Jeremy Bender
Platinum Member
The Japanese craftsmen who built Yamaha drums for the past 40 years are striking out on their own. The new offerings look and sound promising.
http://www.sakaedrums.com/
http://www.sakaedrums.com/
Who do you review for Dave?I have two Celestial kits to review at the moment. Some of the nicest drums I think I've played so far.
Yes, I picked up the (fairly mild) processing too (especially bass drums), but at least they're not going over the top on it.Post-processing aside, they sound great. I
Who do you review for Dave?
Interesting You'll know chris then? Are you coming to LDS?MikeDolbear.com
It can be, especially if you want to put back some of the mid that bubinga misses out on. That's fine for a snare, but with toms, you remove some of the clear/dominant fundamental advantages of those constructions when you mix species.Maple Bubinga sounds like an awesome combo for stave/segmented configs too.......
Just listened to the MDS video. I must agree. The bass drum sounded most unsatisfying. A very confused fundamental, choked almost, but I can't help thinking that's more a head / tuning issue than anything else. I'd have to try really hard to get a bass drum sound like that, & I'm sure these drums are able to deliver much better than on this recording.I just watched that video and there is no way those drums sound good. The bass drum sounded like a trash can I have on the back patio. Anyone shelling out 3600 bucks for those needs to seek professional help in my humblest of opinions. Plus I have noticed as of late thaty MDS is way over priced on lots of their stuff. Okay rant over.