LOOKSyou be the judge. sorry i still cant set it up properly since i dont have money to buy L rod arms and tension rods. the claws and tension rods attached are from my pink kit. i did get to buy the claws last sunday but the tension rods that came with it dont fit the lugs.
toms are 10x7 and 14x11
bass is 18x16
more pics at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27185619@N00/sets/72157594417578694/SOUNDthe 10" and 14" toms are deep and full sounding. it resonates very very well and the suspension mounts really do help a lot. no need to wallop the drums make it sing.
the 18" bass drum lacks oomph and its the size that is to blame. all i get is a big boomy sound. im still trying to get a thud sound from the heads. if all else fails then i'll consider porting the resonant.
i paired the kit with a pearl 14x3.5 steel free floater and got a perfect match volume wise. i tried using my other 14x5 maple snare but its too loud for the small kit and i needed to control my hits to balance the sound.
if you are curious if what acrylic sounds like, my answer would be, there's no such thing as "acrylic sound". i for one cant distinguish it from wood. maybe if i change heads to something im very familiar with like pinstripes i might notice a difference but im not that anal and the drums sound good as they are right now. you can distinguish wood, steel and acrylic on snares but its not apparent on the toms and bass.
PRICENOT CHEAP
i know many guys would still ask so the price is 26000 pesos for the shell pack (for the uninitiated, shell pack is the term used when buying drums only without hardware). what you see on the pic is all the 26k got me. i bought parts and hardware in a span of 18 months before finally buying the shells last xmas.
NOTESall the shells are 1/4" thick with 1/4" reinforcement rings. cutting the bearing edges on the shells was a biyatch due to the shear thickness. the reinforcement rings is necessary for strength, it helps the shell stay round and also hold the glued seam together.
aquarian drumheads are too heavy if you are used to remo ambassadors. for the toms, i used double thins for batter and classic clear for the resonant. the classic clear heads are very good but the double plies are too muffled the toms sound boxy. i personally like open tom sounds and i didnt like the double thins at all. the classic clear heads were perfect, no muffling needed, open sounding but not ringy.
evans emad on the batter side and evans resonant on the errr...resonant side. i wasted money here since i liked the sound of the emad without the external muffler. i should have just bought something else.
NOT FOR GIGGING2 reasons really, first is that its too heavy to lift and second is that you'd be really ticked if somebody bangs on it or you make a mistake and ding it.
REGRETSi drilled the bass spurs too high up on the shell. the result is that it raises the drum only 1" off the ground when fully extended. this kills the idea of using a bass drum riser on the pedal side so the beater hits the center of the drum. i may have to build a craddle or just buy another beater and cut it down, either way, i cant do anything now since im bankrupt.
i should have went with a 20" or a 22" bass drum but i dont have a choice since i already bought the 18" heads and hoops more than a year ago.
special thanks to wax_static for sharing the acrylic source
