Beautiful looking and sounding kit. I know what it's like trying to realise a vision in your head, and how satisfying it is when you finally get there. Congrats to you! Must feel amazing.
Wow!! It kinda sounds like DW totally dropped the ball a few times!! That’s a little troubling to me. Glad it worked out in the end but I’m not so sure I would have been as gracious about it as you were!!! 5 years is crazy!!
Got an 8500 DW Collectors in and none of the drums paint matched. I refused them. DW has done the same thing to touring pros. The biggest unique thing you get with DW is the price. They make good drums but at what cost and hassle?
This kit is one of the RARE times I feel like a DW sounds amazing. I typically think they are overpriced and would much rather play Yamaha, Sonar, Tama or Gretsch but this kit sounds KILLER! I would love to hear this kit with Remo Ebony Emperor Suede heads for even extra warmth.
I'm starting to see a similarity in your problem that happened to me also. I'm not dissing DW here as I love their product but the customer service is some what lacking or should I say big time lacking or at least it was for me. I too had always wanted to get a DW collectors kit and had watched many videos on other kits out there listening to hear the best sounding and looking kit of all brands that I wanted or thought the best. After many years looking, low and behold the DW Tasmanian black heart sassafras kit was out and for me I just loved everything about it. So down to the bank I go and take out a big old loan to get one and as I live in Ireland it was impossible to find one anywere half way close, none in the UK at all, the only one available I could find was in the US but the shipping and taxes was pushing it into the silly money prices so I looked and looked only to find one in a music store in Germany. Anyways got the kit eventually and was soo in love with it, it was everything I had always wanted and my most prized possesion above all, after my kids of course and I will never, ever ever sell it! So years later I wanted to expanded my kit, so I sent emails to DWs man to ask was it possible to get an 8" and 13" made in my kit as I know it was a limited edition kit and he told me it was possible, but that I would have to go through one of their distributers in the UK to purchase it. So I contacted a distributer in the UK and they wanted pictures and numbers with all the details and of course payment in advance as expected. All this took quite a bit of time with many, many emails and photos back and forward but eventually I got it all sorted and then just had to wait for the drums to be made and delivered. So back to the real world I go, going to work every day dreaming about my new add ons and what they will sound and look like on the kit with wishing my life away until the toms arrive. I then receive a phone call one rainy day months later from the UK distributer saying that DW cannot not make the toms! After all of the emails and photos and even asking DW itself if it was possible only to be told that they cannot make them as they had none of that timber left and that was that. I tried myself to contact DW who had told me it was possible and all with no effect just the some old Bs. I even looked on line to see if it was possible for me to get the timber and of course you could easily, with a big company like DW unable to get it sounds a bit fishy but anyhow thats my story and it put me off Dw quite a bit and in the company I work for you are expected to bend over backwards for the customer and at all costs and if the boss only just thought you were any way lacking in this you would be down the road quicker than you could go, but customer service is obviously not that important to a big company like DW now as they are propably just too big and don't care about the wee man who put them up there.
There is no denying that DW make some beautiful drums and I'm super happy you've finally got your absolute dream set, but man, DW's ordering process leaves a lot to be desired! For the money a Collectors Exotic series costs, there should be nothing but absolute perfection and any issues should be dealt with swiftly and apologetically. From what you've said I think they've fallen a bit short of the mark and they need to do better. Enjoy your beautiful new set of drums though.
What a journey to get the drums right as ordered after so many years. Funny mic setup you have, very unusual. 1 Shure SM7 for both rack toms and is it an AKG D112 for the floor toms? Sounds great.
@@ColeParamore yes that is a cool approach to it and it works, it sounds really good. I have mic´d every single tom and even hihat and ride, if you mic up a drum kit fully it uses a ton of gear and mics.
Stunning kit. Too bad DW took so long to make good on the original purchase. Good learning for those of us aspiring to buy a fully custom kit - make sure you’re clear on all the details before you send it in.
I think he was pretty clear about 17 times that he made all of the details specifically in order before he sent the order out. Did you watch the video?
DW really excels at custom finishes. They can create virtually anything you want as long as you’ve got the cash. I personally don’t care for the finish but I didn’t buy them so at the end of the day as long as you love them that’s all that should matter. Most modern drums all sound the same. DW sounds like Ludwig, Ludwig sounds like Pearl, Pearl sounds like DW, Tama sounds like Sonor etc etc. they all sound the same because they all use the same basic designs. The glues and polymers may be different but they all use the same techniques/technology. The only kit in recent years that stands out to me are the DW Romanian River Oak drums. They have a distinct sound but they are so dark and dry that they wouldn’t be my preferred kit of choice.
@@tobiaswinter1358 Ah. I've always liked them, but to each their own. This video was mostly just intended to share something I was excited about, but thanks for the feedback.
Cool, and they're unique to you, so that's good..... I never really thought about it, but for me at this point in life, it would be glass finish lacquered "blemished" super live and natural looking warm brown/red wood with lots of imperfections, with some blue epoxy accents..... painted interiors ( love wood drums with colorful interiors ).... 4 octabons-- or rata toms for dw 😂 4 rack toms... 8, 10 snom, 12, 13..... 14 snom, 16 and 18 floors, and a big old 20 or 22 inch thunder tom.... 🤔🤙🏽maybe both 🤣 And 20 inch kick, of course. And frankly I'd like to be a part of the actual manufacturing process of the whole kit at the factory. And if the dream kit includes snares, I'd like a 12 lug 14x8 brilliant copper smooth shell with die cast hoops. I'll probably have to end up building that kit myself one day, but we'll see. I know you wanted to get your story out, but are you going to record a comprehensive walkaround of the kit?
@@ColeParamore Capturing the kit from all angles with the camera-- especially from player side and above ( since we don't see that in this video ).... Maybe a closeup on the finish and hardware....
Within a few seconds, I recognised the sound - DW Collector drums sound awesome to my ear. They’re just so expensive- I know, you get what you pay for, but could I somehow have a 80% discount? :-)
This is the kind of thing that puts me off from ever going the custom “dream kit” route. Just too much BS and besides, drums are meant to be played…not just looked at. Give me piano white and I’m done.
I’m sorry, but he kind of had it coming. Pages after pages of notes for a relatively simple design doesn’t add clarity, but adds confusion. It came out lovely, though!
I'll just clarify - maybe "pages" of notes was the wrong description. More like "very specific notes with followup emails to make sure everyone was on the same page".
@@ColeParamore I don’t doubt that, but it’s probably less often. I don’t really know. But I do know that nothing beats that Sonor sound. I have two. My ears.
@@ColeParamore And this is coming from a long time TAMA guy. I have two of those as well because they’re my first love. But it’s a beautiful kit you have… You can’t go wrong with a furniture like finish.
Congrats mate Not a good look for DW taking five years to get a custom order right as well, as having copious amounts of notes and communications from you. Sounds like a problem on their end.
No offence to the love of DW, but this kit looks incredible and sounds particularly average. For the price it would've been, an SQ2 or Yammy Phx would've been a far more premium choice in musical application.
I think you’d need each kit to be in the same room with the same heads to make an apt comparison. Yamahas and SQ2s are fantastic though. Wish the SQ2s used real exotic wood. 😉
What a disappointment and pain in the a$$ to wait so long and pay so much for your dream kit and provide so much specificity and clarification for exactly what you want and then they finally come and they're wrong! 😫😫😫
@@michelboudreau3801 shouldn’t take so much back and forth and push back from DW to sort out the issue…which was they stuffed up to begin with, more than once 🤦🏻♂️
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It looks and sounds fantastic, congratulations!
Thanks Robert!
Thanks for sharing your story!
Good you finally got what you were looking for in the end, that’s a gorgeous kit!
Wow that’s a crazy story. Scott C and the DW guys are a solid group, glad they were able to make it right for you. They sound great.
Beautiful looking and sounding kit. I know what it's like trying to realise a vision in your head, and how satisfying it is when you finally get there. Congrats to you! Must feel amazing.
Santa Monica kits are my dream dw kit as well! Congratulations glad it’s finally done right for you!
Thanks Michel!
Wow!! It kinda sounds like DW totally dropped the ball a few times!! That’s a little troubling to me.
Glad it worked out in the end but I’m not so sure I would have been as gracious about it as you were!!!
5 years is crazy!!
Got an 8500 DW Collectors in and none of the drums paint matched. I refused them. DW has done the same thing to touring pros. The biggest unique thing you get with DW is the price. They make good drums but at what cost and hassle?
Glad you finaly got your trees!
This kit is one of the RARE times I feel like a DW sounds amazing. I typically think they are overpriced and would much rather play Yamaha, Sonar, Tama or Gretsch but this kit sounds KILLER! I would love to hear this kit with Remo Ebony Emperor Suede heads for even extra warmth.
Thanks William! Check out this video with different heads: ruclips.net/video/pK9nOE5fhNY/видео.html
I love when people say DW are overpriced, but then go onto to say they like sonor which cost even more. Or the tama star which is ridiculous. 😂
Beautiful kit dude sounds really nice to . I recently bought my dream one off kit to glad you got what you wanted 👍
I think the drum set is excellent,best drum set I have seen sitting in the garage...
You saying you want gig shots?
Jajajajajajaja
Excellent video. Congratulations on the drums
Damn Cole! That's absolutely killer! And trees? That's so PNW. :D
I'm starting to see a similarity in your problem that happened to me also. I'm not dissing DW here as I love their product but the customer service is some what lacking or should I say big time lacking or at least it was for me. I too had always wanted to get a DW collectors kit and had watched many videos on other kits out there listening to hear the best sounding and looking kit of all brands that I wanted or thought the best. After many years looking, low and behold the DW Tasmanian black heart sassafras kit was out and for me I just loved everything about it. So down to the bank I go and take out a big old loan to get one and as I live in Ireland it was impossible to find one anywere half way close, none in the UK at all, the only one available I could find was in the US but the shipping and taxes was pushing it into the silly money prices so I looked and looked only to find one in a music store in Germany.
Anyways got the kit eventually and was soo in love with it, it was everything I had always wanted and my most prized possesion above all, after my kids of course and I will never, ever ever sell it!
So years later I wanted to expanded my kit, so I sent emails to DWs man to ask was it possible to get an 8" and 13" made in my kit as I know it was a limited edition kit and he told me it was possible, but that I would have to go through one of their distributers in the UK to purchase it. So I contacted a distributer in the UK and they wanted pictures and numbers with all the details and of course payment in advance as expected. All this took quite a bit of time with many, many emails and photos back and forward but eventually I got it all sorted and then just had to wait for the drums to be made and delivered.
So back to the real world I go, going to work every day dreaming about my new add ons and what they will sound and look like on the kit with wishing my life away until the toms arrive. I then receive a phone call one rainy day months later from the UK distributer saying that DW cannot not make the toms! After all of the emails and photos and even asking DW itself if it was possible only to be told that they cannot make them as they had none of that timber left and that was that.
I tried myself to contact DW who had told me it was possible and all with no effect just the some old Bs. I even looked on line to see if it was possible for me to get the timber and of course you could easily, with a big company like DW unable to get it sounds a bit fishy but anyhow thats my story and it put me off Dw quite a bit and in the company I work for you are expected to bend over backwards for the customer and at all costs and if the boss only just thought you were any way lacking in this you would be down the road quicker than you could go, but customer service is obviously not that important to a big company like DW now as they are propably just too big and don't care about the wee man who put them up there.
Cole, I am happy for you, and yes, this is the most beautiful set of DW Drums that I have ever seen. Good things come to those who wait.....
Shout out DW. Thanks Cole for sharing
Beautiful!! Good for you!!
They sound so warm
That’s a dream drum set if I’ve ever seen one!
Damn fine sounding drumset that's for sure.
What about the sound.
Any better than Tama, Gretsch, Ludwig, Pearl..?
Not better or worse, just different.
Looks killer! They sound even better!
What cymbals are being used. Like them!
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There is no denying that DW make some beautiful drums and I'm super happy you've finally got your absolute dream set, but man, DW's ordering process leaves a lot to be desired!
For the money a Collectors Exotic series costs, there should be nothing but absolute perfection and any issues should be dealt with swiftly and apologetically. From what you've said I think they've fallen a bit short of the mark and they need to do better.
Enjoy your beautiful new set of drums though.
Gretsch is just fine with me. plain good strong.
Damn that thing is sick! 🤘🤙
What a journey to get the drums right as ordered after so many years. Funny mic setup you have, very unusual. 1 Shure SM7 for both rack toms and is it an AKG D112 for the floor toms? Sounds great.
That is the result of my using a 4 piece 99% of the time and being too lazy to set up and mix more mics lol.
@@ColeParamore yes that is a cool approach to it and it works, it sounds really good. I have mic´d every single tom and even hihat and ride, if you mic up a drum kit fully it uses a ton of gear and mics.
ok....but the price for this dream?
Stunning kit. Too bad DW took so long to make good on the original purchase. Good learning for those of us aspiring to buy a fully custom kit - make sure you’re clear on all the details before you send it in.
I think he was pretty clear about 17 times that he made all of the details specifically in order before he sent the order out. Did you watch the video?
@@williamperri3437 Wasn't this exactly my point?
DW really excels at custom finishes.
They can create virtually anything you want as long as you’ve got the cash. I personally don’t care for the finish but I didn’t buy them so at the end of the day as long as you love them that’s all that should matter. Most modern drums all sound the same. DW sounds like Ludwig, Ludwig sounds like Pearl, Pearl sounds like DW, Tama sounds like Sonor etc etc. they all sound the same because they all use the same basic designs. The glues and polymers may be different but they all use the same techniques/technology. The only kit in recent years that stands out to me are the DW Romanian River Oak drums. They have a distinct sound but they are so dark and dry that they wouldn’t be my preferred kit of choice.
As much of a pain as that whole experience is, it's a testament to DWs customer service.
To be fair it took years and copious communication. It wasn't solved easily.
What are the sizes? Are those rack toms 12” & 13”??
Disregard!!! Got to that part of the video!!! Lol
Kit sounds great!! Wonder why DW missed that tree option not once but twice. Not a good look IMHO.
They sound AMAZING dude! 😮 Oh my god I love them! You are so lucky to have a kit like that my friend. I am totally jealous!
Killer sound and they look amazing
Youre Lucky to have waited 5 years, ive been waiting for 27 years and still cant afford a dw kit.
Well there was a decade of playing/saving before I ordered this kit but point taken. You don't still have the one you posted 11 years ago?
@@ColeParamore that one was from a friend Who had many drum Kits.
Congratulations 👏🎆🎆 I am lackey because of you!!!
Wow woooooooo DW ❤❤ super luxury brand infact,, i need DW really just
Hei cool, you bought some floating lugs! Oh wait, there's some wood beneath, who would've thought :D
Not quite following - is that a DW dig?
@@ColeParamore Kinda... Amazing finish, but I don't get why DW uses boat anchors as lugs with truck tires as gaskets.
@@tobiaswinter1358 Ah. I've always liked them, but to each their own. This video was mostly just intended to share something I was excited about, but thanks for the feedback.
@@ColeParamore Every comment pushes the algorithm ;) I'd like to see that glorious finish with smaller lugs that are not as obtrusive.
@@tobiaswinter1358 So true. The Design Series!
awesome, what are those batter heads (the rings specifically) on the toms?
Those are the DW stock heads.
Well I know what company I’m not using if I ever want to order something custom.
Cool, and they're unique to you, so that's good.....
I never really thought about it, but for me at this point in life, it would be glass finish lacquered "blemished" super live and natural looking warm brown/red wood with lots of imperfections, with some blue epoxy accents..... painted interiors ( love wood drums with colorful interiors ).... 4 octabons-- or rata toms for dw 😂 4 rack toms... 8, 10 snom, 12, 13..... 14 snom, 16 and 18 floors, and a big old 20 or 22 inch thunder tom.... 🤔🤙🏽maybe both 🤣 And 20 inch kick, of course. And frankly I'd like to be a part of the actual manufacturing process of the whole kit at the factory. And if the dream kit includes snares, I'd like a 12 lug 14x8 brilliant copper smooth shell with die cast hoops.
I'll probably have to end up building that kit myself one day, but we'll see.
I know you wanted to get your story out, but are you going to record a comprehensive walkaround of the kit?
That's a beautiful sounding dream set! What exactly do you mean when you say a walkaround?
@@ColeParamore Capturing the kit from all angles with the camera-- especially from player side and above ( since we don't see that in this video ).... Maybe a closeup on the finish and hardware....
You have great taste
The worst commercial ever for ordering custom drums from dw….
DW are the best
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw..
Was the discount big enough to justify 4 years without a kit?
Oh trust me I didn't go 4 years without a kit lol.
This is a drum horror story
😅
Apparently "trees" are just too complicated to put on drums. You know if you would have chosen flames it wouldn't have been an issue. lol.
Within a few seconds, I recognised the sound - DW Collector drums sound awesome to my ear. They’re just so expensive- I know, you get what you pay for, but could I somehow have a 80% discount? :-)
Start working at a drum shop and you've got a good start!
Magnifico.💣💣💣💣💣💣
Nice......
This is the kind of thing that puts me off from ever going the custom “dream kit” route. Just too much BS and besides, drums are meant to be played…not just looked at. Give me piano white and I’m done.
Make no mistake, I'll be playing them!
I love my DWs. The o ly thing I don't like is how the tension rods come loose so easy.
New ones? That's odd since they have a much higher thread count than other manufacturers.
If ya turn the drums around for the trees your gonna have yo play em left handed or Tom’s backwards at least, but hey cool man.
Nope, just have to rotate the floor toms and move the mount on the rack toms.
I’m sorry, but he kind of had it coming. Pages after pages of notes for a relatively simple design doesn’t add clarity, but adds confusion. It came out lovely, though!
I'll just clarify - maybe "pages" of notes was the wrong description. More like "very specific notes with followup emails to make sure everyone was on the same page".
@@ColeParamore Fair enough!
This is why my dream kit is an SQ2. Sonor doesn’t phone it in. It’ll happen.
As much as I love Sonors and SQ2s, I can unfortunately attest that Sonor indeed makes mistakes as well.
@@ColeParamore I don’t doubt that, but it’s probably less often. I don’t really know. But I do know that nothing beats that Sonor sound. I have two. My ears.
@@ColeParamore And this is coming from a long time TAMA guy. I have two of those as well because they’re my first love. But it’s a beautiful kit you have… You can’t go wrong with a furniture like finish.
Completely lost interest in DW after the sale to Roland. It feels like they lost some of their "coolness" factor.
Perhaps. I don't really see anything changing in the near-mid term. Still the same people in the same factory making the same drums at the moment.
HHG drums are way better than DW. They do stave and ply construction on snares and kits and make their own metal snares by hand!
Congrats mate
Not a good look for DW taking five years to get a custom order right as well, as having copious amounts of notes and communications from you. Sounds like a problem on their end.
No offence to the love of DW, but this kit looks incredible and sounds particularly average. For the price it would've been, an SQ2 or Yammy Phx would've been a far more premium choice in musical application.
Love your cymbal choices though 👍🏻
I think you’d need each kit to be in the same room with the same heads to make an apt comparison. Yamahas and SQ2s are fantastic though. Wish the SQ2s used real exotic wood. 😉
I can vouch for my SQ2s. Very musical and they stay in tune forever.
i don’t understand that kit would cost atleast 6-7k and they still could not get it right.
tama would never make that mistake Js 😂
You either work for Tama, or you're one hell of a cheerleader.
Only 15000 dollars
What a disappointment and pain in the a$$ to wait so long and pay so much for your dream kit and provide so much specificity and clarification for exactly what you want and then they finally come and they're wrong! 😫😫😫
NOT a good look for DW I’m sorry.
How lol?
They fixed in the end.
@TrollBait what? Lol
@@michelboudreau3801 shouldn’t take so much back and forth and push back from DW to sort out the issue…which was they stuffed up to begin with, more than once 🤦🏻♂️
@@johnkavaudio4695 i bet you play mapex
nightmare customer 😜
🤷🏻♂️ what would your move be in that scenario?
Can't stand that company nothing but a gimmick company... Everything they do is marketing just to make a buck
DW, the most overrated, overpriced drums ever….
Thank you for your thoughtful comment Mike.
@@ColeParamore Anytime👍🏼
Nothing special ...
Appreciate the support.