New Johnny Juliani Drum Kits 2019 Update One Of
New Johnny Juliani Drum Kits 2019 Upgrade Their Sound

Vinny, Id say Sonor is still doing exactly what you say: Aside from the fully customizable SQ2s, theres 3 production lines: Prolite, SQ1, and the Vintage Series.

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Heres the Musicradar writeup: So many drums, so little room to store them all.

New Johnny Juliani Drum Kits 2019 Upgrade Their Sound

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New Johnny Juliani Drum Kits 2019 Update One Of

Despite the quality of the competition, our winner for Best New Drum Kit this year beat the closest contender by almost double the number of votes as Tama update one of drummings most iconic and respected line of drum kits.

DS Drums Rebel 9.

Gretsch Brooklyn Micro 8.

Even the fact they picked Walnut as their interior plies, is something Mapex has been famous for, for years.

All the same stuff.

Boring. The only two companies that pique my interest are AF and British Drum Company.

And hats off to Gretsch and Ludwig for continuing to revise and improve because every other drum maker in the world seems dead set on copying your formulas).

Actual the Mapex kit is the one kit trying some cool and revolutionary ideas, but because it is Mapex, most wont dig to find out what they are.

From the marketing promo for the Mapex Cherry Bomb set: Cherry Bomb system is a hybrid of the classic sounds of beloved vintage drums.

No offense. Theyre wooden cylinders with membranes stretched across the openings.

Not to mention the adjustable bend in the floor tom leg to adjust resonance.

Mapex certainly makes some nice stuff, but nothing in the drum industry seems particularly innovative relative to other sorts of mechanical consumer products.

The Tama Star tom mounts with the isolation bushings are somewhat innovative, but they just borrowed that idea from engine mounts and suspension arms on cars and reapplied it.

If I were playing in any sort of acoustic, roots, singer song writer, sort of gig, I would be looking into these drums.

To my ear they seem just right-big fat bass drums, woody toms, really interesting snares-all begging to be hit with anything besides a stick.

If I were going to pay boutique prices I would prefer a kit that has something more going on than just wooden hoops and clips slapped on as an after market option.

I would not use AF for jazz (not enough mids) nor I would I use them for any amplified rock music (the low end would get lost in the electric guitars).

As for the British Drum Company, Ive been saying for years, that since Yamaha ceased operations in Japan, the drum world has been deficit for a high quality birch drum kit.

I acknowledge that the Chinese R.C.

But I think British Drum Companys Legend drums are different and fill that gaping birch hole.

The finishes are unique, their hardware is original, (I do believe a tom mount is in the offing) and their cold pressed shell manufacturing is very detailed.

Check out the video on youtube check out Shane Demoing a red Legend kit.

That bass drum is murder) 3) Though AF wont be putting Gretsch or Ludwig out of business Stateside, I will say that if Sonor isnt careful, British Drum Co.

That SQ2 thing has reached the silk hat phase.

Namm shows been about for the last 10 years-over pimped out drum kits) I much prefer the good old Sonor days when they made a few lines with a few sizes and a few finish choices.

But I digress. The Horst Link era is gone, but I really wish a drum company would try to emulate what they had going back then, but then again, I keep hoping that Paiste will re-issue the Sound Creation Dark Ride, so brand me a naive little drum snob.

I much prefer the good old Sonor days when they made a few lines with a few sizes and a few finish choices.

Sizes are limited and finishes are definitely sparse among the three.

Also, you mentioned that the drum world has been deficit for a high quality birch drum kit.

Have you ever played an SQ1 set Theyre top shelf; excellent birch drums.

I briefly owned a set of the new Chinese RCs, but moved them along in favor of a set of SQ1s in the same sizes.

And speaking of Shane: check out the DCP video of him playing a black set of SQ1s if you get a chance.