[sakeido]

So we're gearing up for the summer and actually starting to play gigs with our band and stuff. My drummer is totally sick, so good, but his drum kit is weaksauce. He's like those youtube shredder freaks you see playing squires and stuff, and as much as the tone comes from the player, I think he's hit the top end of what he can accomplish with his current drum kit haha..

Mostly its just the flabby bass drum, but the toms are pretty weak too. The snare is good though. What would you guys recommend as far as a metal sounding drum kit goes?

[Koolaidolio]

Sonor kits are solid metal kits if you ask me. its a little pricey but they last you especially the hardware!

[metalking]

tama are ment to be pretty metal i think

[Rick]

I jammed with a guy a long time ago who had a pretty decent sounding DW kit.

[JJ Rodriguez]

Honestly, it's like a guitar dude. It just depends on what you like, different woods for the shell, different ways to mount the toms to the bass drum, or a rack setup, etc. If his current bass drum sounds like shit, try different padding inside the drum, retuning, etc. Maybe he doesn't even need a new kit, maybe he just needs his properly setup. If he's set on getting a nicer kit though, tell him to go in and fuck around on some drums and check out the hardware.

[bulb]

metal eh?
what kind of kit does he have?
if he has something cheap tell him to get remo pinstripes for the toms, an evans emad for the bass drum and depending on the snare either a remo emperor x (if its a metal snare) or a regular ambassador (if its a wood snare) but then again that depends on the sound you are going for.

[Jon]

Brah, go Pearl!

[TomAwesome]

Whatever he gets, make sure he knows (or at least learns) how to properly put on and tune the drum heads. I've seen great equipment sound like ass because of this being done improperly, and then when someone that knows what they're doing gets to it, it sounds great. Drum heads are like guitar strings.

[cadenhead]

Originally Posted by TomAwesome

Whatever he gets, make sure he knows (or at least learns) how to properly put on and tune the drum heads. I've seen great equipment sound like ass because of this being done improperly, and then when someone that knows what they're doing gets to it, it sounds great. Drum heads are like guitar strings.

+1

My old drummer has a killer vintage kit, but it always sounded like ass because he never wanted to buy good heads. Once he got some decent heads and put different padding in the bass drum, It sounded awesome.

I wish I could afford a DW kit though. I played around with one at GC, and fell in love.

[sakeido]

Originally Posted by bulb

metal eh?
what kind of kit does he have?
if he has something cheap tell him to get remo pinstripes for the toms, an evans emad for the bass drum and depending on the snare either a remo emperor x (if its a metal snare) or a regular ambassador (if its a wood snare) but then again that depends on the sound you are going for.

He's got something like a Pearl exports set I think, but its got a very small bass drum. I'll ask him about what size drums he's got and what they are made out of and post it back on here.