Larry
"Uncle Larry"
In the spirit of calling them as you see them. This could include single drums too. It's all your opinion.
Everybody is always saying how they love this drum or that drum, and I completely get that and agree. I do it too. Basically, it seems like there's nothing but good stuff out there.
So for the sake of balance, have you ever had some drum(s) that you had first hand, long enough term experience with, that for whatever reason, just didn't do it for you?
Mine would be my first brand new set I paid for myself, 1976 bowling ball blue oyster Ludwigs. Really hilly bearing edges, no iso mounts then, so the mounts choked the crap out of the tone. I just couldn't get along with them, but I really couldn't tune then either. I liked the kick and snare, and hated the toms.
I had a set of Yamaha Gigmasters that were THE most choked drums I ever heard straight out of the box. And the wrap was the cheapest, worst looking wrap on a drum I ever saw. It could be the only bad thing I ever saw from Yamaha. I eventually got a passable tone from them after doing a bunch of mods. Some school has them now.
In the 70's I had one of the original 14 x 6.5 Tama bell brass snares. Yea that one. The bearing edges were so sharp they could literally almost cut my skin. I just didn't like it. Granted, I was even more of an idiot back then. But I still knew what I liked.
For all that it was supposed to be on paper, and I definitely bought it with my eyes, the flagship Canopus Zelkova didn't have long lasting appeal for me. Again, the bearing edges were way too sharp. I wanted to like it, hollowed out construction, arced outer profile, it looked amazing inside..
I wasn't a fan of the 67 Acro I had, or the 14 x 6.5 - 10 lug re-issue Acro. Add the Supra-lite to this list too.
I'm not a fan of my Oriollo snare, I don't like the snare response, I can't get it crisp enough without rattling, no matter how tight I go.
I wanted to like all of these drums, but couldn't lol.
Everybody is always saying how they love this drum or that drum, and I completely get that and agree. I do it too. Basically, it seems like there's nothing but good stuff out there.
So for the sake of balance, have you ever had some drum(s) that you had first hand, long enough term experience with, that for whatever reason, just didn't do it for you?
Mine would be my first brand new set I paid for myself, 1976 bowling ball blue oyster Ludwigs. Really hilly bearing edges, no iso mounts then, so the mounts choked the crap out of the tone. I just couldn't get along with them, but I really couldn't tune then either. I liked the kick and snare, and hated the toms.
I had a set of Yamaha Gigmasters that were THE most choked drums I ever heard straight out of the box. And the wrap was the cheapest, worst looking wrap on a drum I ever saw. It could be the only bad thing I ever saw from Yamaha. I eventually got a passable tone from them after doing a bunch of mods. Some school has them now.
In the 70's I had one of the original 14 x 6.5 Tama bell brass snares. Yea that one. The bearing edges were so sharp they could literally almost cut my skin. I just didn't like it. Granted, I was even more of an idiot back then. But I still knew what I liked.
For all that it was supposed to be on paper, and I definitely bought it with my eyes, the flagship Canopus Zelkova didn't have long lasting appeal for me. Again, the bearing edges were way too sharp. I wanted to like it, hollowed out construction, arced outer profile, it looked amazing inside..
I wasn't a fan of the 67 Acro I had, or the 14 x 6.5 - 10 lug re-issue Acro. Add the Supra-lite to this list too.
I'm not a fan of my Oriollo snare, I don't like the snare response, I can't get it crisp enough without rattling, no matter how tight I go.
I wanted to like all of these drums, but couldn't lol.