5 Things You NEED To Know BEFORE Buying New Drums (ULTIMATE GUIDE)

Here are 5 things you need to know before buying a new drum set!
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Picking out the right drum set can feel almost impossible sometimes. Should you get an acoustic drum set, electronic drum set, a kids drum set, or a super expensive kit?! And let's not even get started on choosing the perfect snare drum... In todays lesson I'm going to teach you how two find the perfect drums for whatever your needs are!

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TIME STAMPS
0:00-0:19 Find the perfect drum set
0:19-1:47 E-Kit VS Acoustic Kit
1:47-2:53 How Drum Sizes Change Everything
2:53-4:31 How Wood DRASTICALLY affects Your Drum Sound
4:31-5:48 How METAL Drums Can Change Everything
5:48-6:15 Uplevel Your Drumming
6:15-9:08 My Acoustic Kit Recommendations
9:08-11:22 My Snare Drum Recommendations

[DrumBeatsOnline]

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[jerrywalker]

Don't get too wrapped up in what kind of drums you buy. Remember, only other drummers care about what kind of drums you use. Good heads, proper tuning and quality cymbals are far more important than what brand or type of kit you play. No one in the audience is going to leave because you're playing on poplar and not maple.

[Aldertonartco]

I would also add the "ease of recording" factor with electronic drums as well. They are a VERY good tool for songh writers, for sure. When paired with a decent VST its impossible to tell the difference. Actually it is because they sound SO much better than they would if you recorded a kit in your bedroom!

[roelgarcia]

The Ludwig classic maple kits are also incredible. Don't let the name 'Classic' fool you. These are super versatile kits and come in all shapes and sizes. They also have a lot of beautiful finishes.

[johndavolta]

Can we all stop for a minute and appreciate the quality of the videography for these videos? Man, your drone shots are awesome and the editing is excellent.

[charliepreidis]

An awesome maple snare at a great value is the 13” X 7” Tama SLP G Maple. Very versatile and will only set you back $379. Relatively cheap as far as high end gear goes.

[Abbittibbi]

I am a happy user of a Pearl decade maple set - 6 pieces. Very happy about this mid range drum kit, but I find there is no limits, compared to all other music instruments on how to compose a drum set, equaly among the choice of pieces and hardware as much as how to actually place them. I bet, without much risk of losing, there is no 2 identical sets in the world, as soon as they come out of the box, most drummers have customized/prefered setup and parts.

I think of my drum set more as collection item than a music instrument, and it proudly throne in my living room where most people would have a home theater and couches. I like the idea of being my own earthquake maker, fortunatly for the neighbors, I have none. Cheers and thanks for this presentation.

[janeybakarbessy]

I am 53 years and watching all about drums as this was still on my bucket list! Thanks for all the tips!

[MonstaFreak]

i miss my pearl vision set from 10 years ago. i had to get a 2nd snare for all situations but you cant go wrong with one wood and one metal. one was a pearl sensitone, and the other was a pearl vision birch snare. despite being cheaper snares, once i figured out what combination of heads and tuning to use on them both, i fell in love! if you have to choose only 1 then what you need to ask yourself is "do i want a *ping* or a *crack* ?"

[ErraticCamera]

I've been looking for this type of breakdown... especially on different materials. Thanks for answering this question.

[wickedwidget]

My dream kit is a pearl but as a beginner I went with a ludwig accent 5 piece and added quite a few zildjian cymbals and hihats. I have to say I love it although I have to get better at the tuning of them as well as keep working on my rudiments.

[kermitdafrogisback]

Awesome video. Keep up the great work. Anyone wanting to learn the drums. You need to get on the DBO waiting list. Gabe is an amazing teacher, an you can not go wrong. Hope to see you all there.

[jcdrums]

Lots to comment on, in video order:

1) While technically all electronic devices are electric, electronic is the more specific and accurate word.

2) Different styles of jazz tend to use different sizes. The standard 18x14 be-bop bass drum isn't the best size to use if you're playing modern fusion. Big band drummers used to use 24" or even 26" bass drums, but nowadays tend to go smaller. However, tuning can allow you to get away with using "improper" sizes, to a point - you'll never make an 18" bass drum sound like a 24", but a larger drum can be made to sound somewhat smaller.

3) Do rock drummers no longer use deeper toms? Back in the 80s and early 90s, it was 12x10 (12x11 if you're Tama), then in the late 90s and 2000s some started using 12x9. Are rock drummers back to using 12x8?

4) Ergonomics are another consideration WRT sizes, specifically how high your rack tom(s) end up being relative to your snare, due to tom depths + bass drum diameter. Some people don't care, and they want that 24" bass drum no matter what, but some might prefer a smaller bass drum and shallower toms to make the kit more comfortable to play, even if it means not getting to sound like Bonham.

5) Wood species does not have a drastic effect on drum sound. At best, "drastic" is relative to how uncompromising you are to obtaining your exact concept of the ideal sound, if you even have one. However, in a universal sense, differences between wood species are slight. No one is going to be able to hear the difference in a band situation, and if the drums are mic'd, the sound can be adjusted with EQ. Quality construction, good heads, and proper tuning have a far greater effect.

6) While not a decision many drummers have to make, you forgot to discuss counterhoops. As someone with drums with triple flanged, die-cast, and wood hoops, I feel that, unless you really know what you're getting into, stick with triple flanged. Wood hoops are higher maintenance and more difficult to replace unless they're unfinished, while die-cast hoops choke the drum a little and have a less forgiving feel when hitting rimshots. And both are a lot more expensive.

7) If you're on a budget, put your money toward a few quality cymbals and a good snare drum first.

[WhirlwindDrums]

This is some high ass production quality for a video like this. I love it!
Getting things sorted out on buying a new drum set for my studio

[JerikoAsmodeus]

Keep up with the awesome videos :)



Hard rock bordering on metalhead here. Had a pearl export (20/10/12/14, sorry, don't remember the depths) and a mapex saturn 3 (22x20/12x10/16x16/18x18), both using a Mapex Black Panther Phantom snare as a usual main but had the Pearl export snare as a backup or side snare. I found I liked the 1 rack 2 floor setup better than the 2 rack 1 floor for a 5 piece, but those are rare to come across without ordering a 3 piece and an extra floor tom, or a 5 piece and dropping one rack tom.

The biggest thing I found that improved tone and presence was quality cymbals and heads. As much as I preferred the saturn 3, the export definitely got more practice and road use as they were a fair amount cheaper to replace in the event of damage or theft. If there was a nice venue (rare for the bands I was in in those days) I'd drag out the saturns, but those exports with the phantom snare killed every performance I setup at, though I did miss the second floor tom for those thunderous breakdowns and shots.

Hardware? Something solid, smooth, and within your budget, though I wholeheartedly recommend double braced stands over single. The Pearl eliminator series did me very well for many years with the export kit, and when I found the Saturn 3 kit, I splurged on a Mapex Falcon double bass pedal because... uh... idk, brand matching? Biggest difference was the option to swap to a direct drive bass linkage and the swappable weights in the beater head, and a bit smoother operation iirc

Definitely recommend the Aquarius Superkick 2 bass batter and the Remo controlled sound snare batter. I never experimented with tom heads much past what was suggested as good, so I don't have much to say there. For cymbals, I found I liked the sound of Sabian HH and HHx series crashes, rides, and hihats, a Vault 19" Holy China and a Paragon splash cymbal (I think it was a 10"? maybe a 12"?

Not sure why I went on that long of a rant, but hey, maybe someone will find that useful, and I got to relive the glory days when I got paid to hit things with sticks LOL

...oh yeah, wishlist? dude, I'd love to even be able to afford to own a kit again, especially that Phantom snare. They were the first things that went when I was without reliable income for half of 2016, along with most of my guitars. Bought some new to me guitars and amps since then, and have been focusing on that more so because it's a fair bit cheaper to get back into from scratch.:(

/endADHDrant

[Nicoud]

Awesome Gabe! Really useful!

See you in my next DBO lesson. On the way, to my practice room 💪🏻

[larrytate]

I’d love to try a 21” kick drum. It might be the perfect kick drum. Low end of a 22 with the punchiness, playability and versatility of a 20. But head companies would have to start making a 21” head which shouldn’t be a big deal at all for them.

[firestormdrummer]

Such a helpful and nice video. Keep up the great work!

[VoltHaul]

Can you maybe talk about things required for live gigs? Think cases, trolleys, setting up, back up stuff and most importantly: in-ear monitoing

[mondragon]

That pearl kit you showed at the 2 minute mark for the BIG DRUMS SOUND, that is exactly what I