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The Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Shell Set is a 5-piece drum kit, including a matching snare drum, with birch shells. All shells are constructed from six plies of birch and have been finished with a glossy ‘Honey Amber’ lacquer. Chrome-plated shell hardware contrasts with the amber-coloured shells and, thanks to the rubber pads, ensures the shells can vibrate freely. The two tom-toms are mounted directly onto the 22" bass drum, which features a rosette. Yamaha’s “Ball Mount and Clamp” tom holders make positioning the toms a breeze thanks to their ball joints, whilst the Y.E.S.S. tom suspension system ensures they can produce their full, natural sound. 1.5 mm thick, triple-flanged steel hoops hold the Remo UT heads securely in place on the precisely cut shell rims.
The tom-toms in the Stage Custom Drums range are fitted with the popular Y.E.S.S. suspension system, which guarantees unrestricted resonance of the toms with only minimal contact with the shell. The tension blocks and bass drum lugs of the Stage Custom Birch series have also been upgraded and are now fitted with rubber pads. This not only protects the wood of the shells but, above all, improves the resonance characteristics. The bass drum legs on the Stage Custom Birch drum kits feature stoppers designed to make assembly easier.
The image shows an example set! Cymbals and hardware are not included!
Yamaha Stage Custom Birch ShellSet, Stage, Honey Amber #HAVery happy with the Stage Custom drum shells, nothing but praise. Starting with the finish (Natural Wood - subtle, slightly yellow glossy lacquer), to the very good quality hardware on the shells and most important with the sound (defined, resonant, good separation of tone between toms). A bit surprised with the long bass note of the kick drum, as I wasn't used to unported bass drums so far. At times it sounds as singing along with the bass guitar. The batter drum head is now an Evans EMAD coated fitted with the thinner foam ring and the resonator was left the original with Yamaha logo. The toms were fitted from start with Remo Ambassador coated (10 mil), while the snare remained with the original Remo UT coated head, as it seems to be identical with Ambassador coated on the toms. The coating on the snare shows already signs of fine chipping after only 2 days, despite the very soft touch and brand new sticks. The coating on the toms looks a bit better, but shows signs of usage too. My previous experience was with Aquarian single ply coated (the same 10 mil), which seems to be more durable after 2 years of service.
Useful sound from the snare drum, less ringing than what I assumed it will have. The snare tension mechanism is a bit stiff, but usable. The snare wires are sensitive enough. Very good finish of the hoops and other chromed parts, as well as the lacquer on birch plywood.
Very happy with the careful packaging of the drums, everything was intact despite some piercing of the cardboard box during shipping. This is where the happy part ends.
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That leads me to the less than happy subjects: the communication with Musicstore was a complete mess (let's blame the close to Easter moment!) and the service of UPS (at least here in Romania) is truly bad with the only phone call would be "I'm at your street but I don't have your address number exactly". No previous SMS in the morning of the delivery day, no phone call and no driver phone number available. You have to lose an entire day to make sure you will be at the proper moment in the right place.
Love these shells, great sound from the Birch. Use them for a variety of music from punk to some ska and reggae and am always happy with the sound i can get from these drums
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