Yes! Love the Super 2's!

Thanks for checking it out and the nice comment.

Thanks man! That's known as a "talk back" mic and only the band and crew can hear it. Glad you're making good use of the click box idea. It's really a helpful tool. And yes, Stars is in 3/4. Love me a good country waltz. Nobody seems to write those anymore.

Thank you!!

The hihats are 16" Istanbul Agop series. Buttery and dark!

Can't see any logo, is it 30th anniversary?

@@suheru it’s literally the Agop line of cymbal. Or sometimes called the Signature line. The ones with the green label.

@@brianczach It became clear. I got a signature ride, seems like I'm gonna buy a signature hihat. Thanks man 🤙🏻

I don't play for TL anymore. My main touring gig now is Mannheim Steamroller. I was also not the Musical Director for TL but the drum chair duties included counting off songs and establishing tempos. Thanks for checking it out!

Yeah, but how about that drummer? LOL

Who is Paul McCarthy?

I haven't played this drum in awhile. I might bring it out on my next gig. I think that the hoops are part of what makes the drum special, though I have found that the do eat up drum sticks quite quickly if you are playing rim shots. I own the SLP Bubinga too and I love it, but it has very different hoops (triple flange) and snare wires (20 strand, I think), as well as shell thickness. My opinion is that all the SLP drums have gone through a ton of R&D at Tama so much so that it doesn't make sense to change out the hoops, the wires, or the hardware. They made it like that for a reason, and the results speak for themselves. If you put different hoops on yours, let me know what you think of the results.

That’s true. You’ll need to make sure you dial in a good mix with the sound engineer or if you’re running your own mix, just give yourself enough signal so that you can hear the top end of the kit (cymbals and high frequency). Thanks for watching!

Yeah I think it was dropping in pitch because it was still settling into that lower tuning and each time I hit it, it was dropping slightly. Kinda funny actually. But after a few hits, it settled into the new lower tuning. I think it was just because the head had been tuned up higher for so long and it just needed a few seconds to settle into the lower tuning. Thanks for watching!

Thank you for watching the stream and for your comments!

LOL! I'll talk to him about it.

I can't say I would recommend this drum as a primary workhorse snare. My primary workhorse snare is definitely some kind of aluminum shell drum, like a Supraphonic or equivalent. The Tama SLP Dry Aluminum is right up there for me, and I use that drum on most of my local, in town gigs. It sounds good tuned up, down, in the middle, and it's lightweight too. After spending more time with it, this walnut SLP drum would be a good secondary drum to a brass or aluminum drum. The walnut definitely has darker tonality, which works in some very "live" acoustic rooms. The only drawback is the "stick saver" rims actually chew up sticks pretty quickly, ironically. Stay tuned to this channel as I'm in the planning stages of creating a series of videos that spotlights all the different snare drums I've come to own over the years. Over 20!!

I really appreciate the unbiased review, I’ll check out the SLP Dry Aluminum next. Really looking forward to that 20 snare vid!

Haha yes. I might have a problem. 😂 I haven’t counted recently but I’m pretty sure it’s over 20. Most of them are Canopus, Ludwig’s, and Tama’s. I’m thinking of starting a snare drum spotlight series just to feature all of the great drums I have. Would that be something you’d be interested in seeing?

@@brianczach Ya for sure. And method you using in tuning your sn. DRUMS. To describe all your snare drums, I think it'll take an eternity to tell. But little story bout very best of them, would be cool. You can compose video as you wish.

Got it! I’ll figure out how to present them and include some tuning techniques.

@@brianczach Yeah, I cant wait to watch that. Thanks 😁✌️

This is an old video from a few years ago. This was my first high-end drum kit which I bought as a student back in 1996 and I still use it today. The Canopus kit you saw actually is owned by Mannheim Steamroller. I endorse Canopus snares and snare wires but I don't have a full endorsement with them (although that could be in the works!) or with Tama. I also have a good relationship with one of the Tama artist reps so they've hooked me up a few times for different things over the years. Thanks for tuning in!

Thank you sir!

The drums from the two tours are NOT the same. I believe Tom from the Red Band uses a Yamaha Oak Custom drum kit, with Sabian cymbals. Thanks for checking out the video.

@@brianczach No problem! It is always fun finding out more about these kinds of things. Thanks for sharing in your video again Brian!

I'll have to get approval from management on that one. HA!

I’m in the Green Band which is touring the east coast this year. The Red Band will be in California and west coast venues this year.

Thanks!!