I miss my Mapex Saturn V studio ease. I still have the Chris Adler snare and dw9002 double bass pedal. But when I moved into my apartment I had to get an electronic kit 😩. But I've got my eyes on the Varus sets for my next acoustic. But I'll always lov3 Mapex.

birch are better than maple for rock/metal/loud music?

I too am using an all Maple kit. Mapex Pro M, the same shells they used in the Saturn series at the time. Absolutely amazing under microphones. Very deep and resonant. 24x18 10x8,13x11,16x16,18x16

I hear this comment a lot! What is it about Pearl that you don't like? I know a lot of people mention not liking the tom arms. I personally don't dislike any of the main drum manufacturers.

@@daltonidaho The fact that Pearl don't include a mounting system with their kits, making you buy them separately, leaves a sour taste in the mouth. Other manufacturers whose kits sound just as good if not better can manage it so why can't Pearl? It's even the norm for Pearl to equip kits that cost around 2,000 euro (for example their Professional Series) with the cheaper UT Remo heads. This is also true of the Session Select kit in the video. For comparison, the Mapex Saturn is equipped with Remo USA heads (the superior kind) on every single head, batter and reso. Even Tama manage to put Remo USA's on their batter's, if not the resos. I don't dislike Pearls drums, they make some excellent sounding drums, but I think they suffer from notable value for money issues when put up against their competitors.

Great. Then you‘ll hopefully love next weeks video too ;) //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash :O can't wait!!

No way

Hi Raphael. Yey of course. Here they are: Toms: 10": Top Lug: 195 Hz, Bottom Lug: 327 12": Top Lug: 146 Hz, Bottom Lug: 245 16": Top Lug: 110 Hz, Bottom Lug: 183 Snare: Top Lug: 299 Hz plus another quarter turn of the drum key, Bottom Lug: 398 Hz Kick: 22": Batter Lug: 66 Hz, Reso Lug: 76 Hz Let me know if this works with your kit. All the best, Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Hi Simon, thank you very much. I always find it exciting how other drummers tune their toms. Both in terms of the interval between the batter head and the resonant head, as well as the interval between the different toms. I see that with your tuning the interval between top and bottom head is rather high. At least significantly higher than what I would aim for. But the sound proves you right, your toms sound really cool. I just got a delivery with new tom skins from Thomann yesterday and can now experiment again with the tuning. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Hi Raphael. Likewise. I‘m also into experimenting with these kinda things. Usually I tune the reso head a minor third higher than the batter head. I tried a couple of different intervals but i always come back to that :). I am actually not a big fan of tuning the batter head higher. There is a video about different Reso head tunings here on the channel if you‘re interested. For me, it was very interesting to do it :). What kinda heads did you get? My favorite combination right now is: Batter head: Vintage Ambassador Coated, Reso Head: Coated Diplomat. Wir können übrigens auch auf deutsch schreiben 😅 //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Da das Video auf Englisch ist, hab ich auch auf Englisch kommentiert. Aber ich habe mir schon gedacht, dass du mich auch auf Deutsch verstehen würdest. :D Eine (kleine oder große) Terz ist eigentlich auch mein Lieblingsintervall zwischen Schlag- und Resonanzfell. Für Racktoms eher eine große Terz und für Floortoms eine kleine Terz oder sogar weniger. Und tatsächlich mache ich es genau so, wie du in dem Video zur Stimmung der Resonanzfelle gesagt hast. Bei den Racktoms stimme ich meist das Reso tiefer als das Schlagfell, um diesen etwas ausgewogeneren Sound zu haben. Bei den Floortoms darf es eine ordentliche Portion Low-End sein, deswegen stimme ich dort das Reso höher als das Schlagfell. Ich habe mich wieder einmal für die ganz klassische Kombination aus Evans G2 und Evans Genera Resonant entschieden. Damit kann man nicht viel verkehrt machen. Mein eigentliches Experiment wird der Versuch sein, den Grundton des Kessels herauszufinden und die Trommel dann auf diesen Ton zu stimmen. Mal schauen, wie sich da auf den Sound auswirkt.

Then get a Tama superstar classic 7 piece maple drums they are great drums trust me on that you don’t need super high end drums to get a great quality drums these days

Hi Felix. Puh....good question :-D They are both great kits. In the Groove Hunter #6 Video (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i72ei6tmy8mnl2w.html) i play a Pearl Masters Maple Complete Drum kit which sounds amazing. If you'd like to compare the session studio kit with that one so you get a better opinion? Let me know if that helps //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Hi Simon. Thanks for the quick response! And thanks for the Videolink. I will try to compare them :) slighty preferring the studio session kit atm. But I think both kits would be a great addition :-)

Your welcome. The Studio Session's got some amazing low end in toms and the kick drum. Almost a little bit to much for my taste when it comes to the kick. The toms sound huge. //Simon

It does sound really great! What style should we do next? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash like rock like the group Paramore :] love them

Great idea. Will think about it! //Simon

yes

He's amazing!!! I love his playing. What would you think about a Top 5 Gojira Groove Video? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Mega, fände ich echt geil.

Alles klar! :-) Hast du bestimmte Songs im Auge? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Born For One Thing, Only Pain, Oroborus, Vacuity, The Cell, Pray, Low Lands, Silvera, Stranded, L'enfant Savage, The Gift Of Guilt, A Sight To Behold (Mein Lieblingslied), Born in Winter, From Mars und To Sirius (sind zwei zusammenhängende Songs). Das sind jetzt auch nur Lieder die ich mir selbst zutraue zu Spielen.

@@the_Kiwi666 alles klar. Mega. Danke dir.

I like this one too. Great Punch and tone! What would be your second choice?

@Thomann's Drum Bash definitely Pearl. I've been a Pearl/Mapex player all my life. Tried Yamaha, Tama, and Ludwigs, and I keep coming back to Mapex and Pearl. This video was a *great example* of why I do. ;)

Hi Seppe. Yes it is. It‘s this red/purple sparkle kit I play in a lot of our videos! //Simon

Pretty good question. Maybe on eBay or Reverb? //Simon

​@@ThomannsDrumBash I personally prefer Tama Starclassic Maple, but I own Tama Superstar HD Maple Kit.

@@steeltruedrum Both are great kits!

Used market. They're out there

Hi Rob. Thanks for the comment. Sounds great. Where are you from? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Italy

Hi PJ. So the heads we used on the Toms are all Remo Emperor Clear. I definitely think the Emad could bring out more low end out of the kick if necessary. About the clamps.: I think they are when mounting on a stand. But the Tom Mount is different though. But I guess you already know that :) //Simon

Anyone interested in getting these drums but who might have some lingering doubts about the seeming lack of lowdown punch should check this promo vid of the kit played by Lester Estelle - the drums, here with Evans heads on and including an Emad on the kick. Killer drummer and song.. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/id2faLuUy6ishqM.html

They so are!!! What inspires you when you listen to them playing drums? //Simon

Joey Jordison signature snare.

Great to hear that. There will be a video coming out soon that you will love then! After Matt who would be your next favorite drummer? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Sleep Token’s drummer or Matt Gartska

@@thedutchdjentleman I love Matt Garstkas drumming!!! :-) //Simon

Hi Morgane! Here they are: Toms: 10": Top Lug: 195 Hz, Bottom Lug: 327 12": Top Lug: 146 Hz, Bottom Lug: 245 16": Top Lug: 110 Hz, Bottom Lug: 183 Snare: Top Lug: 299 Hz plus another quarter turn of the drum key, Bottom Lug: 398 Hz Kick: 22": Batter Lug: 66 Hz, Reso Lug: 76 Hz Please let me know how it works with your kit! All the best, Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash thx a lot! I will have a blast i’m sure (pun intended) 😊

Thank you Kevin. What’s your favorite kit? //Simon

Thank you Kevin. What’s your favorite kit? //Simon

Hi James. So i have to check out that kit. Never played or heard it. Do you own it or did you have the chance to play on it?

@@ThomannsDrumBash yes i do own one its a 22x18 kick 10x8 12x10 and 16x16 toms the snare is standard 14x5.5

@@ThomannsDrumBash also the peace genesis is a good kit if it had better hardware I own both kits my genesis kit is out of commission as the hardware for it is no longer made and the lugs are plastic but it sounded good for its price a little smaller on the kick though being only 20x16 but ya the energy kit is phenomenal

Your welcome! Any video topic wishes? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash well, I'm in the search of cymbals for recording rock and metal, anything related would be awesome (those zultan F5 sound very good, and cheap!) Anyway, even being a store/promo channel I enjoy most of your videos, really informative and interesting, just keep going! Haha thanks

Thank you Angela. Did you check out the cymbals in this video? We chose them especially to get a metal sound. //Simon

You mean the Animal as Leaders song? 😅 //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash exactly

Hi Donald. Thanks for the comment. Wouldn't drums without cymbals be half naked? //Simon

Right? It sounds incredible!!! //Simon

Thanks for sharing. It is a killer snare drum. What would be your favorite kit for Metal then? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash well, actually I consider myself as a pretty universal drummer/musician, so I need universal instrument. I’m a Premier dude since ‘96, have English made GenX and Genista kits. From Premier I would choose Genista for rock/metal. Birch shells, clean sounding instrument, brilliant. btw, I had opportunity to play for some time all of like these on video kits, and for metal probably I would choose Pearl shells (but not hardware). They have clean, pretty aggressive and dominant sound. Mapex has the same “aggression”, but their tone is to low for my taste. Tama to me sounds in between of Pearl and Mapex.

Hi Daniele. Thanks for sharing. What about a top 5 Iron Maiden Groove Video? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash That would be great! To an unattentive listener they can seem very similar but there are a lot of variations and sublety in ghosts and details to them.

That is totally true. What would be your favorite songs? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Hard to tell, there are so many. Iconically speaking, The Trooper with the signature gallop, The Wicker Man for one example of the foot tecnique, The Longest Day for a more articulated construction in the more recent ones, The Clansman for a different take on the galloping... I mean, I can go on for a while.

@@DennyMala Wow thanks. Uhh...the Wicker Man....such a classic. Love The bell rhythm :-)

They both are incredible players! //Simon

Do you have experienced that? Can't decide between Pearl Studio Birch/Mahogany oder Pearl Masters pure Maple

Tama 👍🏽

Of course it counts! Why not? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash cause delta a studio player not from a band, or so it would have you believe, # delta is not entirely from earth 🤭

Hey PJ. Thanks for sharing. Alex is an incredible drummer! I really dig his style of playing! //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Yeah, he's up there among the greats. Can't resist sharing this cover - with him playing on that Dynamic Kapur kit, with that John Tempesta snare. . Awesome! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mbaEfd2WqtfPdqc.html

@@ThomannsDrumBash Tbh, I guess Danny Carey would be my favorite drummer, but it'd be just a tad difficult to put together a similar sounding kit to his, and within the price range of these kits you've demo'd here...! Would really love to hear you demo that Dynamic Kapur kit, though... Any chance of that happening, Simon?

Sounds good to me!!! Would you like to see such kind of Video for a different musical style? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash Yes sure. It will be very interesting! Keep it up Simon! 👍

Thanks! Will do!!! //Simon

Thank you!!! //Simon

I think 80 % of TAMA'S drummers on their roster all play some sort of RAWK!!! That kit is even punchier than most Birch kits I've heard, especially live!

Oh yeah! :) Great you recognized it!!! //Simon

Hi Shakiel. Who's Zack? //Simon

@@ThomannsDrumBash kzfaq.info/love/W7LtGizqathWM2mUKYAx_g