The Best Drums EVER MADE For Recording!

It took me a decade to find this dream kit, but I'm so happy it's in my basement now. Take a peek at a crowning achievement of the Japanese drum manufacturing market. 🥁

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https://slouxrecordingco.bandcamp.com/

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I've wanted a vintage Yamaha Recording Custom for a long time. Ever since seeing clips of Steve Gadd doing his thing, I've been smitten. And after seeing a kit in this finish over a decade ago, I've been on the hunt for my own ever since. I found this one last winter in New Jersey, and I'm happy to have given it a good home now in Wisconsin. The kit includes a 22x14" kick, 12x8" and 13x9" toms, a 16x16" floor tom, and a 14x5" matching wood snare drum.

I've owned Yamaha Stage Custom and Yamaha Tour Custom kits previously, which are great beginner and intermediate drum sets. I've even owned Yamaha Maple Absolute kits too, and those were phenomenal – some of the best drums built in the early 2000s. But these vintage Recording Custom drums are so different from those drums and the most recent Yamaha PHX Phoenix or Absolute Hybrid kits. It's worth giving these old tubs a listen in this video today if you're looking for the ULTIMATE studio machine!

I've also got Turkish Cymbals going here too – 15" Millennium hats, 20" Meta Crash, 22" Millennium Ride, and a 24" Prototype Special Dry Extra Thin Ride.

Music used for drumming here comes from my drumless tracks, which are a great free practice resource for all drummers.

Here's the first track. – https://slouxrecordingco.bandcamp.com...

Here's the second track used. – https://slouxrecordingco.bandcamp.com...

Audio was captured with two Universal Audio Apollo x8p interfaces using 1073 preamp modeling. Mics include:

- SE Electronics V-Kick (Kick In)
- Dr. Alien Smith Alien8 (Kick Out)
- Shure Unidyne III SM57 (Snare Top)
- Rode NT55 w/ Cardioid Capsule (Snare Top)
- Audio-Technica ATM650 (Snare Bottom)
- Sennheiser MD-421 (Each Tom)
- AKG C414 TLII Pair (Overheads)
- Apex 210B Ribbon into Soyuz Launcher (Room)
- Shure 588SB (Vocal)

I use Logic Pro X, Waves Audio plugins, and I enjoy consuming salted potato chips.

And that cool mic cable? It comes from Sorry Cables in LA. – www.sorrycables.com/

Questions? I do lessons on drumming, recording drums, social media, and more. Plus, I've been working with drum companies on all sorts of cool stuff. Check out my website! And you can always find me at [email protected] or hit me up on my other socials.

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