This Drum Set SHOULD Sound This Good - $4,000 DW Collectors Maple Drum Set

The time has come! I'm finally checking out a DW drum set! A Collectors Maple to be exact. This is by far the most expensive drum kit I've had in my possession and probably the most expensive I've played on tbh… I was not expecting that $400 budget/beginner Amazon drum set to sound as good as it did. So of course the next step was to check out a $4,000 drum set! See my first impressions of this DW kit and my thoughts on it as I unbox this bad boy and play it for the first time!

Check out all the gear used in this video on Sweetwater! (affiliate links)
-DW Collectors Drum Sets:
-Earthworks Microphones:
-Zildjian FX Small Bell Raw Crash:
-16” Zildjian K Custom Special Dry Crash (HH Bottom):
-16” Zildjian K Con 16” Crash (HH Top):
-20” Zildjian K Cluster Crash:
-21” Zildjian K Custom Special Dry Ride:

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This Drum Set SHOULD Sound This Good - $4,000 DW Collectors Maple Drum Set

[rdavidr]

Would you play this kit? 👀
Check out the links in the description for all the gear I used!

[dissidentagressor]

Would I play this kit ? Yes . In the music store that it is featured in. Provided the store allowed me to.

[clinterz]

As an audio engineer, I've always found DW's easy to make sound good on a recording; the best/easiest snare I ever recorded was a DW, I don't think I even needed to eq it. But, I've also found cheaper Yamaha kits consistently easy to record. If money were no object, yeah, I'd go with DW.

[drngaawai]

This is by far the best playing I've seen from you. Absolutely killer!

[omarcortes]

Congrats, this kit is insane. And that crash hats also sound great. I think I'm gonna get those two crashes.

[claysmell]

right away you can tell the punch of that bass drum, and the rest of the kit, just awesome. DW never seems to disappoint

[Justamedic]

I bought my DW kit almost a year ago. They're absolutely amazing. It's the first new kit I've bought in almost 20 years and paid over $4000. The reasons I bought them were they look amazing, they sound amazing, but most importantly they're built very solid and the customer support from DW is top notch. I have used all DW hardware for years and have needed parts and DW just tossed them in the mail and sent them to me with minimal or no costs. I'm hoping this kit is the last kit I will ever buy.

[johnniesmith]

I too own a DW and it still amazes me how easy they are to tune, They just never fail whether i'm doing live performances or in the studio. Great vid btw.

[KyleBrianAbbott]

That floor tom sounds

Kick and snare sound great too - I mean everything does, but I was just waiting for you to hit that floor tom the whole time hahaha

[SagoGenesis]

Bought a 5-piece silver abalone collectors kit a year ago and I'm never even looking at a different brand of drums ever again. I love everything about my DW kit.

[jamesgarrison]

Sweet kit! It seems like every video the production gets better and better. Thanks for making awesome content David!

[vitekchaloupecky]

I've had vintage Ludwig kit for 10 years, toured Europe with it and it never let me know, but I must say that those drums get easily out of tune, and if you are playing with no mics, in a club or DIY show, it's difficult to make it through the wall of sound. Then I bought DW design kit for the purpose of having a "tour" kit and I must say, that with the true pitch tension rods, reliable hardware, and shell construction, I have never had such issues as I had with my Ludwig kit. I wouldn't trade it for anything, but having such a reliable and good-sounding option, if you are an unendorsed musician is just nice and affordable. DW just makes heavy-duty and reliable products and I will never use different hardware than DW.

[jacealcazar]

Man that jam was so soothing to watch, impeccable timing, ridiculously clean fills on one one of the best sound drum kits ever made. 🙏

[SnCroadster]

I feel the same. I love the sound of the Yamaha stage custom it’s an amazing sounding kit for the money but the build quality of my DW kit and the easy tuning of the drums is why I own the DW they really sing back at you and look and feel amazing every time I play.

[jabronasaurus]

It's the kick drum that sells it for me. Its really hard to balance getting a note that deep and keeping a natural "non Eq'ed" punch.

[GeoffBosco]

Sounds really good. I do tend to side with team, “DW are overrated, ” but they can be a little too rabid for me sometimes.

But, since I’m a hardcore Sonor guy I would really like to see you do them next!

[allanmalloy]

I've played on several collectors sets, and they do sound great and impressive - but I wouldn't really say they sounded much better then my Pearl Masters maple kit. If I had both a collectors and a masters set up side by side and had to play them both blind-folded, I doubt I could pick out which is which.

[Mighty_Average]

great to see you trying out the DW. i use a performance series with the exact same sizes and its literally the best kit i've ever played. DW just make super solid and consistent kits. get some coated emperors on those toms. a black dot on the kick and a coated control sound on that snare and you'll be the happiest guy in the world

[jasonm]

Not sure it I could condone the cost, but with that said, it's not hard to see why so many touring acts and studios use DW's. Easy to get a great sound, and they hold it for a surprising amount of time. They do sound fantastic in this vid.

[elithepitbulldog]

“They are built incredibly well” as the lug screw rattles around in the bottom of the drum. I saw the chip on the re-ring as well.