taiko
Senior Member
I'm curious to get the opinions of others on this forum about gigging vs. studio kits. I have read many comments in various forums that X drummer keeps his/her best kit at home and gigs with a relatively inexpensive kit, like a Sonor bop kit or a Gretsch Catalina Club or whatever. I've owned and gigged with both of these--they are just fine. But this approach has never made much sense to me.
I want to gig with the best sounding kit I own that is appropraite for the gig. Thus, right now I take my Canopus Neo Vintage bop kit to small jazz combo gigs and my Yamaha Club Custom (12, 16, 22) to big band gigs. I also have a Gretsch New Classic kit that I keep at the restaurant where my trio plays weekly. My "low end" kit is my Catalina Club Street, which I keep at home for practice purposes and sometimes gig with when I have to play in a very tight space.
So the short of it is, I take my most expensive (and to my ears best sounding) kits on gigs and keep the cheaper one at home. I've known many other musicians and can't really imagine a tuba player, for example, saying, "That's my best horn, I never take it out to gigs. I use my cheap horn for gigs."
Maybe I'm missing something and would like to hear the opinions of others on this.
I want to gig with the best sounding kit I own that is appropraite for the gig. Thus, right now I take my Canopus Neo Vintage bop kit to small jazz combo gigs and my Yamaha Club Custom (12, 16, 22) to big band gigs. I also have a Gretsch New Classic kit that I keep at the restaurant where my trio plays weekly. My "low end" kit is my Catalina Club Street, which I keep at home for practice purposes and sometimes gig with when I have to play in a very tight space.
So the short of it is, I take my most expensive (and to my ears best sounding) kits on gigs and keep the cheaper one at home. I've known many other musicians and can't really imagine a tuba player, for example, saying, "That's my best horn, I never take it out to gigs. I use my cheap horn for gigs."
Maybe I'm missing something and would like to hear the opinions of others on this.