And that’s why I could never afford a DW kit. Next episode: John Good goes to Mars to retrieve Martian alien wood. “These shells are literally out of this world!”
You don’t have to buy DW exotic wood to sound great. A used budget kit for less than $700 can sound legitimate and in a blind test on a recording, it can sound just as good mixed in with music.
Glad we can represent, as fellow Tasmanian local it's great to see!!!! We have some of the most pristine forests in the world boasting the tallest flowering trees in the world!!!!!
I've never been a big DW fan, I have played several DW kits and found they all sound good but never played one that really tore my head off, particularly the kicks. BUT after watching the way they work I am incredibly impressed with their constant innovation and the work John has done to better understand woods and grain orientation
I'll never look at a drum set the same again! This let one know how beautiful drums are! Then when they're play then you hear that beauty sing and it completes The marvelous experience!
beautiful drums. I have 4 kits, and one is a DW Collectors pure maple. My others are a Starclassic Maple, Yamaha Absolute Hybrid, and Reference Pure. Personally, I like the DW the best- it mics up well, projects, very good sustain to them, and it records really well. I think all the negative comments are people who just have some agenda against DW, or can not afford them. Yes, the other drums sound good- and if all you can afford is a $1500 kit, fine- some good options there. But there is a difference- coming from someone who's played them all with 36 years experience- DW is good as it gets. If you are getting dull sounds, you are not tuning them to their potential, or using good heads. The comments about who's building them are ignorant and non relevant to the quality of them. Nice job to all the employees working there-
job Rothberg ok well I respectfully disagree, I have recorded and have been a gigging drummer for 30 years, and DW sounds as good as any.. and I get them so often on backline.. guess so many of us must have it wrong. Any how, all good, you don't care for them. Just may actually take some head changes and tuning, which can be surprisingly difficult for some. They are not overpriced, just compare them to the Asian imported pro lines. Anyhow, I usually do not get into subjective things, everyone should enjoy the drums they like, and keep playing 😎
Sonor is great. No question. I have been drumming for 30 years and must admit that all high elite drums sounds great as they all have kinda an own personality. I played Sonor, Yamaha maple / beech custom absolute, Pearl MMX / Masters Custom and DW Exotique (birch). For me, it is another universe playing DW as you have another tonality, feeling playing them. The possibilities of tuning my DW seem endless. It took me several weeks to even understand how to really tune and find a tone. With DW drums you are not hitting drums, you are playing tons. BTW I tuned them in a manner all friends were almost shocked when they heard a tuned!!! drum. The actual kit reminds me a bit of a jazzy one but with great low end and sounds amazingly musical. What a luxury tone. It would be great to listen to a less hard hitting drumming for once to hear the beauty! of this drum kit. Get Scott Pellegrom on that kit. Congrats DW - what a culture and beauty of sound. I am really touched by those drums.
Exactly - it took me several weeks to tune them in a way I cannot with other drums. DW is like an F1 car. When you get the right tunings after experimenting with different drumheads and tensions, you get a tone no other drum kit can produce.
They really do good working putting these drums together. Thankful to have gotten to experience the factory and test these drums out first hand! Brilliant
“Ok Virgil.... really loved what you did there... could we try one more take with a little less talent so the customers might get an idea of what the drums actually sound like?!”
I was lucky enough to hear John talk about his new FAST toms in the 90s at Sam Ash in Margate Florida. Just me and three other guys. Blew my mind, not the toms, but John's enthusism for the drums (and the too). He is a master salesman, bc he LOVES what he "sells". Theres a YT series called "So n So's Top 10 Rules for Success" and they have ppl like Meryl Streep and Neil Peart featured (Neil's is fun). They should do one with John Goode.
O MY GOODNESS!!! John Good, you have outdone yourself in my opinion! To me this is the most fantastic looking set of drums DW has made. Soooo beautiful!!! On good speakers, they sound just as good as they look. Ugh I wish I could afford a set of these😞 it would look so good on the stage at my church. I would even take a slightly blemished set. If I lived near the DW factory I would just about beg for a job there. I love the precision and detail that goes into making a set of DW drums. Thank you DW for making a great American built product. I only dream of owning these drums. Maybe one day but I doubt anytime in the near future.
John, you are a fanatical perfectionist. I am convinced that DW drums are probably the best drums ever made. Maybe if I started to get serious about drumming before I got arthritis in so many places I would have most certainly bought the best, from the best.
Frank Carpi wow, are you ever delusional. DW aren’t even in the top 3. You’re a victim of smart marketing. Listen to Neil Peart’s toms. They sound like the boxes they came in.
I always compliment any host who offers something from their heart, even if I think I could get a better quality product, meal, or anything that was shared with a sincere belief in what they are offering. I currently have a sweet vintage Pearl 4 piece, and a Tama 7 piece arrayed in nearly a full circle around my throne, so unless someone was wanting to give me any new drums, I don't think that I will be buying any more for a while, if ever. I do however like the sound of the collector's series of DW drums, and I love the MDD pedal series, even more than the Iron Cobras from Tama. Yamaha are also really sweet sounding instruments too, but the look and strength of the DWs to me are still strikingly beautiful. I didn't say what I said to you to be a challenge met with a touche, I was just trying to express my feelings about being kind to a fault with people. Sometimes it is made difficult when met with belligerence, or straight up ignorance, but this life is all about learning relationships.
LOVE your passion John. I took the tour a few years ago and I've watched DW grow since the early days on Lawrence Drive in Newbury Park CA. Keep up the GREAT work!! ;)
I like how the boss knows his worker's names. More companies could take a cue from what appears to be a high level of ethical care of all aspects of the company.
Robert Aldi hey Robert or should I say Roberto and he knows Juan and Juanita and Jose And Hoes Be it's a disgrace not one American worker in that factory
Plenty of Australian drum builders use Tasmanian and other great Aussie woods, folks need to look at brands like Evetts Drums, O’Neill Drums, Metro Drum Co. , Sleishman Drums, Sia Drums, Red Rock Drums.... and that’s just to name a few.
I own a DW Collector's, and I love it. The audio in this video makes this kit sound awful, and yes, I'm wearing decent headphones. Not even Virgil was able to make it sound good. I'm sure this is due entirely to the production of the video rather than the kit itself - but after watching the entire thing, I rewound it several times. The tone/sustain it discusses is almost completely absent.
Virgil is hitting them quite hard. I guess a more jazzy drumming style could bring the tone out of this beautiful drums. BTW If you listen several times, you guess what this kit is sounding live.
DW propaganda is as good as ever, may be better than the drums it is promoting, the only truth about best drums sounding would be, the blind test, different drum set/brands tested behind an acoustic transparent curtain, as they do in HIFI HIGH END, many will be in for a surprise ! I myself was really surprised to find a relatively cheap '' Mapex'' sounding ways better than a ''PHX ''Yamaha, priced many times higher, as Billy Cobham said once >
I have #11 and unfortunately my edges on one side isn’t even out on my snare .. this has been bothering me a lot and I don’t know how to get in touch with DW about it
I think it’s a real shame to put that “burst black” on that beautiful wood. It hides a third if the wood grain with black. Really ? DW builds amazing drums and they have some of the most beautiful wood in the world, but the “bursts” just aren’t needed, IMO.
JulianFernandez I don't think so they're not us made drums if they're made by Hispanics why don't you take a look at some real drum companies like Truth or Q. Pork pie Gretsch many others that put DW shame with American workers. Not workers with American visas
JulianFernandez all right you asked for it so here we go. Since 1980 Guillermo Arambula works for DW he is the quality control manager for 30 years and that was in 2010 he still works there to this day as does his son who is a shipping manager of 9yrs, Jimmy Arambula also I imagine it is his brother who is drums operation manager for 31 years as of 2010 Ildefonso Arambula. And to round out the family we've got a wife or sister who is finished ply lead Genoveva Arambula 22yrs.But wait it doesn't stop there. Roland Martinez quality assurance 6yrs, Armando Ochoa lacquer technician 7yrs, Jose Bravo Hardware assembly technician14.5yrs, Francisco Pelayo Drilling and edging Lead 9yrs, Luis Garcia custom painter supervisor17.5 yrs, Maria Avila drum assembly lead 7yrs, Omar Cordero machine shop and Hardware supervisor 6.5yrs, Mateo Gayton lacquer technician 5.5 yrs and I think you get the picture. It seems to me we're not only dealing with nepotism on a grand scale but does anyone else notice the hiring practices that DW is using? I could have go on and on with more names and family connections. However there is one exception that I can see. His name is Shon Smith he's the custom shell shop supervisor and has been with DW for 8.5 years. He's the only Caucasian I could find in upper management that works on the floor. I am in no way a racist. I am simply trying to set the record straight with John the" Wood Whisperer" who consistently won't shut up about how his drums are American made by a hard-working Americans and they might be hard-working Americans born and raised here it just is a little weird that John and Don are the only two Caucasian guys you see in all the videos and in all the factory tours. I would greatly appreciate some feedback. I just look at companies like Q and Truth I know that they're more of a boutique company and not on a grand scale as DW but they hire people who are excited to build drums and are drummers themselves first and foremost. Again any feedback positive or negative is welcome
Karl Hungus I've had one sonor snare in my life. And still have it to this day it's called a pancake and I've never seen one since I bought it at a music store here in San Diego that went out of business in the 90s it is the most interesting concept of the snare drum I've ever come across
And they're not "hand made" like they advertise either. It's just operators pushing buttons on machines. Sure, some final hand sanding & lacquer application, but that's just fit and finish. When I see humans actually drilling the holes & sanding the whole shell by hand, then they can say that.
dogmutty2 are you hitting at illegal or legal? Although I'm a drummer and have been for more than two and a half decades I worked at Taylor Guitars here in San Diego and it's basically the same thing with the staff. All of the upper management for the night crew were related it's the same at DW all of the quality control manager is married to the shipping manager and the shipping manager son is the head of the satin Department it's the same thing throughout it goes on and on. Don and John are the only Gringos that work at DW.
We are all americans! noth america is the continent and mexico and canada is part of it so what are we all americans period. ....by the way white ppl are immigrants too from past generations and some new aswell facts are facts
dogmutty2 you know what my complaint is not with you dog. It's with John and Don. Every time I see one of your tours of the factory all I see is Hispanic workers rarely ever do I see a gringo or white man working in your factory so how can you say a hundred percent American made and a hundred percent american-backed when it's clearly by this individual's admission Hispanic and legal or illegal Hispanics making these drums I would never ever spend thousands of dollars on a DW drum kit you're just fooling us with your car salesman Style and attitude. Granted it seems like you know a lot about wood specie but I guarantee the guys at sonar or Gretsch know way more than you do about wood species. So drop the infomercial attitude and your prices it's really starting to piss people off in the drumming community
Got that right! Went in there for the last time yesterday to look for a new head that was recently released. They told me over the phone that they had it & when I get there, of course they didn't. Then when the mistake was discovered, they just shrugged it off with a half-assed "sorry" and walked away. One said they could order it, & I told them so could I. In fact, that's just what I did but used Sweetwater instead of Musician's Friend (as they're affiliated with GC). Screw 'em. I'll never set foot in there again and how I was treated is the prime example of why brick and mortar shops are closing their doors.
Ross Gillis Similar situation. Was looking to buy a new guitar after so many years. I had to special order and they charged me shipping. What should’ve been a week wait turned into a month and a half nightmare. When the guitar finally arrived it was the wrong color and with gold hardware 🤦♂️ I ended order directly from ESP, no shipping charge, same price and GC and the guitar arrived to my door in three days
But that whole tamber note isn't true it's been put to the test when you tune a drum to the note of its tamber it sounds like doo doo not saying you guys don't make the best drums because your world class was at winter namm last year demoing for a Japanese company check out a few of the low budget covers I posted on my channel is anyone is interested, and I like to see other people playing too
Great storyteller and great salesman and always sounds so excited about drum finishes and woods BUT it’s one thing to have an awesome backstory for some rare wood BUT what’s the point if it looks good but doesn’t sound that good? It’s all personal preference but imo to my ears hands and feet this kit didn’t sound anything special. In general I find dw drums to be a little dull and funny and doesn’t have a good feel when I play them. And the price they are charging...nahhhh I would never spend that much money for a kit with this sound. I played this kit and messed around with all different tunings and I was not impressed at all. Also played the other special kit they made before this one and that one wasn’t anything special either and they are charging an arm and a leg for these kits. Imo there are kits like the Tama starclassic B.B. that cost 1800 for a 5 piece, just a fraction of this dw kit’s price that sound and feel much better than this kit or any dw collectors series kits. This is just my personal preference and experience but imo dw are overpriced average sounding and feeling drums with basic ass hardware and mounting features with great finishes. You are basically paying thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars for the good finish. I used to own a dw collectors maple mahogany, bought a Tama starclassic B.B. as a gigging kit and quickly realized right away dw is just not the company for me personally, tama’s hardware and mounting features and build quality for the price, specifically the starclassic line is just the best bang for your buck on the market. You got the Tama star drums which are on par with dw collectors prices but those are prolly the best hand made crafted drums in the world but the starclassics are built like tanks and the star hardware features got brought down to the starclassic line and even lowered the price from before. Sold that dw kit and bought another Tama starclassic full bubinga which is absolute heaven. Tama is just the company for me personally But to each their own, what’s everyone else’s opinion on dw drums? Tama drums? What’s your favorite drum company?
Well said and I agree whole heartedly on your take on DW. They're the Harley Davidson of drums: You're paying for the name on the badge when other companies make the same product better for less money. I do love their snares though. They have a crack that's really a step above, but the rest of their drums are so-so. I'm a Gretsch man myself. I finally got my custom "Holy Grail" kit in mahogany that I'd been pinning for my whole life. Saved for 18 months to get what I personally heard and played that I considered heaven in wood and steel. I'll never get another kit again as this does all I need in just the way I want.
Yeah, I've never been impressed by the sound of any DW kit, even when Chester Thompson is playing it (his Pearl and Sonor kits sounded way better!). I'll keep playing my great sounding 40-year old Gretsch kit until I hang up my sticks. It wasn't perfect out of the factory, but with the bearing edges re-cut, it sounds as good as any kit I've ever played or heard...all for less money than a new DW snare drum. Eye candy just ain't for the ears!
I have to agree. Never played a DW that tore my head off and at those prices I kind of need it to tear my head off. I do love the way they make drums, the innovation and the work to better understand grain orientation, just wish I loved their sound. When I bought my last kit I spent 2 years trying every high end kit I could find and it ended up being a Mapex Saturn pro that made me say "I HAVE to have that one" and going into the process I considered Mapex to be a complete joke, boy was I wrong. Same with Tama, the star classic was a close second and I always disliked Tama. It's funny what one discovers when they shop with their ears instead of their eyes
Anyone who's dumb enough to think that shell material has any NOTICEABLE impact on sound quality deserves to pay the THOUSANDS of dollars these sets cost.
DW makes reasonably priced professional drums. And then there is this astronomically overpriced furniture that you really don't need for a good sound. I'll stick to my Sonor gear.
He said that this collection is limited to 200. And guess what: Forests are erased anyway in order to find rare metals or produce meat finally. So if John takes some trees, even better I think. This is nothing in comparison to killing forests.
I'm sorry your choice of drummers doesn't impress me he may have had his day but I can out drumming anytime he wants to set up next to me and he can go first. Não vai American Music Quiz american girls, and boys completed by using Tonya Harding's method of competition a baseball bat. 🇺🇸🖤 That's the only way America knows how to compete otherwise it's not competition for the rest of the world it's no competition for me not any one of your drummers not even Terry Bozzio and a lot of drummers from the late 60s and 70s they learned the Boom... Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga. James Brown used boomDaga Dag! But it was I jojet who came up with a drum part. The drum part that I created Boomdaga Daga, doesn't stop there, it was a rudiment I created based on a tablet alphabet boondoggle is what James Brown called it but it's part of the toddler alphabet and it's supposed to be a non-ending phrase a progressive phrase that doesn't repeat itself as often it doesn't repeat itself at all if you keep innovating it carries no one the one is set by The Soloist and the bass player the drums lead and the rest of the musicians follow and that something American musicians don't know how to do so it's repetitious my chops are repetitions because there's no improvisation in the American musician the American Musician is a trained monkey and no more will ever come of it because if you don't understand improvisation and you haven't got a good ear to listen to what's being produced and if you don't know how to follow a drummer go and get yourself a monkey because U toob, gotta eat.🍌🍞🍔🍳🍟🧀🌭🍳🥚🍳 Most American musicians become 💉💊💉💊💉💊⚰️🗿🚽 drug addicts and alcoholics alcohol and opiates do not work to make good music cocaine will not make good music alcohol just makes you look like a fool idiot on stage and the way you people dress the way musicians today dress shameful ugly that's not a Stigmata I want to live next to that stinks you look like Rags you look like fucking Street Origins Baker's when you sit on stage and pretend to be musicians go fuck yourself learn how to play your instrument before you call yourself learning how to play by notes by your monkey now I get a golden cup while you can afford it so you can look representable on the street
....and then you try to gig with these drums and the fine finish is scratched within 2 minutes. Quality yes, buy so overpriced. Most of the time this guy is talking out of his ass
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And that’s why I could never afford a DW kit.
Next episode: John Good goes to Mars to retrieve Martian alien wood. “These shells are literally out of this world!”
... if it's allowed to ask, why would you never afford a DW kit, what's wrong, the poduction process...?
Hahahaha best comment
Well he isn’t called the Wood Whisperer by accident.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥I’d buy some Martian drums without a second thought
You don’t have to buy DW exotic wood to sound great. A used budget kit for less than $700 can sound legitimate and in a blind test on a recording, it can sound just as good mixed in with music.
Glad we can represent, as fellow Tasmanian local it's great to see!!!! We have some of the most pristine forests in the world boasting the tallest flowering trees in the world!!!!!
Always enjoy his detailed videos and passion for DW. Could listen to him talk all day. I bet he could sell ice in Alaska.
BEAUTIFUL DRUM SET!!
He could sell a bottle of water to a drowning man lol
I've never been a big DW fan, I have played several DW kits and found they all sound good but never played one that really tore my head off, particularly the kicks. BUT after watching the way they work I am incredibly impressed with their constant innovation and the work John has done to better understand woods and grain orientation
I never was a big fan of DW drums but I do have to say I respect all the hard work that goes into every single drum!
The way he explains how the drums are made is amazing
I can't describe the beauty of that kit John.
I'll never look at a drum set the same again! This let one know how beautiful drums are! Then when they're play then you hear that beauty sing and it completes The marvelous experience!
beautiful drums. I have 4 kits, and one is a DW Collectors pure maple. My others are a Starclassic Maple, Yamaha Absolute Hybrid, and Reference Pure. Personally, I like the DW the best- it mics up well, projects, very good sustain to them, and it records really well. I think all the negative comments are people who just have some agenda against DW, or can not afford them. Yes, the other drums sound good- and if all you can afford is a $1500 kit, fine- some good options there. But there is a difference- coming from someone who's played them all with 36 years experience- DW is good as it gets. If you are getting dull sounds, you are not tuning them to their potential, or using good heads. The comments about who's building them are ignorant and non relevant to the quality of them. Nice job to all the employees working there-
Jeff Ballou I heard Neil parts dw drums and they sound muddy to me. I'll take Tama or Ludwig or yamaha.
job Rothberg ok well I respectfully disagree, I have recorded and have been a gigging drummer for 30 years, and DW sounds as good as any.. and I get them so often on backline.. guess so many of us must have it wrong. Any how, all good, you don't care for them. Just may actually take some head changes and tuning, which can be surprisingly difficult for some. They are not overpriced, just compare them to the Asian imported pro lines. Anyhow, I usually do not get into subjective things, everyone should enjoy the drums they like, and keep playing 😎
Sonor is great. No question. I have been drumming for 30 years and must admit that all high elite drums sounds great as they all have kinda an own personality. I played Sonor, Yamaha maple / beech custom absolute, Pearl MMX / Masters Custom and DW Exotique (birch). For me, it is another universe playing DW as you have another tonality, feeling playing them. The possibilities of tuning my DW seem endless. It took me several weeks to even understand how to really tune and find a tone. With DW drums you are not hitting drums, you are playing tons. BTW I tuned them in a manner all friends were almost shocked when they heard a tuned!!! drum.
The actual kit reminds me a bit of a jazzy one but with great low end and sounds amazingly musical. What a luxury tone. It would be great to listen to a less hard hitting drumming for once to hear the beauty! of this drum kit. Get Scott Pellegrom on that kit. Congrats DW - what a culture and beauty of sound. I am really touched by those drums.
Exactly - it took me several weeks to tune them in a way I cannot with other drums. DW is like an F1 car. When you get the right tunings after experimenting with different drumheads and tensions, you get a tone no other drum kit can produce.
@@davebander9730 fan boy nonsense
They really do good working putting these drums together. Thankful to have gotten to experience the factory and test these drums out first hand! Brilliant
“Ok Virgil.... really loved what you did there... could we try one more take with a little less talent so the customers might get an idea of what the drums actually sound like?!”
Hahaha perfect comment!
I was lucky enough to hear John talk about his new FAST toms in the 90s at Sam Ash in Margate Florida. Just me and three other guys. Blew my mind, not the toms, but John's enthusism for the drums (and the too).
He is a master salesman, bc he LOVES what he "sells".
Theres a YT series called "So n So's Top 10 Rules for Success" and they have ppl like Meryl Streep and Neil Peart featured (Neil's is fun). They should do one with John Goode.
RezRising that's all John is is a Salesman he's a douchebag
I admire John’s passion and commitment to excellence.
Virgil Donati is a great player
Darren McGuigan great player? ..is a master drummer and one of the best in drum history.
Wow. That is just absolutely beautiful. Once again wow..
O MY GOODNESS!!! John Good, you have outdone yourself in my opinion! To me this is the most fantastic looking set of drums DW has made. Soooo beautiful!!! On good speakers, they sound just as good as they look. Ugh I wish I could afford a set of these😞 it would look so good on the stage at my church. I would even take a slightly blemished set. If I lived near the DW factory I would just about beg for a job there. I love the precision and detail that goes into making a set of DW drums. Thank you DW for making a great American built product. I only dream of owning these drums. Maybe one day but I doubt anytime in the near future.
such a proud man of what he does.
John, you are a fanatical perfectionist. I am convinced that DW drums are probably the best drums ever made. Maybe if I started to get serious about drumming before I got arthritis in so many places I would have most certainly bought the best, from the best.
Frank Carpi wow, are you ever delusional. DW aren’t even in the top 3. You’re a victim of smart marketing.
Listen to Neil Peart’s toms. They sound like the boxes they came in.
Karl Hungus
You might think that I'm delusional, but at least I know about common courtesy, and I have more manners than you.
Frank Carpi guess you told me.
I always compliment any host who offers something from their heart, even if I think I could get a better quality product, meal, or anything that was shared with a sincere belief in what they are offering. I currently have a sweet vintage Pearl 4 piece, and a Tama 7 piece arrayed in nearly a full circle around my throne, so unless someone was wanting to give me any new drums, I don't think that I will be buying any more for a while, if ever. I do however like the sound of the collector's series of DW drums, and I love the MDD pedal series, even more than the Iron Cobras from Tama. Yamaha are also really sweet sounding instruments too, but the look and strength of the DWs to me are still strikingly beautiful. I didn't say what I said to you to be a challenge met with a touche, I was just trying to express my feelings about being kind to a fault with people. Sometimes it is made difficult when met with belligerence, or straight up ignorance, but this life is all about learning relationships.
Frank Carpi now you’re just trying to bully me
Well, didn’t think it’d come to this but looks like I’m selling the house
Jacob Champoux you my friend are a f****** idiot
@@Jetty-me6cw why would you say such a thing
Jacob Champoux LOL 😂 home equity line of credit.
Aussie trees 🌲 for the drum 🥁 shells Demo by Virgil an Aussie Drummer ....... very cool. And of course the drums sound great !
Absolutely gorgeous!
That hotdog should get a royalty 😁
LOVE your passion John. I took the tour a few years ago and I've watched DW grow since the early days on Lawrence Drive in Newbury Park CA. Keep up the GREAT work!! ;)
I wish the black burst part was smaller
I agree, I would go so far as to say I wouldn't want any burst on those shells. That wood is fantastic. why cover it?
I know I’m late but I thought the same thing.
Beautiful wood and workmanship.
Someday someday...
I wish i could work in dw factory only to be close to this master piece of art.
You can put VIrgil behind any kit and he'll make it sound amazing.
Those are beautiful drums!
I always suspected John Goods house was made of cross-laminated drum shells.
Virgil Nice work as usual....Beautiful drums, incredible looking wood too! I hope your a great boss John you seem like it!
It's a beautiful sight.
hooooooooly fuuuuuuuuuck for a guy like me that loves drums for 40 years now this ispoetry, fucking beautiful
Can we get another video with a regular drummer? Virgil Donati can make my niece's Hello Kitty kit sound great.
They have a dry tonality to them. I like it.
THAT’S why I play DW!
I like how the boss knows his worker's names. More companies could take a cue from what appears to be a high level of ethical care of all aspects of the company.
Robert Aldi hey Robert or should I say Roberto and he knows Juan and Juanita and Jose And Hoes Be it's a disgrace not one American worker in that factory
I'd like to work with you at DW and learn to build my own.
the wood whisperer... this dude is legit.
I think I’m in love 😻
I wonder if DW will have a factory here is AUS I would love that!
Cool Video!! always Love the shit Comments by people that have never made anything ever!!
job Rothberg Put some videos up I'll watch,Maybe Neil Peart will start playing yours!!
Plenty of Australian drum builders use Tasmanian and other great Aussie woods, folks need to look at brands like Evetts Drums, O’Neill Drums, Metro Drum Co. , Sleishman Drums, Sia Drums, Red Rock Drums.... and that’s just to name a few.
Never heard of them.
But i sure know who DW is.
Theres a reason for that.
Awesome
Uau nossa lindão meu sonho bateria DW
Virgil Donati just gained a fan, I hope they replace every tree that gets cut down for these drums. how much are the Drums ?
photographerjonathan $7,000... I played one in Boston and I have to say, it sounded great! Worth $7,000? I’m not sure but great drums nonetheless.
Virgil with those 5B monster sticks. He should look at Jenkin Martin synthetic drums. Regular wood drums choke under his power
John needs to look at some native New Zealand timbers!!
BUT WAIT. THERES MORE.
Careless Whisper sax intro.
Wow, I Love My Pearls!
He's the benjermin Franklin of drum building
It is the drum
My boys? You mean my mexies! XD
I like mahogany ukes
I love the sound of the almighty Oak that's the sound for me but mahogany kicks ass too!
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I own a DW Collector's, and I love it.
The audio in this video makes this kit sound awful, and yes, I'm wearing decent headphones. Not even Virgil was able to make it sound good. I'm sure this is due entirely to the production of the video rather than the kit itself - but after watching the entire thing, I rewound it several times. The tone/sustain it discusses is almost completely absent.
Jon Richt
I got my kit a few weeks ago. You are correct its the video. They are full of warm color and big round tone.... I love these shells!!
Virgil is hitting them quite hard. I guess a more jazzy drumming style could bring the tone out of this beautiful drums. BTW If you listen several times, you guess what this kit is sounding live.
Chorei!
Okay, DW pure Tasmanian timber or Pure Almond or Pure Purpleheart? Write in the comments! I’d love to see which wood is the most wanted!
The Best
if any body can get in touch with this guy ask hime to put the aboriginal flag on the badge that would look so much better
Beautiful shells covered by ugly lugs.
More snake oil from John.
I think I just came
i gotta patent on it face!
For 7,000$ I expect more than a fuckn veneer lol
DW propaganda is as good as ever, may be better than the drums it is promoting, the only truth about best drums sounding would be, the blind test, different drum set/brands tested behind an acoustic transparent curtain, as they do in HIFI HIGH END, many will be in for a surprise ! I myself was really surprised to find a relatively cheap '' Mapex'' sounding ways better than a ''PHX ''Yamaha, priced many times higher, as Billy Cobham said once >
I have #11 and unfortunately my edges on one side isn’t even out on my snare .. this has been bothering me a lot and I don’t know how to get in touch with DW about it
First time I’ve heard DW Toms not sound like shit.
Next come and get some Jarrah from WA and spotted Fucking Gum 👹
7800$
I think it’s a real shame to put that “burst black” on that beautiful wood. It hides a third if the wood grain with black. Really ? DW builds amazing drums and they have some of the most beautiful wood in the world, but the “bursts” just aren’t needed, IMO.
but dw collectors are soooo damn expensive
I mean it looks great, but just sounds like a high end drum kit lol
LAtinos making the best us made drums... haha
JulianFernandez I don't think so they're not us made drums if they're made by Hispanics why don't you take a look at some real drum companies like Truth or Q. Pork pie Gretsch many others that put DW shame with American workers. Not workers with American visas
Jetty1502 dont be ignorant. Dw owns gretsch. Best pork pie seller kit is chinese made... at least these are made in US.
JulianFernandez all right you asked for it so here we go. Since 1980 Guillermo Arambula works for DW he is the quality control manager for 30 years and that was in 2010 he still works there to this day as does his son who is a shipping manager of 9yrs, Jimmy Arambula also I imagine it is his brother who is drums operation manager for 31 years as of 2010 Ildefonso Arambula. And to round out the family we've got a wife or sister who is finished ply lead Genoveva Arambula 22yrs.But wait it doesn't stop there. Roland Martinez quality assurance 6yrs, Armando Ochoa lacquer technician 7yrs, Jose Bravo Hardware assembly technician14.5yrs, Francisco Pelayo Drilling and edging Lead 9yrs, Luis Garcia custom painter supervisor17.5 yrs, Maria Avila drum assembly lead 7yrs, Omar Cordero machine shop and Hardware supervisor 6.5yrs, Mateo Gayton lacquer technician 5.5 yrs and I think you get the picture. It seems to me we're not only dealing with nepotism on a grand scale but does anyone else notice the hiring practices that DW is using? I could have go on and on with more names and family connections. However there is one exception that I can see. His name is Shon Smith he's the custom shell shop supervisor and has been with DW for 8.5 years. He's the only Caucasian I could find in upper management that works on the floor. I am in no way a racist. I am simply trying to set the record straight with John the" Wood Whisperer" who consistently won't shut up about how his drums are American made by a hard-working Americans and they might be hard-working Americans born and raised here it just is a little weird that John and Don are the only two Caucasian guys you see in all the videos and in all the factory tours. I would greatly appreciate some feedback. I just look at companies like Q and Truth I know that they're more of a boutique company and not on a grand scale as DW but they hire people who are excited to build drums and are drummers themselves first and foremost. Again any feedback positive or negative is welcome
In a word...Sonor
Karl Hungus I've had one sonor snare in my life. And still have it to this day it's called a pancake and I've never seen one since I bought it at a music store here in San Diego that went out of business in the 90s it is the most interesting concept of the snare drum I've ever come across
100% American made drums ...made by 100% immigrants
And they're not "hand made" like they advertise either. It's just operators pushing buttons on machines. Sure, some final hand sanding & lacquer application, but that's just fit and finish. When I see humans actually drilling the holes & sanding the whole shell by hand, then they can say that.
dogmutty2 are you hitting at illegal or legal? Although I'm a drummer and have been for more than two and a half decades I worked at Taylor Guitars here in San Diego and it's basically the same thing with the staff. All of the upper management for the night crew were related it's the same at DW all of the quality control manager is married to the shipping manager and the shipping manager son is the head of the satin Department it's the same thing throughout it goes on and on. Don and John are the only Gringos that work at DW.
We are all americans! noth america is the continent and mexico and canada is part of it so what are we all americans period. ....by the way white ppl are immigrants too from past generations and some new aswell facts are facts
jorge villarreal learn to spell jackass
dogmutty2 you know what my complaint is not with you dog. It's with John and Don. Every time I see one of your tours of the factory all I see is Hispanic workers rarely ever do I see a gringo or white man working in your factory so how can you say a hundred percent American made and a hundred percent american-backed when it's clearly by this individual's admission Hispanic and legal or illegal Hispanics making these drums I would never ever spend thousands of dollars on a DW drum kit you're just fooling us with your car salesman Style and attitude. Granted it seems like you know a lot about wood specie but I guarantee the guys at sonar or Gretsch know way more than you do about wood species. So drop the infomercial attitude and your prices it's really starting to piss people off in the drumming community
Too bad guitar center’s customer service is garbage.
Got that right! Went in there for the last time yesterday to look for a new head that was recently released. They told me over the phone that they had it & when I get there, of course they didn't.
Then when the mistake was discovered, they just shrugged it off with a half-assed "sorry" and walked away. One said they could order it, & I told them so could I. In fact, that's just what I did but used Sweetwater instead of Musician's Friend (as they're affiliated with GC).
Screw 'em. I'll never set foot in there again and how I was treated is the prime example of why brick and mortar shops are closing their doors.
I have to agree!
Ross Gillis
Similar situation. Was looking to buy a new guitar after so many years. I had to special order and they charged me shipping. What should’ve been a week wait turned into a month and a half nightmare. When the guitar finally arrived it was the wrong color and with gold hardware 🤦♂️
I ended order directly from ESP, no shipping charge, same price and GC and the guitar arrived to my door in three days
A sad state, man. That's why I gave up on GC & Sam Ass. They just don't reach out to help the little guy like I found at Sweetwater.
Guitar Center is the musical equivalent to Walmart. I'd rather buy from Ray Charles.
$25000?
$8k
Matthew Pfister zoinks!
But that whole tamber note isn't true it's been put to the test when you tune a drum to the note of its tamber it sounds like doo doo not saying you guys don't make the best drums because your world class was at winter namm last year demoing for a Japanese company check out a few of the low budget covers I posted on my channel is anyone is interested, and I like to see other people playing too
Great storyteller and great salesman and always sounds so excited about drum finishes and woods BUT it’s one thing to have an awesome backstory for some rare wood BUT what’s the point if it looks good but doesn’t sound that good? It’s all personal preference but imo to my ears hands and feet this kit didn’t sound anything special. In general I find dw drums to be a little dull and funny and doesn’t have a good feel when I play them. And the price they are charging...nahhhh I would never spend that much money for a kit with this sound. I played this kit and messed around with all different tunings and I was not impressed at all. Also played the other special kit they made before this one and that one wasn’t anything special either and they are charging an arm and a leg for these kits. Imo there are kits like the Tama starclassic B.B. that cost 1800 for a 5 piece, just a fraction of this dw kit’s price that sound and feel much better than this kit or any dw collectors series kits. This is just my personal preference and experience but imo dw are overpriced average sounding and feeling drums with basic ass hardware and mounting features with great finishes. You are basically paying thousands and thousands and thousands of dollars for the good finish. I used to own a dw collectors maple mahogany, bought a Tama starclassic B.B. as a gigging kit and quickly realized right away dw is just not the company for me personally, tama’s hardware and mounting features and build quality for the price, specifically the starclassic line is just the best bang for your buck on the market. You got the Tama star drums which are on par with dw collectors prices but those are prolly the best hand made crafted drums in the world but the starclassics are built like tanks and the star hardware features got brought down to the starclassic line and even lowered the price from before. Sold that dw kit and bought another Tama starclassic full bubinga which is absolute heaven. Tama is just the company for me personally But to each their own, what’s everyone else’s opinion on dw drums? Tama drums? What’s your favorite drum company?
Well said and I agree whole heartedly on your take on DW. They're the Harley Davidson of drums: You're paying for the name on the badge when other companies make the same product better for less money. I do love their snares though. They have a crack that's really a step above, but the rest of their drums are so-so.
I'm a Gretsch man myself. I finally got my custom "Holy Grail" kit in mahogany that I'd been pinning for my whole life. Saved for 18 months to get what I personally heard and played that I considered heaven in wood and steel. I'll never get another kit again as this does all I need in just the way I want.
Surely it depends on the recording of said drums for this video? I bet they sound just fine in real life!
Yeah, I've never been impressed by the sound of any DW kit, even when Chester Thompson is playing it (his Pearl and Sonor kits sounded way better!). I'll keep playing my great sounding 40-year old Gretsch kit until I hang up my sticks. It wasn't perfect out of the factory, but with the bearing edges re-cut, it sounds as good as any kit I've ever played or heard...all for less money than a new DW snare drum. Eye candy just ain't for the ears!
They sound like wet paper bags
I have to agree. Never played a DW that tore my head off and at those prices I kind of need it to tear my head off. I do love the way they make drums, the innovation and the work to better understand grain orientation, just wish I loved their sound. When I bought my last kit I spent 2 years trying every high end kit I could find and it ended up being a Mapex Saturn pro that made me say "I HAVE to have that one" and going into the process I considered Mapex to be a complete joke, boy was I wrong. Same with Tama, the star classic was a close second and I always disliked Tama. It's funny what one discovers when they shop with their ears instead of their eyes
Anyone who's dumb enough to think that shell material has any NOTICEABLE impact on sound quality deserves to pay the THOUSANDS of dollars these sets cost.
DW kits are works of art you buy those kits mostly for the finish
DW makes reasonably priced professional drums. And then there is this astronomically overpriced furniture that you really don't need for a good sound. I'll stick to my Sonor gear.
Sounds like a drum kit.. 😂
Doesn't sound that great lol price tag is loco
Nice drums, great drummer but continuing to gleefully wipe out forests for profit is going to be the death of the planet 🌍.
If memory serves, doesn't DW plant trees for every one they use to make drums? I thought I read that somewhere once.
That’s funny
He said that this collection is limited to 200.
And guess what: Forests are erased anyway in order to find rare metals or produce meat finally. So if John takes some trees, even better I think. This is nothing in comparison to killing forests.
And this is why DW Customs destroy SJC. Even on regular collectors kits.
I'm sorry your choice of drummers doesn't impress me he may have had his day but I can out drumming anytime he wants to set up next to me and he can go first. Não vai American Music Quiz american girls, and boys completed by using Tonya Harding's method of competition a baseball bat. 🇺🇸🖤 That's the only way America knows how to compete otherwise it's not competition for the rest of the world it's no competition for me not any one of your drummers not even Terry Bozzio and a lot of drummers from the late 60s and 70s they learned the Boom... Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga Daga. James Brown used boomDaga Dag! But it was I jojet who came up with a drum part. The drum part that I created Boomdaga Daga, doesn't stop there, it was a rudiment I created based on a tablet alphabet boondoggle is what James Brown called it but it's part of the toddler alphabet and it's supposed to be a non-ending phrase a progressive phrase that doesn't repeat itself as often it doesn't repeat itself at all if you keep innovating it carries no one the one is set by The Soloist and the bass player the drums lead and the rest of the musicians follow and that something American musicians don't know how to do so it's repetitious my chops are repetitions because there's no improvisation in the American musician the American Musician is a trained monkey and no more will ever come of it because if you don't understand improvisation and you haven't got a good ear to listen to what's being produced and if you don't know how to follow a drummer go and get yourself a monkey because U toob, gotta eat.🍌🍞🍔🍳🍟🧀🌭🍳🥚🍳 Most American musicians become 💉💊💉💊💉💊⚰️🗿🚽 drug addicts and alcoholics alcohol and opiates do not work to make good music cocaine will not make good music alcohol just makes you look like a fool idiot on stage and the way you people dress the way musicians today dress shameful ugly that's not a Stigmata I want to live next to that stinks you look like Rags you look like fucking Street Origins Baker's when you sit on stage and pretend to be musicians go fuck yourself learn how to play your instrument before you call yourself learning how to play by notes by your monkey now I get a golden cup while you can afford it so you can look representable on the street
Jõsé Nuno da Silva Pinto meds!
This must be why this is the only place anyone has seen your name.
All that effort to make a kit, then they hand it ti Virgil to smack the life out of it in a way that you can't really hear it. Oh well.
PVC tubing with the same heads, lugs and tuning would sound exactly the same. Stop killing trees to charge dopey drummers more money. It's absurd.
....and then you try to gig with these drums and the fine finish is scratched within 2 minutes. Quality yes, buy so overpriced. Most of the time this guy is talking out of his ass