '63.

[UuB Nijam]

Originally Posted by smopo24

i've actually seen and heard drums made of fiber glass. they were made by the north drum company and sounded fantastic! good luck finding a set though!

North kits.... Hahaha I used to play at a church years years ago we had the white North 7 pc kit we tuned them to sound like bells. It's hilarious to think about them now. The were made really funny small near the head and opened up really big at the bottom. Oh the fiber glass kits you're tlaking about are the clear see thru they're trying to bring'em back now. I don't think North was fiber glass but I could be wrong.

[Arnieinthesky]

Originally Posted by Whoopysnorp

No bearing edge? How does that work?

Mine do have a bearing edge, I think. Although there is a damaged spot in the lower edge on the 13" tom; I hope it's not hurting my tone. My drums were salvaged from a basement of a house my parents used to rent in Iowa City that used to be connected to a strip club in the '60s, so my understanding is that they were the club's house drums back in like '63.

No bearing edges is a poor design. The old ones had reinforcement hoops but a flat surface that contacted the head. On the early Rogers, the most recent developments were not discovered yet. The drum set was still a relatively new instrument at the time. Tuning is a bitch on em'.

North Drums. Ha ha.

jl