To me the best deal out there was a used Pacific FS set. Since I had been away from the drum scene for a while I did my best to research and get myself back up to par on what was happening in the drum world. I didn't have the money to buy new so I searched for used. (I got it used) Crazy cheap!!!! And the Ace snare was less than $300.Ī couple of years ago I decided to get back into drumming. As the price point goes down, so does the quality.however, the CW kit that I'm playing live was probably about $800 new. The high end Pacific's that run around $1500 are as good if not better than most other companies top of the line stuff. Also, there are like a million Pacific kits out there now. I have heard about some QC issues with the Pacific stuff, but haven't experienced that personally. It's not flat based, but is single braced and has all the standard DW ratchet style tilters. Most people don't know about this stand and think DW only makes the flat based or the heavy duty double braced. The DW stuff may be too heavy for some people, but I have a couple of their (7000 series?) single braced boom stands that are great.
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I haven't had a problem with either the DW or Pacific stuff and I'm doing 150+ dates a year plus sessions. It's a nickel over brass.black beauty copy.I put a die-cast hoop on it and it is KILLER!!!! The price of these drums in relation the sound is just ridiculous. I use a Pacific Ace snare drum on the road. Totally fine for being mic'ed up in a club. The toms are a little muted for being thin maple shells.maybe because they are a wrap. These drums tune up well and go really low!! The 16 VLT is the LOWEST sounding 16" I have ever heard. They stay in the same place mic'ed up and always sound good. I took the pacific 24" along with the DW toms and it was GOLDEN!!!! The Pacific kick is amazing!
I have taken a Yamaha Absolute and a vintage Gretsch kit to sessions and was asked "Where are your DW's". Seriously!! Maybe if they didn't like them they kept it to themselves Who knows? The only issue I have had is that the floor toms sometimes ring too long.but they ring in tune. I have never had an engineer, live or studio, dislike my DWs or complain about their tuning. I use my DW for sessions and keep the Pacifics in my band's trailer. I don't use the snare, instead I use a Pacific Ace 6.5x14. While the church kit is VLT kick and floor, 45 degree bearing edges with a rounded outer and is a lacquered finish. I mention these separate because mine is a wrap and has 45 degree edges. I have a weekly church gig that has a new (2008) DW Collector's Series. I generally just play a 4 piece, so basically I have a jazz kit and a contemporary kit. A large kit with 4 toms, matching snare and two kicks (18" and 22"). Just for the record, I have a positive opinion of DW and Pacific drums. So come'on fellow Forum members-give PDP some LOVE HERE!!! I would be willing to wager a bet that if you took a DW kit and a Pacific kit both tuned, blindfolder a drummer and had them play one then the other, I don't think you would notice a bit of difference. While the lugs might be offensive to many, a lug is a lug and look better than several other lug designs offered by other companies in my opinion.īut as stated, we always hear about Pearl, DW, Mapex, Yamaha, Tama, Sonor, custom makers and never PDP. Why? They are the best kept secret in drums as I find the sound is great both live and recorded the finish and quality is great-I have never had one problem with the hardware the customer service is second to none you get pick them up at rediculous cheap prices. Quite frankly, I have had DW, Ludwig, Sonor, Yamaha, Tama, Pearl, and Pacific and I am playing Pacific (and Ludwig because of my affection for vintage Ludwig). You can even buy all sizes for the toms, which is what I want aswell.I have mentioned several times why PDP doesn't get any love here on the Forum and you see the typical responses-lugs, inferior hardware, etc. The mounting system on the toms is something I've not used before (Y.E.S.S), but it's amazing.
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Sounds professional and amazing.Įasy to assemble, looks great where ever I set it up and I usually get compliments for how good it looks and sounds.
G2 + Genera Reso heads on all toms, ST Dry + Snare Side 300 on the snare, and EQ3 + Yamaha Factory reso on bass drum. It'll probably be my main kit for many, many years to come, and Yamaha has been a brand I've fallen in love with so much over the last months. It sounds amazing, and for a cheap price as this shell pack is, any drummer should honestly have one of these kits in their disposal. And after 6 months of use, I can say this buy was a great one! I've been playing other brands before buying my very own kit, and as soon as I played on a Stage Custom I knew exactly what I wanted myself - And got it as soon as I could.