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I'm glad they made the bass drum 20". Pitch is determined by diameter, not depth, and many people don't want a 16" or 18" kick that sounds like a tom. Nice. As usual it's always a pleasure to see Nick play.
I love that it's 6ply birch and not poplar like a lot of these small kits, the bass drum sounds great for its size, always love Nicks drumming and awesome Drumeo videos
I just played this kit at a gig last night. I walked up to it very nervous about the sound for such a large outside venue. I gotta say with mics and proper eq this thing surprised the hell out of me
I had my Raven Black SC Bop kit for about a week until I realized the finish is actually stained black not solid paint. You can clearly see it under lights in this video but I didn't have that much light. I'm even happier knowing this. These are nice drums no matter what configuration.
I have the Premier version of these drums and I love them. They sound great and so easy to cart around to gigs. However, I watched your video of the baby Tama kit that I thought sounded a lot better.
@William Perri I love my little Premiers. Cost me £350 which is nothing really. Birch shells and quite responsive to tuning up and down. But the best past, they’re light and can be packed into a small box
I have owned that kit for a month now . I bought it to incorporate into my Roland TD-17kvx as an electronic / acoustic set up . The color ( Raven Black ) is sweet. Transparent black. Held up to sunlight it has an almost violet hue . Gorgeous. Anyway , the 10" tom sounds the best out of the box. Not too crazy about the 13" floor tom / snare thing. But with the right heads and tuned tight , I feel it has potential. Ditto the bass drum. The 13 x 5 snare matches the theme of this set up and doesn't sound too bad . Again , change the heads. I tuned mine a little on the high side and it rang forever. Tuned it down and it helped but she still rings. I like the floor tom with the wires off. That drum in particular is loud . In a good way . This is a nice kit for a hybrid set up. You could even convert these to full electronic . Wouldn't be cheap but it would look awesome .
I love this set. The bass drum is perfect with just a touch of internal muffling and no port. It has a nice boom and punch. I was just going to use this for a little practice set. I ended up getting more toms from this series. Mine are the surf green. I got full sized 10,12,13, toms and 14 floor. they sounds great in my room. I'm now going to use these for recording and gigs as well. My other set is a Ludwig classic maple 20,10,12,14 and all maple Signia Larger set with more power toms from the 90's. These stage customs are different but very cool. For small gigs I will use this with whatever toms work for the set. I did have to get some mounts and mount the toms to stands. The BD is too shallow for larger toms. They sit too close and I could not adjust them to sit back enough. If I need a larger BD I'll use the classic maple, with the stage custom toms or classic's. Also the small tom from the hip work great mounted and pitched high...maybe even single head. The snom on the HH side is fun. The snare is great and a different flavor than my other snares...Black Beauty, supra phonic, acrolite, and 14x7 N&C Maple. These Yamaha's are just impressive to me. I did not know I was a birch fan and Yamaha fan until I got these. So many possibilities adding this little set to your collection.
Kick sounds nice and low, sounds as if you'd have to make an additional purchase for a traditional 4/5 piece kit though... Yamaha stage customs have been my go to for years. I mostly have played Reggae/Ska, and styles including Afrobeat and Afro-Caribbean/Latin genres. I recently bought the Tama SLP ft/snr combo drum to add to a frankenstein studio kit and it does the trick with a random 16" ft and 10" and 12" Yamaha sc toms with an old random 20×14 kd which sound great all together. Still, I recently purchased a Sonor Safari kit and am really happy with it for jazz gigs and general playing. Point is make your purchasing decisions on what will serve the music and the gig best. I may actually pick up this kit, but the extra purchase for a true ft might put it over for me...
I’ve been a Yamaha guy my whole life, but I went with the AQ2 Safari this time around...now only if the Safari had the YESS system.... uhhhhhhh, I’ll take the tone from Sonor on these compacts, I think they nailed it.
Hey, Godwin. These are available as a set only. Thanks so much for your interest. Jason Thiele, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
What to get? Stage Custom Bop or the Hip? I do have a snare I can put on the Bop, but I dig the form factor of the Hip. Can anyone speak to volume difference between the two? Also best drumheads to use on the Hip? Does the Hip Bass drum put out enough volume?
Hey, jasonalves442. Thanks so much for your interest. I personally like both for different reasons. I really like the hip kit for small bar and outside street gigs. The bass drum is surprisingly punchy. The bop kit I like for a more traditional jazz gig. Both are great. Head selection depends on what you’re playing and what sound you like. I like a more open sound so for me, it would be coated ambassadors all the way. I hope this helps. Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
I think the FT/snare combo is out of the box thinking from Yamaha. It certainly makes this kit more unique compared to other small "portable" kits. I just wonder if the FT should have been a rack/stand mount over the legs. However, since the Crosstown hardware is the obvious choice, they probably aren't ideal for hanging a tom off them ?
Honestly, they sound great for their sizes. A little tweaking with better heads and some careful tuning, you'd be in business with something that can fit in a civic.
Hey, Tending Tropic. They are both suitable for funk, for sure. I just like the look of the Tama one better personally. Thanks again. Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
Yes!! Love this kit, love the playing, love the cymbal setup! I always love it when y’all mix the cymbal brands up like this; G I V E M E M O R E. (Love me some Meinl tho lol)
What is hip? Tell me, tell me if you think you know... Cool kit. Wish the tom tuning was better, though. Makes it sounds cheap. 😕 Seems like they were afraid to tune it higher.
@@AhhGeeProductions not the original where all shells fit in the kick and stands fit in the throne. But thanks anyways, I didn’t remember posting this.
@@AhhGeeProductions I’ve been shopping around for a good, small kit for a while now. Since writing this post I’ve been pretty much convinced to get this custom hip set. Haha I’m sure you care, but the double snare is really selling me.
@@BarronVonSchnoot I’ve been thinking of going for a Stage Custom Bop recently. Would pair with an additional 16 FT. I like the idea of the Hip and the Snom, but less so the bass drum. Hope you enjoy whichever kit you go for!
I think having the kits mic'd is deceiving. Today you could make tin cans and buckets sound great if run thru a board. No shade on this kit, I'm just saying as a general rule. How about 1 overhead?
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I want the china... need specific info for purchase.
@@johncallegari2721 Thanks for the interest, John! Here you go… www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WCHINA12--wuhan-china-cymbal-12-inch
Can the floor snare drum be purchased separately?
These are always great, Sweet Water has done us all a huge favor by having Nick do these drum demos!
I'm glad they made the bass drum 20". Pitch is determined by diameter, not depth, and many people don't want a 16" or 18" kick that sounds like a tom. Nice. As usual it's always a pleasure to see Nick play.
I agree :)
@William Perri That's not what I said. I was talking about small bass drums in general, not that particular drum. I love Sonor BTW.
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That thing is adorable 🐶
Rob you should feature one on your channel :p Have you ever taught on “low volume drumming”?
BEATDOWN 😬
I love that it's 6ply birch and not poplar like a lot of these small kits, the bass drum sounds great for its size, always love Nicks drumming and awesome Drumeo videos
what a gorgeous set. now we just need some gigs.......
That's how you do a proper drum set review!! Thank you, Nick, you did not leave any question open!
I just played this kit at a gig last night. I walked up to it very nervous about the sound for such a large outside venue. I gotta say with mics and proper eq this thing surprised the hell out of me
On stage you need a bass mic for this set.
Cool little kit. Always love Nick’s demo’s. He really demos the gear as opposed to showing off what an awesome drummer he is, and he is!
This is hell of a kit. Puts a smile on your face.
Nick is the greatest drum gear reviewer ever.
Nick you're the best, man.Always watch your interviews and presentations.You and Sweetwater are a class act.
You at Sweetwater have helped me every time I’ve called and always give me good information
I'm a simple man I see Nick, I click like.
Nice demo, Nick! You make it look easy. You play that kit like it’s your own kit. Nicely done!
I had my Raven Black SC Bop kit for about a week until I realized the finish is actually stained black not solid paint. You can clearly see it under lights in this video but I didn't have that much light. I'm even happier knowing this. These are nice drums no matter what configuration.
I absolutely love the Uptown Ride!
Think I’m in love. Yamaha does it again!
Nick is such beast on the kit 💪🔥🔥
Great tone on this kit 🤩
Man! Nick is a groove machine! He can make Styrofoam sound great. That being said, Yamaha makes killer sounding drums!
They sound great, and Nick, as always you are laying it down!!
It’s awesome now that they got rid of the backing track and just the raw sound of the drums and nick playing
Nick is cool, and always super into the drums he demos here.
Beautiful Yamaha compact drum set had a great demo thank you
Nick makes every kit sound good
Yamaha should add a snare wire on the high tom as well. The kit would becomes 3 snares- regular, picolo, and low-tuned snares.
That would be great
Thanks for a killer demo, as always, Nick! \m/
Feel like this guy spent his whole life preparing to make this video telling me about these tiny drums :D
That looks and sounds great!
Thank you for the demo!
So nice! I’ve been playing Yamaha since I started and never want anything else.
Nice!
I have the Premier version of these drums and I love them. They sound great and so easy to cart around to gigs. However, I watched your video of the baby Tama kit that I thought sounded a lot better.
@William Perri I love my little Premiers. Cost me £350 which is nothing really. Birch shells and quite responsive to tuning up and down. But the best past, they’re light and can be packed into a small box
Nice touch with the Steve Gadd signature stick!
Such an inspiration the ole Nick!!
In the practice studios locally they use Yamaha Stage customs which sound good and powerful. Would love to try out this smaller cousin. So portable!
What an awesome little kit!!
Love this - what are the exact models of the cymbals/hi-hat?
I went with the Dixon Little Roomer Kit. Sounds great with the mohogany shells.
Bass drum sounds deadly!
I have owned that kit for a month now . I bought it to incorporate into my Roland TD-17kvx as an electronic / acoustic set up . The color ( Raven Black ) is sweet. Transparent black. Held up to sunlight it has an almost violet hue . Gorgeous. Anyway , the 10" tom sounds the best out of the box. Not too crazy about the 13" floor tom / snare thing. But with the right heads and tuned tight , I feel it has potential. Ditto the bass drum. The 13 x 5 snare matches the theme of this set up and doesn't sound too bad . Again , change the heads. I tuned mine a little on the high side and it rang forever. Tuned it down and it helped but she still rings. I like the floor tom with the wires off. That drum in particular is loud . In a good way . This is a nice kit for a hybrid set up. You could even convert these to full electronic . Wouldn't be cheap but it would look awesome .
NICK BE PLAYIN' !
A drum kit with 2 snares ? 😮
Cool!
What a great sounding portable affordable option!
Love the fair mix of cymbals
I love this set. The bass drum is perfect with just a touch of internal muffling and no port. It has a nice boom and punch. I was just going to use this for a little practice set. I ended up getting more toms from this series. Mine are the surf green. I got full sized 10,12,13, toms and 14 floor. they sounds great in my room. I'm now going to use these for recording and gigs as well. My other set is a Ludwig classic maple 20,10,12,14 and all maple Signia Larger set with more power toms from the 90's. These stage customs are different but very cool. For small gigs I will use this with whatever toms work for the set. I did have to get some mounts and mount the toms to stands. The BD is too shallow for larger toms. They sit too close and I could not adjust them to sit back enough. If I need a larger BD I'll use the classic maple, with the stage custom toms or classic's. Also the small tom from the hip work great mounted and pitched high...maybe even single head. The snom on the HH side is fun. The snare is great and a different flavor than my other snares...Black Beauty, supra phonic, acrolite, and 14x7 N&C Maple. These Yamaha's are just impressive to me. I did not know I was a birch fan and Yamaha fan until I got these. So many possibilities adding this little set to your collection.
Gettin' some Tama Club Jam mini vibes
yeah iv been looking all over youtube for a comprehensive comparison but nothing so far :(
Kick sounds nice and low, sounds as if you'd have to make an additional purchase for a traditional 4/5 piece kit though... Yamaha stage customs have been my go to for years. I mostly have played Reggae/Ska, and styles including Afrobeat and Afro-Caribbean/Latin genres. I recently bought the Tama SLP ft/snr combo drum to add to a frankenstein studio kit and it does the trick with a random 16" ft and 10" and 12" Yamaha sc toms with an old random 20×14 kd which sound great all together. Still, I recently purchased a Sonor Safari kit and am really happy with it for jazz gigs and general playing. Point is make your purchasing decisions on what will serve the music and the gig best. I may actually pick up this kit, but the extra purchase for a true ft might put it over for me...
I’ve been a Yamaha guy my whole life, but I went with the AQ2 Safari this time around...now only if the Safari had the YESS system.... uhhhhhhh, I’ll take the tone from Sonor on these compacts, I think they nailed it.
Love this kit. Really want one. Wish the snare had 8 lugs tho
Tower Of Power type intros that was.
Looks cool, please do the new PDP New Yorker kit next
Can the floor tom/ snare be purchased separately?
Hey, Godwin. These are available as a set only. Thanks so much for your interest.
Jason Thiele, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
You can consider a Tama SLP Duo Birch (14x10) which is great value.
Great kit!
The kit sounds great!!! The snare is alright tho
OMG, that Wuhan cymbal sounds amazing! I need to get one!
"Hip" is just about right
What bags do you suggest for this kit?
When buying a new drum set, is it a good idea to buy extended warranty?
Is that an audix ?
What mics u using ?
Wow, a new a video. I just discovered this channel and every video is like five years old.
Not for drums. Nick does a drum set video for Sweetwater at least once a month.
small tom and floor tom incredibly bad man come on Nick
Sand Hats?
Breh can I know the brand of this china ! ? Sounds so amazing
Slightly off topic: Does anyone know what china this is? Gorgeous!
My guess is: Wuhan China. 16” or 18”?
@@tomificationable Thanks, might be. Thing is: With Wuhan you have to get lucky, they're not very consistent. But some sound great...
It's a Wuhan China 12", there's a link in the description.
If I were to purchase on of these, would it assure that I can play as well as he does? :p Lol Nice sounding kit!
What size china? its awesome
Looks like a 14 inch.
Oh god I need another drum kit
Love Yamaha
I like this guy.
it does not have the YESS system... it has the older one that the rod goes through the shell
What to get? Stage Custom Bop or the Hip? I do have a snare I can put on the Bop, but I dig the form factor of the Hip. Can anyone speak to volume difference between the two? Also best drumheads to use on the Hip? Does the Hip Bass drum put out enough volume?
Hey, jasonalves442. Thanks so much for your interest. I personally like both for different reasons. I really like the hip kit for small bar and outside street gigs. The bass drum is surprisingly punchy. The bop kit I like for a more traditional jazz gig. Both are great. Head selection depends on what you’re playing and what sound you like. I like a more open sound so for me, it would be coated ambassadors all the way.
I hope this helps.
Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
I think the FT/snare combo is out of the box thinking from Yamaha. It certainly makes this kit more unique compared to other small "portable" kits.
I just wonder if the FT should have been a rack/stand mount over the legs. However, since the Crosstown hardware is the obvious choice, they probably aren't ideal for hanging a tom off them ?
what is the model of that china?
Looks like a Wuhan 14 inch china
Thanks for the interest, Marc! Here you go… www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WCHINA12--wuhan-china-cymbal-12-inch
Yeah, They're right. This is what hip looks like.
Does Nick ever do drum clinics?
Honestly, they sound great for their sizes. A little tweaking with better heads and some careful tuning, you'd be in business with something that can fit in a civic.
Very interesting.. This or tama club jam series for funk music? what would everyone here say?
Hey, Tending Tropic. They are both suitable for funk, for sure. I just like the look of the Tama one better personally.
Thanks again.
Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
@@sweetwater thanks jason, do you mean the tama club jam flyer or the vintage :)?
I need one of these
Very cool
Works everytime....
Worth buying just for the snare drum and hardware, I would like a maple bass drum instead of birch but hey..
I like it..yamaha best quality..
Love me some Yamaha drums, even though I play Mapex drums.
Yamaha is the king of birch drums where Mapex is good at hybrid shell configurations
@@6393dude My Mapex is a birch kit & it's phenomenal.
@@6393dude totally agree on the hybrid statement.
Would make a great A2E
Fantástic!!!
this and a Yamaha superjet, OMG
Portable and pretty good.
Wish we could buy the bass drum as a separate option.
Yes!! Love this kit, love the playing, love the cymbal setup! I always love it when y’all mix the cymbal brands up like this; G I V E M E M O R E. (Love me some Meinl tho lol)
What is hip? Tell me, tell me if you think you know...
Cool kit. Wish the tom tuning was better, though. Makes it sounds cheap. 😕 Seems like they were afraid to tune it higher.
Tower of power?
Hi 👋
I’m most interested in that China
Change the name to anything but Hip hop and more would buy it..
Lol I love it but if its for size splash cymbal defeats the purpose still amazing tho
This looks cool, too bad I ain’t gigging right now though :(
WOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!
Just bring back the manu kache hipgig kit.
They still sell it.
@@AhhGeeProductions not the original where all shells fit in the kick and stands fit in the throne. But thanks anyways, I didn’t remember posting this.
@@BarronVonSchnoot true. That’s the HipGig not the HipGig JR. Currently have a HipGig and it’s fantastic (v heavy).
@@AhhGeeProductions I’ve been shopping around for a good, small kit for a while now. Since writing this post I’ve been pretty much convinced to get this custom hip set. Haha I’m sure you care, but the double snare is really selling me.
@@BarronVonSchnoot I’ve been thinking of going for a Stage Custom Bop recently. Would pair with an additional 16 FT. I like the idea of the Hip and the Snom, but less so the bass drum. Hope you enjoy whichever kit you go for!
❤❤❤
Love that china..
I’m just not a fan of the super shallow rack tom. I didn’t like it on the old hipgig either. It’s tone is just weak
I think having the kits mic'd is deceiving. Today you could make tin cans and buckets sound great if run thru a board. No shade on this kit, I'm just saying as a general rule. How about 1 overhead?