Yamaha New Recording Custom Drum Set

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PRICES
22"x18" bass drum,
£1,413; 20"x16" bass
drum (as review),
£1,301; JRBP6F3 6F tom
pack, £1,448; 14"x5½"
brass snare, £380;
hardware pack, £474
SHELL MATERIAL
North American birch
CONSTRUCTION
METHOD
Yamaha Air Seal shell
construction with
diagonal seams
NUMBER OF
PLIES
Six plies, 6mm thick
BEARING EDGES
30° angle Yamaha
R1.5-type
FINISHES
AVAILABLE
Solid Black (as pictured),
Classic Walnut, Real
Wood and Surf Green
HOOPS
Toms: 1.6 mm steel;
bass drums: solid
lacquered birch
SHELL
AVAILABILITY
Bass drum: 24"x14",
22"x14", 22"x16",
22"x18", 20"x16"; tom:
8"x7", 10"x7½", 10"x9",
12"x8", 12"x10", 13"x9",
13"x11", 14"x12",
16"x14"; fl oor tom:
14"x13", 16"x15", 18"x16"
SUPPLIED HEADS
Remo – bass drums:
Coated Powerstroke-3
batter; Ebony
Powerstroke-3 logo
head; toms: Coated
Ambassador batter,
Clear resonant; snare:
Coated Ambassador
batter; Ambassador
resonant
LUGS
Newly designed
weighted hi-tension
TOM MOUNTS
Bass drum mount for
small tom with YESS
mount; fl oor toms
open-type vertical
bracket legs
CONTACT
Yamaha Music Europe
GMBH (UK)
0844 811 1116
http://uk.yamaha.com
Essential spec
PIANO LACQUER
The Solid Black piano
lacquer fi nish has always
been associated with Steve
Gadd and caused a massive
stir when it fi rst appeared
over three decades ago
SNARE DRUM
There are seven new snare drums
with brass, stainless steel and
aluminium shells. Note the convex
perimeter bead – a fi rst for Yamaha
BASS DRUM TUNING
‘T’-handle tensioners are quicker and
easier than drum key operated screw bolts
Watch our Yamaha Recording
Custom kit video demo at
http://bit.ly/yamahaRC
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