Well...........20 years or so of playing. Started on a set of Reuther's and played everything from Pearl exports to Yamahas but always had used pawn shop specials........not that there's anything wrong with that but I got my first non entry level kit the other day. Traded my exports for some Mapex Meridian Maple in Supernova Burst..........I almost cried while I was unboxing them. MAN......beautiful. They look better than I could have hoped. They sound amazing and can't wait to get those stock UM Remo heads off. Perfect with my Mapex Falcon double bass pedal. Feels good to share this with people who know exactly what I'm talking about. I had Evans Onyx heads on my exports and loved how they sounded. Anyone have some input on a good head for the maple's?. OK......need to go look at them again.