Need you help guys! Don't know what to choose!

[Gaddabout]

Whitney makes nestng kits just for your situation. Personally I think they sound excellent.

http://whitneydrums.com/wp/nesting-penguin/



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[littlegrooves]

Yeah, those nesting drums don't sound too bad considering that the shells are not "continuous" by nature.

The only thing I would say with those is that the appearance is a little too wacky-- they kind of remind me of those weird Peavey sets from the mid-90's that were made of that synthetic material.

If they could find a way to incorporate a more standard look into those sets, then they could have gigging drummer the market cornered!

I would love to be able to cut my cases from 5 down to 1

[YamahaPlayer]

That and the price is off the wall.

Check out the Hip-Gig kits. They go down to 2 cases basically. Drums all in one, hardware all in the throne. Cymbal bag and you're ready to rock.

[Julián Fernández]

You can´t go wrong with Yamaha...

http://www.rockemmusic.com/product/yama ... it-natural

[DSOP]

What do you think of this one?

That's a nice kit, but the bass drum is too deep (at 18"). For easy tranport, you should get a 14" deep bass drum if possible.

Check this out: http://www.samedaymusic.com/product--TAMVL48JS

[Terry Branam]

Yeah, those Stage Custom Birch kits are where it's at for the $$. Excellent stuff!

[Jay Alsman]

Recently got to play the new Sonor Bop Kit... I couldn't believe how good the 18" kick sounded... an absolute steal for $399 US...

http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/pro ... xy-Sparkle).html

[YamahaPlayer]

http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/pro ... Sparkle%29

That is a incredible deal.

[Gaddabout]

That and the price is off the wall.

It costs money to be so cool.

[deseipel]

I just traded my Catalina Club jazz kit, so I'll give you my impressions:


the bass drum is the best feature, but don't expect it to hear or feel it acoustically (although the audience might hear it better than you) if you have electric guitar or bass in your group.

the snare drum is the worst part of this kit. the snare bed is effectively missing and the result is a snare that could sound like a toy drum.

the 12 & 14 toms are ok, nothing special going on there.

the shells are most likely mahogany from the Philippines. I'm no wood freak, but there's a considerable amount of low end missing. 'Where's the beef?' came to mind a lot.

after about 6-7 years, the chrome begins to age and even rust a little. The wrap on my floor tom even began to yellow.

It's a decent kit for gigging very small jazz stuff and maybe folk/pop stuff, yes. But I wouldn't buy one brand new again.

I traded this kit in to 'upgrade' to a kit that had more 'beef' to it. I ended up with a Catalina Birch in the Euro style shell pack (10, 12, 16, 22 & 14 snare). And while it was an upgrade, it was what I'd call a minimal upgrade. Right off the bat, the stock heads need to go. And I may have someone give the snare a proper bed. Although, the Birch series does retain the 35 degree bearing edge and it's 7ply. The catalina maple is 45 degree bearing edge and doesn't have as many ply as birch. I'm still breaking this new kit in though and my opinion may change.

I'd get a 20" BD too, you won't regret it.

I'm still tweaking the Birch kit, but I was expecting more fundamental tone difference in birch and I can't qualify it yet. There's a full review on my blog if you really want my opinion on the birch kit.

I know this kit probably isn't what you're after, but here's a pic of what I just purchased: