What are the specs of the kit[s] in your drum lessons?

[Quagmire 222]

There was a school thread, so I wanted to see what you guys play on in your drum lesson.

Mine has 2 kits, an old Yamaha and a Sonor Force 2003. They both sound great. The Yamaha is equipped with B8 Pros, which don't sound that bad actually. The 2003 has Sabian AA hats and crashes and an XS20 ride.

[HeLLmO]

well, there are 2 sets in my teachers room, i'm not sure what kit his is, but i know it is mapex. the one i get to use is a Mapex V series i think in fusion sizes, Sabian AAmedium 17'' crash, and a 20'' B8 Pro ride, and 14'' sabian hats, not sure of the series. i belive he has a 16'' zil. A crash, 14'' amir hats, and i'm not sure of the ride. good sets both of them

[Parradiddle Pete]

My teacher uses this gretsch renown maple
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b26/one_beat/P9270278.jpg
But e only has an AAX set (Hats, cras and ride) set up in lessons.
I play on a Gretsch Catalina Birch which I nearly brought but i'm glad i didnt, thats one dodgy kit. With sabian PRO cymbals. The crash is painfully bright and I HAVE to choke or i get a headache. not bad really, but the kits not tuned to well.

[Ill Mitch]

My teacher uses a Starclassic Maple, with an assortment of high end cymbals.

I get to play on a vintage Rogers. :) He has 14" Sabian HH Hats, a 20" Sabian HH Ride, and two 10" HHX Splashes.

[Chris]

Drums
DW collectors,
8x8
10x9
12x10
14x12
16x14
22x16 bass drum
14x5.5 snare
DW 9000 hardwear (double kick, hat stand, ect)

Cymbals (all UFIP)
14 Natural Hats
16 + 18 Class Crashs
8 + 10 Class splashs
20 Class ride
16 Class China

If you want prof, here is my teachers site :D
http://www.gcmp.co.uk/

O and on the hardwear, he is up grading the pedal's this week, as the old ones (5000) have died after 10 years.

[poppinfresh]

I play a gretsch catalina birch in fusion sizes with paiste 505 hats a 16 in sabian medium crash and an amirII ride

[2112drummer]

My teacher has an 80's era Pearl Export. Toms are 10", 12", and 14". 14x5 snare, although i could be wrong (i haven't been there for about a month) 20" bass drum with Pearl Double pedal.

can't remember cymbal brands, but there were 14" hats, 14" thin crash, 17" crash, 12" china, 22" ride.

Solid kit.

[GooseFilms.net]

i tried a renown maple while searching for a new kit, and honestly, i wasnt impressed.
5 lug toms. whats with that?

[blujelly]

My school kit is crap it is a Gretsch Blackhawk green. It has a 14" Zildjian ZBT Hi-hat. Sabian 20" Ride an old series though but I dont know what one. A Stagg 16" Crash but once again I dont know the series. The heads are Remo Pinstripes Clear. The tom sizes are 12",14",15" and a 20" Bass Drum.

[fullmetalhaallee]

there is two in my teachers room. one is a pacific cx in the blue onyx finish. fusion sizes. 505 hats ride and crash. the one i play on is a maryland kit. 20"bass,12"tom, and 15"tom. 14"a new beat hats, 20"k constantinople ride, 16"istanbul crash

[lewisniven]

Tama starclassic (10", 12", 14", 20"), at least i think its a starclassic, played it today at my first lesson with andy edwards, so if ur reading andy, thanks very much, it was great.

[Janeway]

Ancient 60's Ludwig bass with stock heads, mismatched toms that have been coloured with magic marker, and a cannon snare.
Unknown pedal, bent TKO high hat stand, and Dixon cymbal stands.
B8 hats, Paiste 101 ride, and a Planet Z ride thats been cut down to about 14" and designated a crash.

Yeah...innit great?

[lewisniven]

dude, you need a new teacher, if thats the best he can give you to learn on, its not worth it.

[trysthedrummer]

In my drum lessons, the it would be some Roland Elec kit. Not sure what kind. My drum teacher, Mike, has got some dw's from LA last year. Big I would think, he has 3 remote hihats.

[DruMMeR_BoY14]

A Dixon Practice pad kit with Stagg SH hats.

My teacher has at home a Sonor kit, not sure which model but he has a 14x8 signature snare and a 20" paiste 2002 china, not sure on the rest, I haven't actually seen his kit, seeing as I get lessons either at the studio or at my school.

[Der Meister]

My school has 2 kits, a Pearl export with zbts and a Yamaha electronic kit

[Janeway]

dude, you need a new teacher, if thats the best he can give you to learn on, its not worth it.
Right.
Ignore the fact that he's an amazing teacher who's taught me more in a year than I learned in 3 years of lessons in a standard shop, and drop him because he can only afford to give a less than spectacular kit.
I'm only paying $10 for 1-2 hours.

[styler]

my teacher has...a bonham sized gretch club..2 pearl exports', a 73 pearl (which im inlove with) a westbury,a second gretsch which im not sure of specs on, 2 full sets of A customs, and a few XS20 sabian's

[Mista Bob]

The place where I take lessons at uses...
5-piece Sonor 1003.
And B8 cymbals all around. Cant remember the sizes.
All of the heads are Remo Ambassador's.

[Half Life]

(hehe...I can't resist....whore time...)


I can't take lessons, unfortunately :( ...so I have to sit at home and suck on this...

http://www.photodump.com/direct/EatIt/RaisedFrontShot.jpg

It's mighty rough as you can imagine...

[Mista Bob]

Poor Half-Life.

However do you get by?

[Half Life]

I sit in a corner and cry....and imagine someone feels sympathy for me :rolleyes:

[HeLLmO]

hey half life, those are Pro Ms right? i'm curious because i think i'm gonna get those, if they are, whadda ya think of them

[RichHunt]

Old old Pearl, dunno quite what it is, it's about 28/27 years old or something.

12" 13" 16".. 18" or 20" bass I think.. probably 18 actually. It doesn't sound half bad in the room that it's in. It has pinstripes on all of the toms (eck) and the snare is so so deep and bleh. It's fun to play with rods though.

They have an old old zildjian ride (it's got black outlined zildjian written on the bottom). It's a cool ride but pretty dry and dull, bit too clangy, unlike my ride which is just sweet.

Pro Sonix hats which are awesome for rod playing, open they sound too clangy though.

Zbt 16" crash.. uhh.. yeah.. it works at least.

The pedal's a shocker and I can never get my feet right on the kit, so much more comfortable on mine (naturally.)

[Half Life]

hey half life, those are Pro Ms right? i'm curious because i think i'm gonna get those, if they are, whadda ya think of them

^Yes, they are indeed Pro M's. Personally, I think they are awesome(but that's to be expected)...but for good reason. The drums are extremely well built, look amazing, and sound better than I could have ever imagined. Try them out if you can. You might like them :thumb:

[Rayne264]

all i know is its a 5peice westbury kit, with horrible no name hhs, and one horrible ride (i think it has cb percussion written on it)

[HeLLmO]

^Yes, they are indeed Pro M's. Personally, I think they are awesome(but that's to be expected)...but for good reason. The drums are extremely well built, look amazing, and sound better than I could have ever imagined. Try them out if you can. You might like them :thumb:

well, my experience with Mapex(ironically enough) is only with my drum teachers set, and i really like it, and it is at the lower end of the mapex line, and Pro M is gettin' up there to the top. and man, at mass music i found the rock set(13x11, 16x16 and 18x16 toms, 24x18 bass, 14x6.5 snare) for 1,019.95. i so know what set i'm gettin.

[Half Life]

The Pro M is very high up on the Mapex ladder. It's one of Mapex's nicest kits, below only the Saturns and Orions, which are the absolute best Mapex offer...so yeah, it'd be a good invest indeed :thumb:

....back to topic...

[Sponer]

Well, in the room I take lessons there are three kits. Only one is really fully set up though.

There's an old Pearl, I guess his first kit, stacked up in a corner.
Then set up on a rack with one cymbal (he uses this kit for expplaining things mostly) is one of the Tama Exotix kits. He's actually got like three or 4 of those, all different models.

And the kit everyone plays is a Tama SC, not sure exactly what though.
I'm gonna guess the sizes, cause I'm not exactly sure.

8", 10", 12", 13", 14" toms
20" bass
12", 10" snares

And all Sabian AA cymbals.
6", 8", 10", 12" splashes
12" and 10" hats
14", 16", 18" crashes
20" ride
12", 14" chinas

[yourstruly]

My old teacher used an orange Yamaha Rock Custom kit.

3 rack toms, floor, tom, and a different coloured maple snare.
2 sabian stage crashes, paiste 2002 ride(i think), Paiste 502 hats and a large china.
Clear pinstripes on all the toms, i remember the bass had a foam ring around the batter with a large centred hole in the reso.

The students used a Sonor 2001 with Sonor ride and hats.

[PandaDrummer]

I dont mean to hijack but my dad has this ride cymbal that was made for sell with a cb kit like .....a million years ago. does anyone know who made thier cymbals back in the day like 20 ish years ago

[rockindrummer]

Taye tourpros. Fusion sizes. Nothing to special they sound pretty sweet though.

[Juicy_Forlorn]

I use a 5 piece Yamaha Rydeen with Stagg cymbals. My teacher uses some sort of e-kit with rubber pads. Its quite a tight squeeze to fit 2 kits in such a small room.

[Jezen]

Yammie Maple Absolute, Zildjian A Customs, Flying Dragon pedals.

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Yammie Birch Absolute, Zildjian A's, Flying Dragon pedals.

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About 15 timps, Ludwig and Premier.

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2 Yammie marimbas.

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A Yammie keyboard.

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About 6 Premier concert bass drums.

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LP Matador, and some kind of Toca congas.

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Meinl Cajons.

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Meinl and Toca bongos.


Theres just so much...

[Josiah]

Hmm for the moment, and for a lil while now.

A 10" remo pad, 2 chairs.

[Tim]

6 inch practice pad with vater 5b sticks. thats my practice yo.

[theflame85]

a few years ago My music school used to have a Pearl Rythm Travler and a Pearl Forum, joined together by the bass drum (so both kits face each other) and on the students side, Paiste 101 hats + 101 Crash ride, and a K Custom Ride. on the teachers side, Z Custom hats, cant remember which ride, and there was a UFIP natural series 10" splash in the middle that you could hit on either side.

now we still have the Pearl Forum, with a set of Stagg Brilliant SHs, i think the other kits a Stage Custom Advantage, with the Z Custom hats and a cracked 8" A Splash, then a blue Pearl (probably an export, its from the 80s i think) with i think A New Beats, an A Medium Thin crash and an A Ping Ride, i havnt been taught on this kit for about 6 months so i t may have changed.

[jking3002]

Sorry to bring this thread back from the grave. My drum teachers gives lessons on some practice pad set he had built custom in NYC back maybe 25 years ago. Its actually really fun to play on. The cymbals (well the two of them) are 14" A Customs hats (really old) and a 20" ride that I have no idea on the brand, but it sounds effing amazing. For himself he has a Rogers kit, from maybe the 60's or 70's, or at least he claims that is what he has...

[TreMitchell14]

I don't take drum lessons, or any lessons but our school's got a red PP kit. Consists of (standard sizes) bass drum, snare drum, 2 toms, 1 floor tom, crash cymbal, hi-hats and ride cymbal.

[oliv_da_skinmasher]

my school has a standard pearl export and old zil zbt's

[LostInMusic464]

My drum teacher has a Grech USA custom in red with a K ride and paiste sig 13" hats. He switches around his main crash all the time.

The kit I play on is an OLD yamaha recording custom in birch I think. I use some old vintage zildjian hats with an Istanbul ride and an old ludwig crash that has a chunk missing.

Fun stuff.

[fredthedeadhead]

Something not too far off this (http://www.drumshop.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?prod=1279), but has a lot more extras and a different hi-hat pedal.

[Starship]

Teacher is starting to come to my house now, so my Tama rockstar kit.

[Seafroggys]

we just used a really ****ty CB set with the hardware practically in pieces. However my teacher brought his nice Istanbul sizzle cymbals and stuff.

ANd now my college (Where i take lessons from) just bought a Gretsch Catalina Club, so it'll be fun now!

[[Fonya]]

My teacher has a Tama Rockstar with Iron Cobras. He has b8pro Hats, sabian HH crash, a custom crash, aa medium ride and a k china.