Man, gorgeous kit!! And yes, those Evans 360 heads just fit right out of the box. Even though I'm a Remo guy, it's always nice putting Evans heads on some tubs.
Of course your 16" would sound bad ass. All of your drums do, honestly. As a guy with a perc degree, it's awesome seeing someone go through these things in this vlog sort of way, it's like watching a solid drum set lecture from school. Keeping it simple, reinforcing that drums and tuning are subjective, all the right things IMO. Love what you do, keep it up man :)
As a fellow Arizonan, I can confirm it's dusty here. You can clean something, look away for a moment, look back, and there's already dust on it again lol.
Center hole for the kick has always been my fav. I never would have thought to put moongels on the inside of the reso tom. Genius little tone hack there. Props for the Incubus groove during the full kit play. I play that groove for sound check all the time. Thanks!
I like to think my drum tuning is pretty good, no one in a session I've ever played on/engineered has ever complained in fact I've gotten compliments. With that said, watching your tech videos and hearing the drums with a ton of background noise and through a GoPro they sound incredible!! So when this popped up in my feed I definitely had to check it out (being a big Tama guy myself) and undoubtedly you brought this kit back to life! Excited for the December tech video 👍🏻
Hey Matt. I’m 31, I’ve been drumming since I was 9 or something stupid. There’s always been allot of guess work when I have to tune drums, I’m not good it. But I’ve learnt that you don’t have to match every rod, one might sort the rest out. Cheers for that. Also I wanna say I get so pumped when you put a new video up, it really doesn’t matter how many subs you’re at right now.. your content is just as good as others with 100s of thousands. I’m a Tama nut too. I run a big heavy Starlassic Bubinga Elite. Keep up the good mate. Ryan, Tassie - Australia
I own a Mapex Saturn kit with mounted floortoms, and we just recorded 4 song with it. Although i feel like there is an effect in resonance in comparison to floortotwith legs, we got them to sing beautifully. Honestly, my best tom sound to date. We also put some cotton balls in the toms to act as kind of gate, which really helped to control the everlasting resonance.
I've been cycling through a million different drum heads, trying any and everything. Looking back on the choices of my youth as typical and un-artistic. Now that I've been through so many different heads, I'm back where I started; Evans Emad on the kick, Aquarian Hi-Energy on the snare, Remo pinstripes on the toms. A mish-mash, sure but that's always been what works for me. I also love Tama but really... I can't think of drum companies I _don't_ like. There's kits from all of them I want; Tama, DW, Ludwig, Sonor, Gretsch. They're all great companies really. Great content man, I always enjoy your posts!
I went thru a ton of heads recently too, and ended up back with pinstripes on toms, Aquarian Reflector coated snare, and Reflector kickdrum. The reflector coated snare head is really incredible.
That’s a beautiful kit man. I finally got an acoustic kit after decades of not playing and I got the Tama Imperialstar kit. I absolutely love it and it’s their STARTER line. It sounds amazing to me so I won’t need to upgrade for a very long time. I use an alesis strike pro mainly but I loooooove my Tama
Lately, iv been using remo ebony for reso and black suede for batters in toms. Super punchy, esp the floor toms. I put a big phat snare on my 14 in and moongels on my 16.
Evans has technology that seats them better than the competition and tune way easier that’s how you were able to dial the sound in quicker. I love my 16 inch suspended mount floor tom.
Man I'm with you on the TAMA brand!! My first pro level kit was a TAMA Granstar Custom and I loved it! I currently have 3 TAMA kits and 1 Pearl kit. I have a Starclassic birch/bubinga, Starclassic birch/walnut, Artstar II maple, and a Pearl Masters maple/gum kit. Out of all of those the birch/walnut is my favorite kit.
You're 100% right about those EMAD heads. I have them on my Pearl Exports (both batter and reso) and the thing sounds AMAZING. Perfect, fat sound from it. Hydraulic heads are also amazing for toms. I'm going to keep the Remo Powerstroke and pinstripes on my Yamaha Beech custom tho cause I like the way it sounds lol
I mean this in the best way, but I love seeing your little OCD quirks in these videos like adjusting your drum keys on the table to be symmetrical and shit. I’ve been a drummer for 20 years, 28 now, I these same quirks follow me through every day life and I’m convinced it all comes from so many years of drums haha. So I’m not alone I guess idk 🤣 but I love your videos man thanks for these and the work you do!
I just setup my Dad's drumset from the 80's. It's a Neil Peart replica Tama set actually. Would you recommend changing the bottom heads being that old?
Love your videos. I’ve got a Tama Star classic snare that I use with my Mapex Saturn kit. It’s amazing. My kit has a 20x22 kick drum. That’s 22” deep. It’s awesome.
I truly enjoy every video you've made, Matt. I watch them all to the very end. You're a true pro man, and Luke is lucky to have the dedication, brother. Keep up the good work, and keep the vids coming! 🤘
i LOVE old Tamas... the first kit i played was a Swingstar kit which is cheap to start with, was toured and beat to shit for years and was sooo warm and full. It's all bout the tuning :) P.S. that orange is beautiful P.P.S. should give Aquarian a try sometime... i went from remo to that and it's all i use now
@matthorndrums - Amazing, man. Picked up a starclassic kick at a yardsale which led me go your vid. I HAVE to know what crash cymbal that is on your far right. It has my ideal sound!
I have a '85 or '86 imperial star kit. Can't remember exactly the year. Bought them at IRC music in Indianapolis. They were aspen white now have that old yellowish look that makes them look so cool. 6pc kit and Tama is hard to beat.
I bought my star classic in 97 right at the end of the year. I paid $3400 for my set up which included stands took me 4 1/2 years to pay it off on a credit card. I still play these drums to this day never bought anything else because I’ve never had to.
The tama starclassic the japan made is the best…i never stopped playing mine and its all I use…I do have a custom order star snare…its a 1 of 💪🏽 Tama all the way!! Tama is also my favorite drum manufacturer. And I’m the psycho that likes floors on air ride…my 14 and 16 are on a double Tom stand
So I'll be the person you can call a "psycho" in the comments. I like my Floor Toms to have the ability of both legs and mount. If I can mount them and have less clutter on the floor that's great. So gonna talk Luke into switching to Team Evans?
Dude... I stared at this comment for so long with no idea what you were talking about, then I realized basically every other drum out there has a badge lol. I've had this kit for 20 years and never even thought about it haha!
This video is making me wanna experiment with balancing the harmonics of the heads and see what difference it makes. Hearing the drums so close up with no other noise is a really good reference!
Matt, I love your stuff! I play guitar drums and bass and used to be a sound engineer! I’ve been out of music stuff and gotten into the medical field and I love getting to see things from your point of view! A kit I used to use was a babinga kit (I butchered that) but found how to make it sound terrible! I’d love to see how you tune your kits as I know you do it by ear, but what do you listen for? Also, why dampen the lower head rather than the top?
I'm a psychopath apparently, I'm also 6'5", and floor tom legs do not go high enough for me, so I just rack mount my floor tom. For shared kits, I have a shallow snare stand to put a floor tom on.
I first used music nomad when I was trying tl clean cymbals results were amazing and then I scrubbed my gibralter rack with it using the aluminum foil the wiped off was like brand new took all the rust off.
I learned drums on a first act, but the first kit I purchased was a midnight blue tama imperialstar. Still have it! What interface are you running your mics through? And what mics?
@matthorndrums have you found any difference between the quality of fit between the evans and remo powerstroke 4? i just switched to ps4 and it appears they didnt want to seat very well on my tama walnut birch, i seated the head correctly and did the star pattern, theres still creases, sounds okay, but it really didnt want to sit flat on the drum.
also, i'd very like to see a snare tuning video. 3 different tunings and the way to acchieve them, i still struggle to get a punchy, not ringy sound with my snare :c
On my kit I don't use moonjells at all only dampening I use is the email kick head I tune super low and punchy so people think my kit is triggered when it's not I just like mostly attack
i started recoding drums a couple months back and im wondering how i can listen back to my drums live while recording in studio one and listen to a music track while recording as well
Matt. bottom heads the same amount of force as the top head. The air inside the drum. Moves with the same force as the top head being struck by a stick and the physics state that if the bottom head is tighter then the top head. The bottom head will wear out faster. As it's under a higher load.
beautiful kit, Matt! I've had the chance to play a Star classic from the 70s and I loved it. Question. You mentioned you were putting most your weight while seating the kick drum head, just curious if that's the same for all of them?
What's up brotha! Hope the time off is good! Gonna be at The Armory too, hope it doesn't snow again on the way out lol. Should be a nice hold over until take back your life starts. Enjoy brotha!
This is my AMSR. That snare sounded nice and robust. I punted Remo to Ridicville a few years ago for Evans. For me, they adapt to whatever tuning I use. I have my original Pearl Session 94 (3 rack, 1 floor, back to two kicks) *Quick plug: I switched from the DW 9000s to the Pearl Demon direct drive. They're amazballs, and you can split them into two single pedals👍 DW, for the love of dog, PLEASE do something with the drive shaft. They're a turd on a Mercedes. Swapping it for the Trick shaft shouldn't be the case, yet I had to do that. Great vid. Solid playing. Love what you're doing. I look forward to your next one. Side note: I don't remember if it was Episode 1 or 2 of POV I forgot to put captions on. "Is this guy gonna fricken say ANYTHING!? Oh wait, turn on captions dopey.".
Awesome man, I'm about to change top/bottom heads on a new (to me) Tama Imperialstar, all Evans! I've also heard that cotton balls inside the floor tom helps with resonance.
I purchased a used Tama Rockstar kit a few months ago, the ball joint for the 14” tom was shaved, purchased a replacement from Gibralter and the tom still slid down.. 😅.. seeing you with the 14 AND 16 on the ball joint is blowing my mind! Had to put my 14 on a snare stand. 🫤 it works. I thought maybe the 14” drum was too heavy. I even switched the 12” tom ball joint and the 14” still slid down. 🤷. What’s a good affordable replacement? Your drums sound sick! Got some great tuning tips here 🫡👍 How did you tune that snare to be so FAT … damn! 🙏
I guarantee, you can learn something from this video. Please refer to the chapters to hop around and get to the info you want! Enjoy!
Yes for sure man! I’ve learned so much from watching your videos! Awesome stuff my guy!🔥😎
How do get a snappy snare sound without the Oo and echo sound, I use moon jells aswell
Was wondering if you ever bend any cymbals??
Can I buy that 8” Tom from u ?
I learn a little something from most of your videos sir. Thank you 🤘
Man, gorgeous kit!! And yes, those Evans 360 heads just fit right out of the box. Even though I'm a Remo guy, it's always nice putting Evans heads on some tubs.
Of course your 16" would sound bad ass. All of your drums do, honestly. As a guy with a perc degree, it's awesome seeing someone go through these things in this vlog sort of way, it's like watching a solid drum set lecture from school. Keeping it simple, reinforcing that drums and tuning are subjective, all the right things IMO. Love what you do, keep it up man :)
This was a really nice comment, man. Thankyou for the kind words!
would love a video showing how you mixed the drums they sound great
this is a perfectly tuned set! well done. sounds fantastic! you could bring out a sample pack with these and it would go wild :)
As a fellow Arizonan, I can confirm it's dusty here. You can clean something, look away for a moment, look back, and there's already dust on it again lol.
Center hole for the kick has always been my fav. I never would have thought to put moongels on the inside of the reso tom. Genius little tone hack there. Props for the Incubus groove during the full kit play. I play that groove for sound check all the time. Thanks!
Yeah I heard the Incubus ”wish you were here” playing. Sounds great!
"First like and first comment"
Nailed it
I like to think my drum tuning is pretty good, no one in a session I've ever played on/engineered has ever complained in fact I've gotten compliments. With that said, watching your tech videos and hearing the drums with a ton of background noise and through a GoPro they sound incredible!! So when this popped up in my feed I definitely had to check it out (being a big Tama guy myself) and undoubtedly you brought this kit back to life! Excited for the December tech video 👍🏻
Thank you, dude!
Hey Matt. I’m 31, I’ve been drumming since I was 9 or something stupid. There’s always been allot of guess work when I have to tune drums, I’m not good it. But I’ve learnt that you don’t have to match every rod, one might sort the rest out. Cheers for that.
Also I wanna say I get so pumped when you put a new video up, it really doesn’t matter how many subs you’re at right now.. your content is just as good as others with 100s of thousands.
I’m a Tama nut too. I run a big heavy Starlassic Bubinga Elite.
Keep up the good mate.
Ryan, Tassie - Australia
27:50 Incubus I Wish you were here
I own a Mapex Saturn kit with mounted floortoms, and we just recorded 4 song with it. Although i feel like there is an effect in resonance in comparison to floortotwith legs, we got them to sing beautifully. Honestly, my best tom sound to date.
We also put some cotton balls in the toms to act as kind of gate, which really helped to control the everlasting resonance.
I try not to be a brand guy but Evans are just so good! Got an Emad 1 on a 14x24 no dampener and it's straight boom boom.
I've been cycling through a million different drum heads, trying any and everything. Looking back on the choices of my youth as typical and un-artistic. Now that I've been through so many different heads, I'm back where I started; Evans Emad on the kick, Aquarian Hi-Energy on the snare, Remo pinstripes on the toms. A mish-mash, sure but that's always been what works for me. I also love Tama but really... I can't think of drum companies I _don't_ like. There's kits from all of them I want; Tama, DW, Ludwig, Sonor, Gretsch. They're all great companies really. Great content man, I always enjoy your posts!
I went thru a ton of heads recently too, and ended up back with pinstripes on toms, Aquarian Reflector coated snare, and Reflector kickdrum. The reflector coated snare head is really incredible.
Great video Matt! Probably the best tuning lesson I've ever seen and heard! And yes EMAD best bass drum head ever! 🥁❤️
That’s a beautiful kit man. I finally got an acoustic kit after decades of not playing and I got the Tama Imperialstar kit. I absolutely love it and it’s their STARTER line. It sounds amazing to me so I won’t need to upgrade for a very long time. I use an alesis strike pro mainly but I loooooove my Tama
Lately, iv been using remo ebony for reso and black suede for batters in toms. Super punchy, esp the floor toms. I put a big phat snare on my 14 in and moongels on my 16.
If u put together a lil cleaning kit/accessories to sell id totally buy them from u. Love the channel
Sounds amazing Matt
Gotta love Tama and Evans
They wont be a tree this year 🥰
Missed this
Evans has technology that seats them better than the competition and tune way easier that’s how you were able to dial the sound in quicker. I love my 16 inch suspended mount floor tom.
Love your content. I take it you’re going on the Disturbed tour in ‘24?
Yes I am!
Man I'm with you on the TAMA brand!! My first pro level kit was a TAMA Granstar Custom and I loved it! I currently have 3 TAMA kits and 1 Pearl kit. I have a Starclassic birch/bubinga, Starclassic birch/walnut, Artstar II maple, and a Pearl Masters maple/gum kit. Out of all of those the birch/walnut is my favorite kit.
You're 100% right about those EMAD heads. I have them on my Pearl Exports (both batter and reso) and the thing sounds AMAZING. Perfect, fat sound from it. Hydraulic heads are also amazing for toms. I'm going to keep the Remo Powerstroke and pinstripes on my Yamaha Beech custom tho cause I like the way it sounds lol
30:58 "I think it sound pretty good"
Are you kidding me? I couldn't get a better sounding drums not even with samples😂
That was AWESOME🔥
My jaw dropped when he hit that rack tom D:
I looking all over for those!!! That finish is AMAZING!!!!
I mean this in the best way, but I love seeing your little OCD quirks in these videos like adjusting your drum keys on the table to be symmetrical and shit. I’ve been a drummer for 20 years, 28 now, I these same quirks follow me through every day life and I’m convinced it all comes from so many years of drums haha. So I’m not alone I guess idk 🤣 but I love your videos man thanks for these and the work you do!
“Looks like I’m playing for some SJC Warped Tour Band”
Gotta admit that’s kinda funny now.
I just setup my Dad's drumset from the 80's. It's a Neil Peart replica Tama set actually. Would you recommend changing the bottom heads being that old?
Very calming to watch and listen. One of my favorite drum channels.
Love your videos.
I’ve got a Tama Star classic snare that I use with my Mapex Saturn kit. It’s amazing. My kit has a 20x22 kick drum. That’s 22” deep. It’s awesome.
I truly enjoy every video you've made, Matt. I watch them all to the very end.
You're a true pro man, and Luke is lucky to have the dedication, brother.
Keep up the good work, and keep the vids coming! 🤘
i LOVE old Tamas... the first kit i played was a Swingstar kit which is cheap to start with, was toured and beat to shit for years and was sooo warm and full. It's all bout the tuning :)
P.S. that orange is beautiful
P.P.S. should give Aquarian a try sometime... i went from remo to that and it's all i use now
@matthorndrums - Amazing, man. Picked up a starclassic kick at a yardsale which led me go your vid. I HAVE to know what crash cymbal that is on your far right. It has my ideal sound!
This video reminds me of my 1985 Tama Superstar with 14” rack 16” floor. I sold it like an idiot. Fat and beefy tones, I dig it!
I have a '85 or '86 imperial star kit. Can't remember exactly the year. Bought them at IRC music in Indianapolis. They were aspen white now have that old yellowish look that makes them look so cool. 6pc kit and Tama is hard to beat.
I bought my star classic in 97 right at the end of the year. I paid $3400 for my set up which included stands took me 4 1/2 years to pay it off on a credit card. I still play these drums to this day never bought anything else because I’ve never had to.
The tama starclassic the japan made is the best…i never stopped playing mine and its all I use…I do have a custom order star snare…its a 1 of 💪🏽 Tama all the way!! Tama is also my favorite drum manufacturer. And I’m the psycho that likes floors on air ride…my 14 and 16 are on a double Tom stand
I've really been considering a Tama Starclassic... I think this video convinced me.
So I'll be the person you can call a "psycho" in the comments. I like my Floor Toms to have the ability of both legs and mount. If I can mount them and have less clutter on the floor that's great. So gonna talk Luke into switching to Team Evans?
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a killer kit. But I personally just can’t get used to the decal logo on the shells… Am I the only one?
nope, I am a decal logo hater myself
Dude... I stared at this comment for so long with no idea what you were talking about, then I realized basically every other drum out there has a badge lol. I've had this kit for 20 years and never even thought about it haha!
@matthorndrums it's a fantastic kit,sounds great man, I never understood how they didn't get a badge though.
This video is making me wanna experiment with balancing the harmonics of the heads and see what difference it makes. Hearing the drums so close up with no other noise is a really good reference!
Matt, I love your stuff! I play guitar drums and bass and used to be a sound engineer! I’ve been out of music stuff and gotten into the medical field and I love getting to see things from your point of view! A kit I used to use was a babinga kit (I butchered that) but found how to make it sound terrible! I’d love to see how you tune your kits as I know you do it by ear, but what do you listen for? Also, why dampen the lower head rather than the top?
I'm a psychopath apparently, I'm also 6'5", and floor tom legs do not go high enough for me, so I just rack mount my floor tom.
For shared kits, I have a shallow snare stand to put a floor tom on.
25:00 “It looks like I’m playing for some SJC Warped Tour band.” Ain’t that the truth? 🤣🤣🤣
I first used music nomad when I was trying tl clean cymbals results were amazing and then I scrubbed my gibralter rack with it using the aluminum foil the wiped off was like brand new took all the rust off.
Yeeeaaahhhhhhh, good video, thanks, I watch alll your videos, tears from Brazil
You got a snare tuning vid? Holy cow this one sounds almighty!!! And all the rest is bomb. Thx.
I learned drums on a first act, but the first kit I purchased was a midnight blue tama imperialstar. Still have it! What interface are you running your mics through? And what mics?
I have some addition questions why you choose specific different mics for different drums or cymbals.
@matthorndrums have you found any difference between the quality of fit between the evans and remo powerstroke 4? i just switched to ps4 and it appears they didnt want to seat very well on my tama walnut birch, i seated the head correctly and did the star pattern, theres still creases, sounds okay, but it really didnt want to sit flat on the drum.
Hi Matt! Question, what model of Pelican do you use? 1510 Case?
Wow! You really thrash those hats! How often do you have to buy new cymbals?? They get a pounding
also, i'd very like to see a snare tuning video. 3 different tunings and the way to acchieve them, i still struggle to get a punchy, not ringy sound with my snare :c
Love a good mounted floor Tom especially a 15x13.
Hey looking at getting those Sennheiser mics and clips. Are the clips inside of the starcast system or next to it? Thank you!
Drummer going to sign those heads for merch table?🤷🏼♂️🤣
On my kit I don't use moonjells at all only dampening I use is the email kick head I tune super low and punchy so people think my kit is triggered when it's not I just like mostly attack
i started recoding drums a couple months back and im wondering how i can listen back to my drums live while recording in studio one and listen to a music track while recording as well
Matt. bottom heads the same amount of force as the top head. The air inside the drum. Moves with the same force as the top head being struck by a stick and the physics state that if the bottom head is tighter then the top head. The bottom head will wear out faster. As it's under a higher load.
This ain't an old starclassic. I've got one from 1974!
Literally was thinking "ew a mounted floor tom" and then you said something immediatley after hahah
13:22
i don't dig that much mounted floor toms, but one of my old drum teachers, he used to mount a 14' floor tom for use as a rack
No judgment here for knowledge...and your vids < are awesome
With the closed captions, as a professional dumbass, I aint reading all that im j in it for the asmr…
best bass drum head
I find it odd drummers want the badges of the kit up front me being a lefty kinda can't do that lol
Nothing like an hour of foreplay and going to bed. After tuning and not being able to play😢
My r.c. floor toms are mounted....14, 16. No legs at all...
I have a non mounted floor tom but I have it inverted and mounted to my rack just so I'm not having to have it slide around on me lol
Your work is awesome. My wife now says she's a drum widow - so, sincere thanks!
are you using players circle from evans drum head boxes?
i don't think you need to seat evans heads cause they are not glued like remo heads are. 🤷♂
what liquid use normaly for clean the drumset?
do you have any video showing how you tuned this snare? I want that fatness
I prefer a mounted floor tom after using oe for years and as you can see in the picture.
I like tama as well. Reason is because of Mike portnoy lol
28:28 Wish You Were Here by Incubus is my favorite!!
Gee….. Wonder why the switch to Evans…. 😉😉
You forgot a nylon washer on the floor tom😂, Cheers Matt!
do a video on the contents of your apache case
hi matt! I live in Brazil and I love your videos
i use a 10 (deep) x 14 floor on a snare stand. 🤷♂
beautiful kit, Matt! I've had the chance to play a Star classic from the 70s and I loved it. Question. You mentioned you were putting most your weight while seating the kick drum head, just curious if that's the same for all of them?
Thanks, man! And yes I push down on the head about the same for every drum.
What's up brotha! Hope the time off is good! Gonna be at The Armory too, hope it doesn't snow again on the way out lol. Should be a nice hold over until take back your life starts. Enjoy brotha!
Without any music I still knew that first song was Incubus - Wish you were here.
Great video. Have you ever tried EC2 heads
Sound pHat asf. Thanks for sharing!
Really great video bro!!
What snare are you using in this video?
This is my AMSR. That snare sounded nice and robust. I punted Remo to Ridicville a few years ago for Evans. For me, they adapt to whatever tuning I use. I have my original Pearl Session 94 (3 rack, 1 floor, back to two kicks)
*Quick plug: I switched from the DW 9000s to the Pearl Demon direct drive. They're amazballs, and you can split them into two single pedals👍
DW, for the love of dog, PLEASE do something with the drive shaft. They're a turd on a Mercedes. Swapping it for the Trick shaft shouldn't be the case, yet I had to do that.
Great vid. Solid playing. Love what you're doing. I look forward to your next one.
Side note: I don't remember if it was Episode 1 or 2 of POV I forgot to put captions on. "Is this guy gonna fricken say ANYTHING!? Oh wait, turn on captions dopey.".
Is that wish you were here by incubus?
Nice Dude My Name is Carlos!
What's the snare? Sounds fantastic.
that snare is something else
Awesome man, I'm about to change top/bottom heads on a new (to me) Tama Imperialstar, all Evans! I've also heard that cotton balls inside the floor tom helps with resonance.
Give it a shot and report back! I meant to do that in this video actually
I purchased a used Tama Rockstar kit a few months ago, the ball joint for the 14” tom was shaved, purchased a replacement from Gibralter and the tom still slid down.. 😅.. seeing you with the 14 AND 16 on the ball joint is blowing my mind! Had to put my 14 on a snare stand. 🫤 it works. I thought maybe the 14” drum was too heavy. I even switched the 12” tom ball joint and the 14” still slid down. 🤷. What’s a good affordable replacement? Your drums sound sick! Got some great tuning tips here 🫡👍 How did you tune that snare to be so FAT … damn! 🙏
27:52 incubus - wish you were here . 😎
What are the specs of the drums?