basswood?

[We_Love_Lime]

I've seen a lot of drums ( tama and taye in particular , thats not really a lot but wtf ) with a basswood birch combination, is that type of wood really good? Will it be a great upgrade from poplar? thanks

[TerranCmdr]

basswood is down there with poplar i believe. are you talking about a certain kit in particular?

[We_Love_Lime]

like uhhh taye tourpro and tama superstar custom

[Der Meister]

it's a cheaper version of maple, most companies use it as an exterior ply as it is easier to apply the finish too than birch.

[kev191]

I'm just going to ask a question about wood in here too, how is mahogany?

[Der Meister]

I'm just going to ask a question about wood in here too, how is mahogany?

Phillipine mahogany is the cheap version used in alot of starter kits. The real mahoganies are real expensive but sound fantastic.

[Finch88]

it's a cheaper version of maple, most companies use it as an exterior ply as it is easier to apply the finish too than birch.

basswood is nothing like maple

[Der Meister]

basswood is nothing like maple

it's the cheaper version

[Finch88]

it's the cheaper version

maybe a cheaper substitute, but its nothing like maple in terms of durability or tone

[Half Life]

I'd say go for all birch or maple drums if you want a substantial upgrade. Look into PDP, Sonor, and Mapex kits. They all offer amazing kits that don't cost a fortune that come with quality shells constructed from quality birch or maple :thumb:

[Potato]

are we talking about sound quality because i can classify these trees for you and give you some information on each of them, but im not 100% sure about the sound quality.

basswood, of the genus Tilia, is easily soft and easily workable unlike say beech which cracks more often than not (usually why they dont use it for large drums sets or houses. the jazz drum set at my school is beech but japanese beech and a very small bassdrum something like 16x18.) im not sure about its sound quality.

i knew this without going to any websites, hot damn.

[The Ska Man]

Basswood is a very under-rated wood.

[-TheGlassPrison-]

I'd say go for all birch or maple drums if you want a substantial upgrade. Look into PDP, Sonor, and Mapex kits. They all offer amazing kits that don't cost a fortune that come with quality shells constructed from quality birch or maple :thumb:

TAYE.
are you drunk?
Why do that when he could easily get a taye.

[Half Life]

are you drunk?

I wish, but you have a point. Taye does make some great kits. Be sure to look into them too. I have minimal experience with them though, so I can't really give you any guidence on their stuff...but maybe TGP can :thumb:

[Potato]

ill get back to you all on this topic my brother is an ecology major at college and the ecology director at a summer camp, he'll know.

tree hugging runs in the family so i know some stuff but not everything.

[-TheGlassPrison-]

Ask me about Taye.
I Play them every lesson...

[Finch88]

Basswood is a very under-rated wood.

very true, but it is pretty weak and i have found that in some cases it doesnt sustain very well either

but it does sound nice for what it costs

[Seafroggys]

basswood is underrated....its the best of the cheaper woods (better than philipine mahogany and poplar, as well as any others that might be used).....

My Sonor 2001 is a maple/basswood combo set, it sounds pretty damn fine to me!

[We_Love_Lime]

Right Thanks, I just found a Taye dealer around town, and they looked pretty sick. Was a little dissapointed in only one full maple set and the rest basswood birch mix. I'm either looking in that ( Tour Pro ) or a PDP FXR. Thanks Guys

[SolidGoldstein]

most companies are a bit less than honest or forthecoming with their wood selection. And think about the reason DW is a good drum to buy - [[they categorize the shells they buy by pitch. In other words, they BUY the same Keller shells as everybody else, but they categorize them for what they want out of them, and in what set they will be sold.]] - So all this crap about woods they use is pretty close to BS. Wood is one of the most un-uniform, widely-varying, un-predictable things left on earth. That's why we love it. They say mahogany when they mean garbage, but technically it's in the mahogany family. The two woods are completely different. They know what they're selling when they sell a 100% Mahogany drumset for $300, and they know that it's not worth a dollar more, or else they would get that dollar out of you. :naughty:

[Fuzzy]

Just to be random, Gretsch Catalina Birch kits are GODLY. Thank you.