tama, pearl, or mapex ?

[cubanorocker316]

hi id like everyone to tell me which sets they like the most and why ?

any advice is greatly appreciated

[usekgb]

I picked up a Mapex M-Maple kit recently, and I am quite happy with it. It has a great natural wood tone, and with a new Aquarian II batter head, the kick is amazing. Very punch and defined without a lot of low end slop.

Cheers,
Zach

[firby]

Mapex, or one of the cheap gretsch set that are out now. I personally cannot stand Pearl. They consistently suck.

[Bulls Hit]

Any of the high end kits are good.

Of the low end stuff, my impression is that Tama are good, Pearl not quite so.

Good heads make a difference to any kit, i.e you can put nice new heads on a cheap ass kit and get a useable sound. Of course how long the sound remains good is another story

[Tim Brown]

It WAS Pearl because of the hardware - I loved those cymbal stands - but since they've begun changing the hardware again - I'm not so sure I like it.


Tim

[SMX_Dizzy]

I'm personally a Pearl guy for life. To me, nothing beats Pearl...for beginner, intermediate, pro, and above.

I play an SMX...AMAZING kit. It sounds amazing even with the stock heads. I've kept mine and it's been almost 9 months.