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5-Piece Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Drum Kit (various colors)

$650
$749.99
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Various Retailers have 5-Piece Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Drum Kit for $649.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member SensibleApple3026 for posting this deal.

Available from:
  • Amazon
    • 5 colors available (some sold by 3rd party)
  • Sweetwater Audio (Honey Amber)
    • Backordered but available to purchase
  • Guitar Center
    • 5 colors available
    • This item is backordered but available to purchase
  • Musician's Friend
    • 5 colors available (backordered but available to purchase)
Product details:
  • Birch shells give you the world-famous Yamaha birch sound
  • YESS tom mounting system provides stability and maintains resonance
  • Low-mass lugs allow the shells to vibrate for remarkable tone and sustain
  • Air Seal System ensures perfectly round shells for excellent tone and durability
  • High-gloss lacquer finish looks great and allows shells to vibrate freely

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Not a blockbuster deal, but about the best you'll ever get from Yamaha on a NEW Stage Custom Birch kit. Stage Custom Birch drums are considered just about the best drums in the price range by countless drummers. Several finishes (stains and lacquers) available. Search site/s for other finishes. No hardware or cymbals included. This is a shell pack only.

Two variants of this kit:

10", 12" toms, 16" floor tom, 14" snare, 22" bass drum

10" 12" toms, 14" floor tom, 14" snare, 20" bass drum.

PS. The Raven Black finish doesn't show up well in pictures. In person you can see the wood grain through the finish. Really gorgeous.

Also available from other retailers at this price.


https://www.sweetwater.com/store/...oney-amber Some Colors Backordered
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Snare lugs are not plastic, lol. I've never heard of a lug snapping, never mind half of them, lol.
A throne, kick pedal, hi-hat stand and cymbals, snare stand, crash & ride cymbals and booms. Oh and drum sticks.

So you'll need hardware like this: https://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-HW-...3BPU&psc=1

Cymbals like these: https://www.amazon.com/Zildjian-P...86TR&psc=1

And throne and drum sticks.
Meinl and Sabian are excellent too. My favorite is Paiste, but I recognize that the other brands are equally good quality.

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04-17-2023 at 09:41 AM.
04-17-2023 at 09:41 AM.
Quote from BrianK5 :
This is a solid deal. I played on a Stage Custom for 15yrs when growing up & Yamaha makes some fantastic kits.
That said, I've moved on to electric (Alesis Strike Pro) and unless you need to gig/play live - electronic drums are SO MUCH better in daily use. You can do it anytime, anyplace - with no angry neighbors or spouses.

I'll still get my DW Collectors series later - but for normal use - the Alesis Is killer
I've been playing nothing but E-drums for the past 15 years. I've owned most kits/modules from Yamaha and Roland. Right now I have two kits, a Roland TD-17 (with a combo of DIY pads and Roland pads) and an Alesis Strike Pro SE kit sitting in the boxes for months that I've yet to unpack because I've been seriously considering going back to acoustics. I really miss the response of a real hi hat. I was considering going with a TD-27 2nd gen, which comes with the digital ride, snare and new hi hats people have been raving about, but man that's a lot of money for a kit with basically the same sound engine as the TD-17 module. I'm still torn on what to do.
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04-17-2023 at 09:54 AM.
04-17-2023 at 09:54 AM.
Quote from SensibleApple3026 :
I've been playing nothing but E-drums for the past 15 years. I've owned most kits/modules from Yamaha and Roland. Right now I have two kits, a Roland TD-17 (with a combo of DIY pads and Roland pads) and an Alesis Strike Pro SE kit sitting in the boxes for months that I've yet to unpack because I've been seriously considering going back to acoustics. I really miss the response of a real hi hat. I was considering going with a TD-27 2nd gen, which comes with the digital ride, snare and new hi hats people have been raving about, but man that's a lot of money for a kit with basically the same sound engine as the TD-17 module. I'm still torn on what to do.
Thats the kit I have (strike pro SE) - its KILLER. No disappointments.
I chose It over Vdrums based on performance, not price.

(That said, the VAD706 wasn't out... thats sweet. If I had to do it again & didn't mind dropping $9k...)
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04-17-2023 at 03:45 PM.
04-17-2023 at 03:45 PM.
Quote from SensibleApple3026 :
My God, aren't we passed the "made in china" thing by now? Yamaha made in China drums are FANTASTIC quality as are countless products that are made in China, like the computer and monitor you're sitting in front of right now, and probably 90% of the electronics in your home and countless parts inside and outside the "American" car you drive. Time to get over it. Go look at a set of Yamaha Stage Customs.. and if you can say with a straight face they aren't high quality... you're a good liar.
Good job with the senseless rant! 🤣 You'll notice I mentioned Thailand, too.

This has nothing to do with the quality of Chinese products. This has to do with the fact that the classic Yamaha sound has changed with the move of their factories.

Yamaha used to have a tighter sound with great tone. They were one of the standards for studio use.

Now they have the rounded sound with dulled harmonics of most other drum manufacturers. What made Yamaha drums unique and great for the studio is now gone. They can now be thrown in with Pearl, Tama, etc.

There's no need for me to lie. If you can't hear the difference, you're deaf. Maybe get your hearing checked and protected before the tinnitus starts.
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04-18-2023 at 06:29 AM.
04-18-2023 at 06:29 AM.
Quote from AnonWon :
Good job with the senseless rant! 🤣 You'll notice I mentioned Thailand, too.

This has nothing to do with the quality of Chinese products. This has to do with the fact that the classic Yamaha sound has changed with the move of their factories.

Yamaha used to have a tighter sound with great tone. They were one of the standards for studio use.

Now they have the rounded sound with dulled harmonics of most other drum manufacturers. What made Yamaha drums unique and great for the studio is now gone. They can now be thrown in with Pearl, Tama, etc.

There's no need for me to lie. If you can't hear the difference, you're deaf. Maybe get your hearing checked and protected before the tinnitus starts.
"dulled harmonics," "tighter" sound, lol. Um, thanks for your "opinion", lol. Here's a quick lesson: Heads and tuning, not wood type, number of plies and bearing edges, make up 95% of a drums sound. Remember this going forward and you won't sound so ignorant when the topic comes up.
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04-18-2023 at 02:17 PM.
04-18-2023 at 02:17 PM.
Quote from SensibleApple3026 :
"dulled harmonics," "tighter" sound, lol. Um, thanks for your "opinion", lol. Here's a quick lesson: Heads and tuning, not wood type, number of plies and bearing edges, make up 95% of a drums sound. Remember this going forward and you won't sound so ignorant when the topic comes up.
Have you ever played in a high end professional recording studio? Have you ever professionally recorded, mixed, or mastered drums? Yeah, I'm guessing no to all of the above. It must be tough to not be able to afford the top of the line gear and have it be a fantasy. Keep parroting that averageness and keep that newb life strong!
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04-19-2023 at 12:56 PM.
04-19-2023 at 12:56 PM.
Get the Aquarian Super Kick 2 bass drum head. No dampening needed. I have always used a pillow in both bass drums but was advised to try the Aquarian sk2 in '08 I thought no way will it not need any dampening but it didn't and sounded way better than anything I had used.
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04-19-2023 at 01:07 PM.
04-19-2023 at 01:07 PM.
Quote from SensibleApple3026 :
Yep. Made out of the same B8 alloy as their pro 2002 line, just not hand hammered.

I didn't know that about the alloy / hammering that's interesting I heard them before and was impressed.
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