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Drum Kit Reviews

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Drum Kit Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews
January 11, 2018
byDominic Guss

Trick Drums Custom Kit

Category Value Rating Features 25% Usability 25% Sound 30% Documentation & Support - N/A Price 20% OVERALL RATING = 3.5 Stars (out of 4) 3.6 ...

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Drum Kit Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews, Snare Drum Reviews
April 10, 2017
byTal Yonai

Craviotto Butternut Snare Drum

Playing a solid shell snare is a rare treat, with access to these fine instruments limited primarily by the marketplace, which is dominated by far-simpler-to-manufacture ...

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Drum Kit Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews
January 22, 2017
byDominic Guss

Yamaha Recording Custom Drums

Nearly fifty years since their initial release, the highly acclaimed Yamaha Recording Custom line of drums have been updated to a new level with the ...

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Drum Kit Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews
December 22, 2016
byDominic Guss

Tama Starclassic Performer B/B Hyper-Drive Kit

Thanks to continuing advances in manufacturing techniques, drummers have never had it better, as builders fiercely compete to offer the latest and greatest innovations at ...

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Drum Cymbal Reviews

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Cymbal Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews
February 12, 2020
byJim Ruffi

Paiste Masters Extra Thin 18", 19", and 20" Crash Cymbals

Introduced in 2011, Paiste’s Masters Series strove to take the handcrafting of B20 (CuSn20) bronze to the next level. Derived from the popular and successful ...

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Cymbal Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews
January 19, 2018
byJim Ruffi

Paiste Formula 602 Modern Essentials Hi-Hats

The result of a collaboration between legendary drummer Vinnie Colaiuta (Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Sting, Joni Mitchell) and the Swiss cymbal maker, Paiste, Formula 602 ...

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Cymbal Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews
July 11, 2011
byEric Sands

Sabian Vault Holy China 21” Cymbal

The new Sabian Vault Holy China cymbal was developed in collaboration with Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and is a part of ...

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Cymbal Reviews, Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews
January 10, 2010
byChris Golinski

Murat Diril Black Sea & Luminous Cymbals

Category Value Rating Features 30% Usability n/a Sound 50% The Black Sea Luminous Documentation & Support n/a Price 20% The Black Sea Luminous OVERALL ...

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Hardware, Drumheads & Accessories

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Hardware, Drumheads, Accessory Reviews, Reviews
November 7, 2017
byJim Ruffi

Motion-Pro Pro-1 Drum Throne

Let’s face it—drummers are no strangers to back and spinal issues. Long hours behind the kit often result in chronic, even debilitating back pain that ...

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Hardware, Drumheads, Accessory Reviews, Reviews
July 22, 2017
byJim Ruffi

Evans UV1 Drumheads

If you’ve watched Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, you probably wish you could get your hands on an Everlasting Gobstopper—the candy that never loses ...

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Hardware, Drumheads, Accessory Reviews, Reviews
January 22, 2017
byJim Ruffi

Zildjian Travis Barker Double Mallet

Rock drummers hit hard. It's what we do. And broken sticks are par for the course. Perhaps even more so with mallets, due to the ...

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Hardware, Drumheads, Accessory Reviews, Reviews
January 12, 2012
byChris Golinski

American Recorder Technologies Drummer's Wrench

“Hey man, you wouldn’t happen to have a wrench on you? How about a blade? I really need to get this thing fixed before the ...

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Electronic Drums

The latest in-depth reviews from the MusicPlayers.com testing studios

Drums & Equipment Reviews, Electronic Drum Reviews, Reviews
January 21, 2019
byScott Kahn Matt Stevens

Alesis Strike Pro Electronic Drums Kit

Electronic drums. For the pro drummer, it’s not a question of whether or not to play them. It’s a question of whether or not to ...

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Electronic Drum Reviews, Reviews
May 15, 2018
byScott Kahn

Yamaha DTX920K Electronic Drum Set

If you’re serious about drumming in a rock or pop context, there’s never been a better time to jump on the electronic drums bandwagon. And ...

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Electronic Drum Reviews, Reviews
January 12, 2012
byChris Golinski

Roland V-Drums V-Pro Series TD-20SX

Much of our modern lives seem to depend more and more on computer-based technology. From mp3s instead of CDs, music videos on Youtube instead of ...

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Electronic Drum Reviews, Reviews
November 10, 2007
byEric Sands

Alesis Trigger|iO USB/MIDI Pad Trigger Interface

Category Value Rating Features 35% Usability 35% Sound n/a Documentation & Support 10% Price 20% OVERALL RATING = 3.7, which earns it a WIHO Award! ...

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Drum Software Reviews

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews, Software for Drums Reviews
March 7, 2007
byScott Kahn

Digidesign Strike - When your drummer's away, Strike will save the day!

Whether you’re an old-school musician or just an old musician (and by that we mean 30s and up), you may have gotten lost trying to ...

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Drums & Equipment Reviews, Reviews, Software for Drums Reviews
February 6, 2006
byScott Kahn

WaveMachine Labs Drumagog Drum Replacement Plug-In

Drumagog provides an easy-to-use and powerful tool for replacing or enhancing recorded drum sounds while preserving the nuances of your drummer’s performance. The plug-in was ...

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