Les Ismore
Platinum Member
OK, keep in mind this is on my new 2014 STAGE CUSTOMS, it is a $600 drum set, but it 'is' still YAMAHA! Even so, me didn't expect this. I've been crowing about YAMAHA'S excellent fit/finish for a long time, and this is what I get.
Lordy, lordy! I just noticed my BD lugs don't line up, they're 'off'. I've been gigging this kit 1-2 times a week and it been about a month and I just noticed, that's how close the lugs are to being straight, you have to REALLY look hard to see that they're not lined up. Soooo hard that you wouldn't be looking unless you knew, or suspected they were off, like I did.
I 'only' took notice when today I did some head work on the bass drum, this being the third-fourth time I've had the heads off even, so shows you how inconspicuous the screw up is. Me had the BD sitting on the floor, spurs retracted and I noticed the BD wouldn't sit flat on its 4 bottom lugs, there was a roll.
Thought there was something under the drum, after inspecting and finding nothing I checked the lugs and quickly noticed they were off, not in line with each other front to batter. The front 8 are jacked counterclockwise the wee'st of wee little bit.
Im not going to fret this blunder, I can live with it. I mean I didn't notice all this time by casual eyeballing, but in the big YAMAHA QC scheme of things its a pretty big blow IMO, and since their introduction, I've been putting STAGE CUSTOMS in that big YAMAHA QC scheme of things.
Again, $600 STAGE CUSTOM kit... but a fail none the less by YAMAHA.
So if anyone sees some 2014 STAGE CUSTOMS on the floor, very closely eyeball the alignment of the BD lugs. The tell tale test is if your BD doesn't sit flat on its bottom 4 lugs (level floor).
Haven't yet checked the toms that close, I will later tho... stay tuned.
Lordy, lordy! I just noticed my BD lugs don't line up, they're 'off'. I've been gigging this kit 1-2 times a week and it been about a month and I just noticed, that's how close the lugs are to being straight, you have to REALLY look hard to see that they're not lined up. Soooo hard that you wouldn't be looking unless you knew, or suspected they were off, like I did.
I 'only' took notice when today I did some head work on the bass drum, this being the third-fourth time I've had the heads off even, so shows you how inconspicuous the screw up is. Me had the BD sitting on the floor, spurs retracted and I noticed the BD wouldn't sit flat on its 4 bottom lugs, there was a roll.
Thought there was something under the drum, after inspecting and finding nothing I checked the lugs and quickly noticed they were off, not in line with each other front to batter. The front 8 are jacked counterclockwise the wee'st of wee little bit.
Im not going to fret this blunder, I can live with it. I mean I didn't notice all this time by casual eyeballing, but in the big YAMAHA QC scheme of things its a pretty big blow IMO, and since their introduction, I've been putting STAGE CUSTOMS in that big YAMAHA QC scheme of things.
Again, $600 STAGE CUSTOM kit... but a fail none the less by YAMAHA.
So if anyone sees some 2014 STAGE CUSTOMS on the floor, very closely eyeball the alignment of the BD lugs. The tell tale test is if your BD doesn't sit flat on its bottom 4 lugs (level floor).
Haven't yet checked the toms that close, I will later tho... stay tuned.