Yamaha Recording Custom Bass Drum 22"x16" Real Wood

In close collaboration with drumming legend Steve Gadd, Yamaha has resurrected one of the most popular Professional Drum series and presents the New Recording Custom drums, a re-designed drum series that is ideal for professional use in Studio. Through the redesign, the New Recording Custom drums convince with a focused and round sound with lower frequencies, suitable for any Drum Style and any type of music.

Why birch wood?

Birch is known and loved for its attack-rich and powerful sound. Its unique tonal character makes for a very precise and defined sound. Birch wood shells reduce unwanted frequencies, plus crosstalk to adjacent shells is minimal, ideal for studio applications.

For the past 3 years I've been meeting with the Research and Development guys at Yamaha with the aim of bringing the Recording Custom Series to date. I told Yamaha what I thought throughout the process, the result is that everything is a step up. They still feel like the Recording Custom, when you take them out or the box they don't feel new, they feel comfortable and I think that's good. The Bass Drum has a nice fat sound, the drum responds to different heads or it, and my goal was to have a simple snare Drum design that could respond to a wide range or tuning. I think we did a great job, the new Recording Customs sound great and I think you'll like them'.

~ Steve Gadd