I'm proud to say that i have an original Yamaha birch "DT" drum kit circa 19'69-71, when they started making great quality drums, that i restored to it's natural finish, and it sounds and looks great..
i have a yamaha birch custom absolute which is an incredible kit in its own right but god damn i would love to get a phx. both kits i have owned (and still own) are yamahas, my other one being a rydeen. IMO there isn't a better kit out there than a yamaha.
had a 80's era Recording custom in black. sold it cause... I'm stupid. well, I sold it cause I didn't like the sizes at the time. it was 24" 12" 13" 16". pretty "standard" sizes at the time. was joning for a 10" 12" 14" 16" 22" setup. wish I had kept that kit... sounded so good and the fit and finish was one of the best I've seen on drum kits. Anyway, at some point I think I'll invest in a PHX. looks great and sounds incredible to my ears.
At first I thought they had applied the same principle in their bearing edges being cut in different ways as the Pearl Reference but at some point I understood they took the opposite way. Instead of emphasizing the cut of the smaller toms they seem to have decided to take more body out of them since they naturally have more cut...did I understand it right?
When he talks about the inner ply "energising the outer plies", it's total bullshit from a physics standpoint. Once you adhesively bond the plies together, they vibrate as one composite laminate. At that point, there are 3 primary parameters in play: 1-mass, 2-stiffness, 3-loss. These 3 primary parameters then play-off against each other to create the overall mechanical impedance characteristics of the laminate. Whatever laminate recipe you come up with, once it's bonded together it becomes and expression of these basic factors.
I'm proud to say that i have an original Yamaha birch "DT" drum kit circa 19'69-71, when they started making great quality drums, that i restored to it's natural finish, and it sounds and looks great..
i have a yamaha birch custom absolute which is an incredible kit in its own right but god damn i would love to get a phx. both kits i have owned (and still own) are yamahas, my other one being a rydeen. IMO there isn't a better kit out there than a yamaha.
These drums sound awsome ..curious what tommy Aldridge is using ..want to buy a high end kit. Maybe a 7 piece "double kick".
Are these drums louder than other kits of the same size drums?
had a 80's era Recording custom in black. sold it cause... I'm stupid. well, I sold it cause I didn't like the sizes at the time. it was 24" 12" 13" 16". pretty "standard" sizes at the time. was joning for a 10" 12" 14" 16" 22" setup.
wish I had kept that kit... sounded so good and the fit and finish was one of the best I've seen on drum kits.
Anyway, at some point I think I'll invest in a PHX. looks great and sounds incredible to my ears.
At first I thought they had applied the same principle in their bearing edges being cut in different ways as the Pearl Reference but at some point I understood they took the opposite way. Instead of emphasizing the cut of the smaller toms they seem to have decided to take more body out of them since they naturally have more cut...did I understand it right?
Thank you for this! SO awesome!
Yamaha all the way for me.
yamaha FTW!
When he talks about the inner ply "energising the outer plies", it's total bullshit from a physics standpoint. Once you adhesively bond the plies together, they vibrate as one composite laminate. At that point, there are 3 primary parameters in play: 1-mass, 2-stiffness, 3-loss. These 3 primary parameters then play-off against each other to create the overall mechanical impedance characteristics of the laminate. Whatever laminate recipe you come up with, once it's bonded together it becomes and expression of these basic factors.
Oh shut up, these drums are insane and you don’t know anything about making drum sets.