Hey all,
so I've been looking for a new kit for a while now and I have narrowed it down the new Drum dominions that were released this year and the NATAL café racer kit
The Ddrums:
they have a standard 5 piece config with traditional sizes (10, 12, 16, 22k, 14s) and it comes with an all-birch shell with an ash veneer and gloss lacquer finishes (which I`m a big fan of), and it comes with Chinese Remo heads (CS dot on the snare, P3 for the kick, and pinstripes for the toms). One finish that stands out to me is the red burst. The price for the 5 piece is $949.99 on GC, which isn´t bad. The only videos of the kit were the ones that ddrum put up on their channel. At the same time, I have heard tons of bad stuff about ddrum and their QC, so that is concerning me a little.
The NATALS:
The natal kit is a 4 piece shell pack with the same sizes excluding the snare. The wood is American tulipwood, which I hear is a darker tonewood. Natal offers a lot more finishes for these drums rather than the four that are available for the dominion. This kit features Evans heads (G2 coated for toms, EMAD for the kick). The finish I want is seafoam green with white kick drum hoops. the list price is $1399.99 On GC, which is barley under my budget. since this kit has been around longer, there were a lot more audio demos, and I watched the drummer's review video of this kit and it had a lot of positives
to it other than the reso kick head but that doesn't matter to me as much as build quality and sound quality
So I need some help figuring this out, Cheaper ddrum or Pricier Natal, thx
~~azdrumz
so I've been looking for a new kit for a while now and I have narrowed it down the new Drum dominions that were released this year and the NATAL café racer kit
The Ddrums:
they have a standard 5 piece config with traditional sizes (10, 12, 16, 22k, 14s) and it comes with an all-birch shell with an ash veneer and gloss lacquer finishes (which I`m a big fan of), and it comes with Chinese Remo heads (CS dot on the snare, P3 for the kick, and pinstripes for the toms). One finish that stands out to me is the red burst. The price for the 5 piece is $949.99 on GC, which isn´t bad. The only videos of the kit were the ones that ddrum put up on their channel. At the same time, I have heard tons of bad stuff about ddrum and their QC, so that is concerning me a little.
The NATALS:
The natal kit is a 4 piece shell pack with the same sizes excluding the snare. The wood is American tulipwood, which I hear is a darker tonewood. Natal offers a lot more finishes for these drums rather than the four that are available for the dominion. This kit features Evans heads (G2 coated for toms, EMAD for the kick). The finish I want is seafoam green with white kick drum hoops. the list price is $1399.99 On GC, which is barley under my budget. since this kit has been around longer, there were a lot more audio demos, and I watched the drummer's review video of this kit and it had a lot of positives
to it other than the reso kick head but that doesn't matter to me as much as build quality and sound quality
So I need some help figuring this out, Cheaper ddrum or Pricier Natal, thx
~~azdrumz