Awesome kit! I love mine. FYI, the DW Acrylics shine with match Batter/Reso. Using the same heads helps you tune them in a wide range without all the overtones and pitch bending. That’s why DW head matches. Enjoy man! 🤘
Hey nice kit! I have been rockin a Tama Silver Star Mirage Acrylic set that I love. The best thing about Acrylic drum shells is the fact that they will not expand & contract like wood drums, and in turn the bearing edges are perfect, so they almost never go out of tune. They also sound great providing you choose the coordinating heads. Black Dots, clear Emperors, or Ambassadors. Acrylic drums are also great for lighting effects! T Y S.R.PURDY 🥁🎶 GOD BLESS
Excellent- I’ve been thinking about getting the black dots when I need to change the heads. Seems like that’s the classic move. Good info there too about the tuning. Thanks!
Congrats on your purchase! You should look into a DW 9000 remote hi hat for the solution of hi hat placement issue. They are well worth it, you've already invested this far, make this end all kit as you've described it perfect!
At that price you should get the pick of what heads you want. As far as those rubber protection rings they would be great for some body converting to an acoustic electric hybrid kit.
I just unboxed my son's sea glass kit... Did you figure out what those 5 retainers are for? I looked at the picture online and do not see those anywhere on the kit? Smoke looks great.
@@dangervilleproductions Those definitely looks like memory clamps for your tom brackets, which are the same as your floor tom leg brackets. Odd that they gave you five and not three only for the three rack toms, or not nine then to account for three mounts per floor tom.
I missed your reply! My son already sold his kit for a Yamaha maple hybrid, but this was his kit. ruclips.net/video/0lLdSPTHi7E/видео.htmlfeature=shared
I got this same kit from Sweetwater, 8,10,12,14,16 22, & Snare about 6 months ago, If I may ask, how'd you get a 18" floor tom ? They told me its only available in the clear & not the smoke glass. Also was trying to get a 13, no dice, Sad pandas 😞.
The rubber gaskets are simply there to protect the drum in shipping, you take them off and dispose before you put the heads and rim on. So it’s a normal bearing edge insert there
@@dangervilleproductions WELL IDK IF IT WAS WEIRD, YOU SPENT ALOT OF MONEY, AND SEEMS LIKE YOU DIDNT GET THE EXPERIENCE, MAYBE I WAS PROJECTING CAUSE IVE BEEN THERE BEFORE WHERE YOU START GOING THRU THINGS, AND ITS JUST LITTLE THINGS BUT THEY ADD UP YA KNOW.....I FELT LIKE MAYBE YOU WERE BUMMED OUT CAUSE THE HEADS SEEMED CHEAP AND UNLABLED, COULDNT FIND YOUR BRACKETS FOR A BIT, ECT. ECT. AND IT KIND OF BUMMED ME OUT TOO SEE YA GO THRU THAT, BECAUSE ITS ALOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON AN INSTRUMENT, THE UNBOXING EXPERIENCE SHOULD BE BETTER FOR ALL DRUM COMPANIES..I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO STEP UP THE GAME ON THESE KINDS OF KITS, WE SHOULDNT HAVE TO CHANGE HEADS OUT OF THE BOX, LITTLE STUFF LIKE THAT YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE KICK DRUM HARDWARE SHOULD BE WITH THE KICKDRUM, THEY SHOULD ADD MORE SWAG TO THESE PACKAGES....MAYBE I NEED TO START A DRUM COMPANY AND DO IT RIGHT LOL....GOOD VIDEO MAN ANYWAYS, AND IT IS A SEXY KIT
@@Sundaydrumday youre right those things are true, those were my negative observations of the unboxing experience. I'm sure DW is rethinking everything after my video LMAO. but over all I love the kit!
DW really messed up a lot of things here. The crappy pillows that you stick on, to an acrylic shell!?! OK DW!! And the bass drum head, two non-ported heads???? Oh and the single ply heads go on the bottom of the toms. Are those heads even Remo USA's? Sucks that it sounds so crappy out the box. Hope you get it sorted. DW should re-imburse you. The snare needs an Evans HD-Dry or Remo PS4 coated.
Awesome set up. And yeah the kit looks beautiful. Love the smokey contrast with the chrome.
thank you sir. hoping to do an update on it soon with some new heads and whatnot.
Congrats! Stunning setup, sounds great.
thanks. hope to have an update soon.
Beautiful kit. Use only hard cases when transporting. Acrylic is very delicate and extra heavy. Congratulations. I know you are happy.
good advice thanks
Awesome kit! I love mine. FYI, the DW Acrylics shine with match Batter/Reso. Using the same heads helps you tune them in a wide range without all the overtones and pitch bending. That’s why DW head matches. Enjoy man! 🤘
Nice. Yeah so far I like the toms. I did swap out the kick batter head, still dialing it in
You got a gorgeous kit - looks amazing! Have a lot of fun with it 🤙
Thank you thank you
Hey nice kit! I have been rockin a Tama Silver Star Mirage Acrylic set that I love. The best thing about Acrylic drum shells is the fact that they will not expand & contract like wood drums, and in turn the bearing edges are perfect, so they almost never go out of tune. They also sound great providing you choose the coordinating heads. Black Dots, clear Emperors, or Ambassadors. Acrylic drums are also great for lighting effects! T Y S.R.PURDY 🥁🎶 GOD BLESS
Excellent- I’ve been thinking about getting the black dots when I need to change the heads. Seems like that’s the classic move. Good info there too about the tuning. Thanks!
I have my I on this one, thx for posting
Sounds pretty good!
Congrats on your purchase! You should look into a DW 9000 remote hi hat for the solution of hi hat placement issue. They are well worth it, you've already invested this far, make this end all kit as you've described it perfect!
Yes I’m actually using the 9000 remote with the hi hats on the right so I have both going now.
At that price you should get the pick of what heads you want. As far as those rubber protection rings they would be great for some body converting to an acoustic electric hybrid kit.
Both good ideas
Love your drum kit
thanks!
Nice kit enjoy !
Hell yeah thanks. Hope to do an update soon
Probably saving money on their supply chain by packaging it that way. But I can relate to that scenario 😂
That thing is boss
Boss D
I just unboxed my son's sea glass kit... Did you figure out what those 5 retainers are for? I looked at the picture online and do not see those anywhere on the kit? Smoke looks great.
I think the retainers may be for the floor tom legs. I'm not sure either because I rarely use retainers. Would love to see the sea glass kit.
@@dangervilleproductions Those definitely looks like memory clamps for your tom brackets, which are the same as your floor tom leg brackets.
Odd that they gave you five and not three only for the three rack toms, or not nine then to account for three mounts per floor tom.
Not that odd, floor time legs and 2 tom racks
I missed your reply! My son already sold his kit for a Yamaha maple hybrid, but this was his kit. ruclips.net/video/0lLdSPTHi7E/видео.htmlfeature=shared
The sea glass is beautiful. You're a heckuva dad to buy your son any DW kit.👍Was it a birthday/Christmas surprise or did he know in advance?
I got this same kit from Sweetwater, 8,10,12,14,16 22, & Snare about 6 months ago, If I may ask, how'd you get a 18" floor tom ? They told me its only available in the clear & not the smoke glass. Also was trying to get a 13, no dice, Sad pandas 😞.
I ordered mine months ago so perhaps its not available anymore? weird.
Awesome dude! I just got this kit in October!! Was it much of a hassle to get the 18”? I’m wanting one for mine
Does the rubber gasket change the sound Is your bearing edge still 45 degree thanks for answering best regards
The rubber gaskets are simply there to protect the drum in shipping, you take them off and dispose before you put the heads and rim on. So it’s a normal bearing edge insert there
@@dangervilleproductions thanks for answering👏🤟🏼🤟🏼🇨🇦
Thats a VERY BEAUTIFUL KIT Brother you should be Busting with Joy!!! AWESOME!!!
Yo thanks I am loving it
I love vista lites too bomb dude
Nice, had my eye on this one....still do, no many color sets i like....
yeah I was debating on this or clear. thought this was kind of unique. i would love a purple acrylic though too.
Great kit congrats 🥁🔔🛎️ stock son it’s good so far from Dw design !
Awesome!!
For sure
Very cool 👊🏻
Hell yeah
Love it
me too
Nice
Awesome
Acrylic smoke!
The design series does not come custom.
They are standard drum sizes.
So your 18 is 16
16 is 14
I assure you I custom it and it is an 18.
@@dangervilleproductions my apologies
Design series?
yes i belive the acrylics are design series
You said the kick sounded like crap. Why?
I can't remember, but I think that it was really boomy and ringy and needed some work with muffling.
Seamless Ming shells from China.
SWEET kit from SWEETwater....hahaha
Yeah they should prolly sponsor me lol
Should have been titled tune in to see me unhappy with my expensive dw lol, thats gotta suck man....spend all that 💰 to be dissatisfied for sure
weird that was your take away. I love the kit. was just making some comments on what I thought could be done better.
@@dangervilleproductions WELL IDK IF IT WAS WEIRD, YOU SPENT ALOT OF MONEY, AND SEEMS LIKE YOU DIDNT GET THE EXPERIENCE, MAYBE I WAS PROJECTING CAUSE IVE BEEN THERE BEFORE WHERE YOU START GOING THRU THINGS, AND ITS JUST LITTLE THINGS BUT THEY ADD UP YA KNOW.....I FELT LIKE MAYBE YOU WERE BUMMED OUT CAUSE THE HEADS SEEMED CHEAP AND UNLABLED, COULDNT FIND YOUR BRACKETS FOR A BIT, ECT. ECT. AND IT KIND OF BUMMED ME OUT TOO SEE YA GO THRU THAT, BECAUSE ITS ALOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON AN INSTRUMENT, THE UNBOXING EXPERIENCE SHOULD BE BETTER FOR ALL DRUM COMPANIES..I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO STEP UP THE GAME ON THESE KINDS OF KITS, WE SHOULDNT HAVE TO CHANGE HEADS OUT OF THE BOX, LITTLE STUFF LIKE THAT YA KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THE KICK DRUM HARDWARE SHOULD BE WITH THE KICKDRUM, THEY SHOULD ADD MORE SWAG TO THESE PACKAGES....MAYBE I NEED TO START A DRUM COMPANY AND DO IT RIGHT LOL....GOOD VIDEO MAN ANYWAYS, AND IT IS A SEXY KIT
@@Sundaydrumday youre right those things are true, those were my negative observations of the unboxing experience. I'm sure DW is rethinking everything after my video LMAO. but over all I love the kit!
Different strokes , was never a fan of DW’s. Glad you like em though!
I’ve never played any other acrylic kit so can’t be sure but I’m a dw fan in general
DW really messed up a lot of things here. The crappy pillows that you stick on, to an acrylic shell!?! OK DW!! And the bass drum head, two non-ported heads???? Oh and the single ply heads go on the bottom of the toms. Are those heads even Remo USA's? Sucks that it sounds so crappy out the box. Hope you get it sorted. DW should re-imburse you. The snare needs an Evans HD-Dry or Remo PS4 coated.