Well, I've decided to let my Mango Burst Mapex Saturn kit go. I feel a little like a forty-something guy who bought a Yellow Ferrari only to wipe it with a diaper and look at it in his garage. In the months that I have owned this kit, it has been out of the house exactly once. I had the Yamaha Al Foster Hipgig kit I just sold for two weeks and did three gigs and two rehearsals with it. I used to haul my old Whitney Drums Nesting Penguin kit anywhere I could find an excuse to. I love the way my Mapex's sound and they look amazing, but they are definitely not for toting around. I wasn't crazy about the way the Al Foster Hipgig sounded, although they mike'd up nicely. They looked good, but I'm no fan of wraps. My Penguins looked fabulous. They sounded fantastic for jazz and pretty solid for rock. However, with a 16" Bass, and 10" and 13" toms they lacked a little oomph.
Anyway, I've decided to pick up another Whitney Drums Nesting kit with larger drum sizes than I had last time. I want something that will cross over nicely between Jazz and Rock. I've decided on an 18" bass drum (their bass drums sound larger than they are) and a 14 inch snare drum (I want the surface for brushes). I'll definitely be getting wood hoops all around. The question is, what size toms should I get. The kit is standard with a 10" and a 14" tom. However, he can make it with an 11" and a 15" tom and still get everything to fit inside the bass drum for travel. I'm sure this configuration would sound great for rock, but do you guys think they would still tune up well for jazz. It isn't that different from a typical 12" and 14" tom pairing you'd see in a typical bop kit. Any thoughts?
Oh, if you are unfamiliar you can check out Whitney Drums here.
Anyway, I've decided to pick up another Whitney Drums Nesting kit with larger drum sizes than I had last time. I want something that will cross over nicely between Jazz and Rock. I've decided on an 18" bass drum (their bass drums sound larger than they are) and a 14 inch snare drum (I want the surface for brushes). I'll definitely be getting wood hoops all around. The question is, what size toms should I get. The kit is standard with a 10" and a 14" tom. However, he can make it with an 11" and a 15" tom and still get everything to fit inside the bass drum for travel. I'm sure this configuration would sound great for rock, but do you guys think they would still tune up well for jazz. It isn't that different from a typical 12" and 14" tom pairing you'd see in a typical bop kit. Any thoughts?
Oh, if you are unfamiliar you can check out Whitney Drums here.
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