Item Reviews for: Pacific PDP Concept Maple 7 Piece Shell Kit Drum Set  -  DRU PDCM2217 LIST
Pacific PDP Concept Maple 7 Piece Shell Kit Drum Set
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Great price

By: TBarr      Submitted: 3/25/2024

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Product Rating Product Review Love this kit, have been buying PDP snares for years and decided to get a full kit. Once I put new heads on this kit sounds amazing and for the price you can’t go wrong
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Color

By: Marcelo Trigueno      Submitted: 3/6/2024

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Product Review I like the style,color of the drum set. The material is of good quality. The sound quality is great.
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Impressive

By: Jose      Submitted: 11/6/2023

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great set, you can see it is part of the DW group. It is definitely worth the money and the black matte finish is awesome!
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I love these drums

By: Christopher Norman      Submitted: 9/9/2023

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Been doing recordings with these for close to a year now and im thoroughly impressed with the sound of this kit!! They are awesome!!
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This place is Awesome!!

By: Aplus/Atrain      Submitted: 7/27/2023

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Product Review Doesn't give enough room to say what I want as an artist! AMS is perfect for those who have dreams of big playing,who can't afford it & or not on the level or visual eye sight of those who have endorsement deals!
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Truly the best kit I've ever owned!!

By: Israel      Submitted: 3/20/2023

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Definitely recommend this kit! I've had a pearl soundcheck and pearl forum series kit throughout the years and I recently purchased this kit. Sound amazing out of the box and did little tuning to shells that had the heads on them already. I've only been playing the last 4 days on it but tons of hours of play time into it. The agent I went that helped me is GLENN W at ext.6070, he helped me through the process, gave me thorough info on the kit as well as the purchase. Had a little hiccup on my side but Glenn still worked with me and kept following up with me. I'm no longer a GC shopper!! Lol I will choose AMS and go through my agent for my gear only! Thank you Glenn and AMS!! HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS KIT!!! GET ONE TODAY PPL!!!
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Good drums good price

By: R. Cantu      Submitted: 11/29/2022

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Received the drums only a few days after ordering them. The drums were packed very securely and with no damage. Bought the 7 piece PDP concept maple kit for a practice kit and, while I knew they would be of decent quality and sound, I was not prepared for how well they were made and how good they sounded (especially the toms). I would not hesitate to take these out on a gig and would definitely recommend them.
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Good Quality

By: Veronica H. S.      Submitted: 11/26/2022

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Product Review I bought this set in white for my fiancée for a birthday gift. He loves it!!! Best gift ever. Good quality and easy set up. I would by again in a different color of course. I do recommend this set.
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All in Good Shape and Sound

By: Marcos De leon jr      Submitted: 11/5/2022

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Recived my product in Good Shape. Already using it in My band. Great quality and Servxice From AMS. Thanks..soon ordering more equipment.
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Solid Kit

By: Mac Media Services LLC      Submitted: 7/30/2022

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Product Review I bought this kit for my backline company. I recorded some records with this kit and compared it to the big brother kit that's $6k more, and you really can't tell the difference! The white is pure, not off white. Perfect for my weddings and parties, and matches with anything. It's the life of the party, literally!
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Very Good Soud for the money

By: Terry Lewis      Submitted: 6/6/2022

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great Sound for the price fast shipping Very well built.
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Aesthetically beautiful, well balanced sounding drums

By: Rocky Rhoades      Submitted: 4/4/2022

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This 7 piece set is an upgrade from a smaller set, purchased through a music store. This set is beautiful, elegant and very well designed. From the wood, down to the hardware, it’s stunning. The sound is nothing short of perfect, as well. A nice tune to match the quality. Sounds amazing. AMS had been an excellent company to order from. The pricing is on point, shipping is quick, notifications and tracking are timely and finance options are what brought me to AMS. Highly recommend the equipment and everything AMS stands for. Thank you!
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Quality better in hand than pictures

By: Ignacio Jimenez      Submitted: 3/9/2022

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Product Review Strong beautiful and the quality is on point very well done better in hand than pictures fast shipping sounds amazing for the price this have been an excellent purchase would recommend to anyone you won’t regret it!!!
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Great sound without giving up quality at an affordable price.

By: John A.      Submitted: 1/30/2022

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review These drums sound great at any tuning and the pictures do no justice to the finish. I thought they were a black metal flake wrap but after unboxing the set and seeing them in the light they are actually a really dark gray metal flake that just pops. All the pluses from the DW grade hardware and innovations without draining your bank account. My only slightly negative comment would be the factory heads weren’t to my liking sound wise so I changed them to get the sound I prefer. Any experienced drummer (almost 50 years) would do the same as we each have our own unique sound and tunings. $1000 for PDP or $7000+ for DW. If you are a working drummer or sponsored buy the DW set of your dreams. For those of us on a budget these rock without compromising on sound capabilities while still getting professional grade equipment.
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Great quality

By: JERRY      Submitted: 11/11/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review A very beautiful and well built kit love it alot ...
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Quality of the product

By: Rollo      Submitted: 11/8/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.

Product Review All of the merchandise I've looked at is great merchandise, the Quality is big with me I would pay extra for Quality. My Money is tight right now I'm dealing with sick family members and I'm paying bills that are not mine but it's the right thing to do so until they get better from Covid I'm unable to purchase anything but trust me I want to, there are several things in drums and bass guitar.
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Great quality drum kit!

By: A.smeed      Submitted: 9/6/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review I spent months trying decide on a new kit! Won't find a better deal then what this kit has to offer! Pdp is technically same company as DW, its more affordable and doesn't disappoint! My maple kit puts off a great sound and the hardware is quality! I recommend for anyone thats wanting to get alot for the money! Rock on!
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This is a very nice kit.

By: Shattered Monsters drummer      Submitted: 8/17/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is a very nice kit. Sounds as expected even with the factory heads. I purchased the twisted ivory finish and not only do I love it, everyone that sees this kit gives a compliment. Would definitely recommend.
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Excelente drum set

By: Esai      Submitted: 8/4/2021

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is by far one of the best drum sets I have bought, to start off it comes with great packaging so nothing is broken and when you take it out some parts are already put together so you don’t have so much work un like some companies, and to end it off great great quality definitely a 5 star
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My PDP set has caused me to step my drumming game up! It has added a more pure clean sound to my mu...

By: Tyrone Wilson      Submitted: 8/4/2021

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6 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review My PDP set has caused me to step my drumming game up! It has added a more pure clean sound to my music and with that, it makes my band sound better!
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Amazing sound and build quality

By: Chandler Christopher      Submitted: 5/6/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This kit has amazing build quality and sounds like a really high end drum kit. It is also very versatile being a seven piece kit, I would recommend it to anyone!
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Best In Its Class

By: bg17      Submitted: 4/20/2021

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6 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is the best kit in its class, and I should know since I own a kit from all major competitors. It uses the best type of wood, doesn't skimp on lugs, and has great hardware to boot. The finish I got (silver sparkle to black) is also one of the most beautiful offered. No complaints about quality either, regardless of where it's made. The fact that it's second cheapest (with lacquer finish) makes it the best value as well. MAYBE the Gretsch Catalina could say "hold my beer" to that statement, but I give the edge to the PDP for the beefier hoops, shells, and hardware. I have owned its predecessor for years (X7) so I knew what to expect. The small upgraded features are nice, and the quality has only gotten better. Fine pitch tension rods, cymbal holder clamp in the tom arm...nice features. If it's on your list, buy it!
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It is perfect

By: Eduardo Gutierrez      Submitted: 4/6/2021

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Nice,good sound perfect style Good dising The best
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Fastes delivery ever

By: Vince      Submitted: 3/26/2021

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great condition and fast delivery all you can ask.
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Great stage presence

By: Donna      Submitted: 3/4/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Great drum kit, first just beautiful to look at especially under stage lights, second excellent sound and holds up to have other drummers using her on occasion. And of course AMS made the purchase possible.
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Great Tones

By: D Wright      Submitted: 2/26/2021

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review This Pdp concept has been one of the best investments I’ve made! Between the tone and easy set up, it’s super convenient and fun to play on! I love my PDP!
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Awesome kit for killer price

By: Trick      Submitted: 2/7/2021

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I own a Mapex Mars kit that I’m really impressed with. I picked up this PDP for only a few hundred more for the same setup, and it blows that mapex away. It even sounds great with the stock heads which I was really surprised about. Beautiful finish, but not flawless. I will be doing some extra polishing in the future to make it a little nicer. Sound wise though, the shells are super punchy and very resonant. Cant wait to hear them with upgraded heads. The snare is great, which again is surprising for an included snare. Overall extremely happy with these drums
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Great sounding drums for the money

By: Bryan Cash      Submitted: 1/28/2021

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I like this specific set. Since I’ve learned about American Musical Supply I’ve purchased several of these sets and have made a huge trap customized set up. Total of 5 7 piece kits. I’ve taken the factory heads off of all them and I use the Evans EC 2 clear and Emad heavy for my bass. The tone for all of the drums can be very high for the 8” 300hrz all the way down to 65 hz for the floor toms. Very impressed by the snare drum as well great pop and reasonable sustain with Evans EC2 frost heads. Love this kit.
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PDP

By: FGEM      Submitted: 9/4/2020

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review These concepts are awesome for the price bought these for our church our drummer really likes the set I really like the sound we used the heads that came with the set great sound and great drums for the money.
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AMS is the best!

By: Jason Eastres      Submitted: 7/28/2020

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5 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Pdp by DW! This kit is amazing th warmth of the maple shells combined with the finish on the shells it’s all good
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This Kit is AWESOME!!!

By: Jimmy Adams      Submitted: 7/28/2020

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This is my first PDP kit, and may well be the last drum kit I own. The quality and sound are amazing. I've been drumming for about 40 years and this is easily the best looking, best sounding kit I've ever had. I've played Ludwig and Pearl in the past and this is easily the equal of those. I've added Zildjian cymbals and Gibralter hardware to round it out. If you're thinking about buying this kit, just do it! I'm glad I did! Also, can't say enough about American Musical Supply! Customer service is great and the payment plan was icing on the cake.
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Wonderful set

By: Arthur Bishop      Submitted: 7/17/2020

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Drum set is great and it came right on time. Everything came in with no damage. And the drums tuned up perfectly, GREAT purchase
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Easy to get

By: Ed      Submitted: 5/12/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Shipped supper fast easy to set up and I just love the sounds the site is awesome man.
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PDP 7 price Drum kit

By: Shawn Maldonado      Submitted: 5/12/2020

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review You can’t go wrong with PDP , (DW’s import) if you can’t afford DW or any Hi end kit, I’m very happy with it and was able to afford Rack mount and new Cymbals. AMC also makes it easier with there auto pay program having it takin out of your account so you don’t have to worry about mailing in payment on a certain date
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Outstanding Set!

By: Drummerman69      Submitted: 4/30/2020

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Product Review I just received this set and was very easy to setup and start playing. This set has a great warm tone and surprisingly easy to tune. I would definitely recommend this set to anyone.
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Drums are a fast easy set up and have an amazing tone quality.

By: Ricardo Garcia      Submitted: 11/26/2019

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Product Review The 7 piece maple shell drum set is perfect for all drummers who are looking for a solid, clear sounding tone for a fair price. The tone is absolutely perfectly balanced across the set and is great for all styles of music. The rack toms are a perfect high quality that lead a descending tone to the low sounding floor toms with a solid, full sounding kick that finalizes the set with an amazing range from high to low tone quality. The 7 piece PDP maple concept drum set is an amazing kit that I would recommend to any drummer.
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Awesome kit

By: Mr. s o y g      Submitted: 10/8/2019

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Product Review I have only this kit for six years I have the black hydraulic heads on it and it's been a great kid it sounds great inside and even better outside I played a gig at the park and couldn't believe how great they sounded actually sometime this year I'm going to buy another 7-piece kit and combine the two I have the red sparkle fade into the black and to be honest they look just as good as they did six years ago when I purchase them none of the hardware Chrome is chipping none of the shells is faded they look just like they did when I bought them 6 years ago so hats off to PDP of course they made their made by DW so their quality I recommend them to anybody
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Extreme value

By: Matthew Vargas      Submitted: 9/16/2019

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Product Review I’ve owned several drum kits over a long career of drumming and have never enjoyed playing a kit as much as my PDP concept maple. I purchased it with a pack of new heads and spent a good couple nights getting it tuned to perfection. They sound amazing. The hardware feels smooth. The tone and feel is warm and buttery. I love these drums.
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Simply AMAZING!!!

By: Radiocast Music LLC      Submitted: 4/11/2019

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Product Review Best drum set I’ve ever owned! Stock heads are garbage, of course, but that’s standard. (I don’t know anyone who uses the stock heads) I did follow the recommendations I found online to tighten all screws before putting heads on...they come hand-tightened and would otherwise come loose while playing.
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brandon

By: Christians      Submitted: 11/22/2018

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Product Review Santa .Christmas noith pole Go christians pacjfc pdp conncept maple 7 Piece shell kit drum set,
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I love

By: William Perry      Submitted: 10/24/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review All that
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This Kit Rocks!

By: Gerald Gray      Submitted: 10/4/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Seriously, all maple shells, lacquer finish, top quality craftsmanship and hardware. You absolutely can't get a better drum kit for the money!
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This is definitely a great piece and very beautiful

By: Alexa      Submitted: 9/5/2018

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1 person found this review helpful.
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Product Review Not to bad very pretty love them all
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Better than I could've ever hoped!

By: Jamey Davis      Submitted: 8/9/2018

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Product Review This kit is perfect! From the tone of the toms, the pounding deepness of the bass to the crack of the snare drum. The quality is everything you would expect from dw. Even with the stock heads on this kit you will be impressed. I have played a couple shows with these now and they don't fall out of tune very easily. The hardware is right on point and when you mount a drum somewhere it stays and that's a first for me. I would highly recommend this drum kit and for the price, you certainly can't beat them.
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This is one of the best sets that I've ever played, now I'm ready to get a seven piece for my self.

By: Reggie Mack      Submitted: 1/5/2017

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Product Review I have never heard a set that sounds this awesome especially with Evans heads. I cannot wait until I get my own. I will be getting red Fade to Black Sparkle. This is a beautiful-looking set.
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i love this kit

By: michael laboca      Submitted: 10/20/2015

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5 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review this kit is great for the price. the sound was good right out of the box with better heads this is kit will sound nice
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It exceeded all my expectations....

By: Bryant Figueroa      Submitted: 7/29/2015

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8 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Incredible value. Truly a professional quality drum kit.
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couldn't believe the sound.

By: Rodney      Submitted: 2/17/2014

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8 people found this review helpful.
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Your general opinion of this product. Added Evans black hydraulic heads a quick tune and couldn't believe my ears. A powerful kit for a great price. What more could you ask for... for the price i think they are. I don't know how dependable they are, i have only had them for 4 days now but so far so good.... The overall look & sound of the kit. Heavier rims on toms. Great with EVANS BLACK HYDRAULIC heads. Didn't try with the heads that came with the kit. Don't care much for Remo. Very nice!!! I'm very satisfied...
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Totally awesome kit

By: Chris Hansen from Baltimore Md      Submitted: 10/25/2013

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Unbelievable!

By: Anthony Ventresca      Submitted: 10/17/2013

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5 people found this review helpful.
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Your general opinion of this product. Absolute best value for the money! Don't look any further, buy this kit! Features found on higher end kits available on this kit make for a well made product. You get a lot for little cash. The finish is beautiful and hardware is solid. The maple shells have a nice deep, warm sound! Gorgeous baby! Best money I've ever spent!
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I love these things!

By: Rick Rayburn from Meridian,ID USA      Submitted: 7/6/2013

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Your general opinion of this product. I'm very happy with my PDP Concept Maple 7pc drums. I did alot of research on different kits before deciding on these and for all the reasons listed below and the low price point these drums are hard to beat(pun intended :) I've owned PDP drums in the past and had no issues so I'm sure that these will hold up just fine. I probably wouldn't recommend standing on the bass drum, but I wouldn't do that on any brand of drums :) I don't like to mount my toms to the bass drum, so I like the fact that you can mount these toms on a 10.5mm or 12.7mm tom stand. I happen to have a DW 12.7mm double tom stand which works great. These things sounded good right out of the box even with the stock heads, but really sounded great after changing to Evans G2 clears. I really couldn't hear much differance between these and my DW Performance series drums. The silver to black fade looks way better than I expected with a ton of sparkles throughout on each drum. Fantastic looking drums! Probably the best value going right now for such great sounding and looking drums, and the 8 month pay plan makes it even better.
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Very pleased

By: Adam from Ludlow, MA, USA      Submitted: 5/3/2013

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16 people found this review helpful.
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Your general opinion of this product. Overall I am extremely pleased with this kit and the quick shipping service provided by AMS. After weeks of extensive budget-conscious research, YouTubing and customer review reading for a maple shell kit, this seemed like the best choice by a long shot. I did tune up and slam the Remo PDP heads that came with the kit (just for kicks), which sounded OK overall and may be sufficient for the less discerned drummer/ear. After putting coated Remo Emperors for batters and Ambassadors for resonants, these shells produced that beautiful, deep and warm tone I was looking for. You won't find higher quality maple shells and hardware within this price bracket. The suspension mounts are excellent and the lacquer finish is beautiful. Although the DW MAG throw-off and copper snare wires were a nice touch, it still didn't change the fact that this snare is less than desirable. I would upgrade the snare drum which is by far the weakest link in this shell kit and the reason for the 4 star quality rating. Beautiful, deep and warm with coated Remo Emperor batters and coated Remo Ambassador resonants. I struggled between the Pearlescent White and Transparent Walnut when choosing the finish. Since I already own a white Pearl kit, I opted for the Transparent Walnut. I am so happy I did - the walnut finish is absolutely beautiful and the wood grain is absolutely transparent. Overall this was an excellent value and I highly recommend it - you won't be disappointed!
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Great value and sound

By: Ric L. from Peoria,Il      Submitted: 2/18/2013

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Definitely well made! You can see where it gets it's DNA from For the price Good sounding shells.just change the heads Your general opinion of this product. Very satisfied Glad I spent the money Silver to black sparkle fade? What's not to like about how these look on stage
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Questionable value

By: Thomas C. from Thomasville, NC      Submitted: 6/14/2012

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Average to slightly below average quality. Dependability should be OK. Good features. The 10-lug snare sounds great. I like the graduated thickness hoops but they need to be better made. Sounds excellent (didn't even try the original heads though). Your general opinion of this product. The hoops are still the poorly manufactured PDPs. Ugly welded joints, some ground down too far before plating and some show the rough grinder marks through the plating. The paint has multiple spots on each drum of trash under the finish making a "pimple" under the finish. The lugs and hardware other than hoops is very good. The color and it's overall appearance is pretty ugly. Not sure I won't return these due to manufacturing defects after receiving them this afternoon. Questionable ... probably not worth the price. The "transparent" cherry is like dark burgundy paint.. 98% opaque. Can see the grain of what is probably cheap Asian maple barely with great difficulty.