Sakae Evolved Maple | Pro Drums - Intermediate Price

[@davidgilbert3723]

I bought one of these sets from DCP about a month ago (Destroyer - Silver sparkle fading to black sparkle) which has delivered on all that was hoped for. I have several top end kits and this Evolved kit from Sakae has just blown me away. Tunes easily, records amazingly, on a broadcast each week and sounds amazing and is in a live room each week and man let me tell you, it is killer in the room. These are so focused with a killer punch. If you decide to venture over to DCP and get one of these sets you will not be disappointed.

[@FernandoFlores-xi3mh]

How much is one of this kits? Doea it comes.with hardware?

[@andrewmcmillan4437]

I actually had the experience of visiting the Sakae Rhythm Factory in Osaka, Japan back in the early 2000’s. I had the honour of meeting the legendary Takashi "Hagi" Hagiwara. We toured the all the various Yamaha Manufacturing Facilities but as a drummer the Osaka Factory was the greatest moment. I had the honour of meeting Ms. Akiko Nakata and her son Enzo while touring the facility and had the greatest opportunity of building my own snare drum. It is one of my greatest treasures! I had the opportunity to work with, and drink with (that was a party) the amazing people at this facility. I am truly saddened of it’s end. Hagi was passionate about fighting to keep Yamaha’s “top-end” Drum manufacturing in Japan, it makes me both melancholy and grateful of the loss and opportunity.

[@Gretschdrummer11]

Finally someone developed a tom mount on the bottom lugs that actually looks good and conspicuous. Now if they could only redesign their badges they’d be almost unbeatable.

[@arsonne]

Man for real. The first thing I noticed about these drums "HEY LOOK AT OUR UGLY BADGES STRAIGHT OUT OF THE 2000's!!!!!! " Not only are the badges ugly but there's no reason to have them be so huge.

[@mdrumt]

Agreed, the logo is so cool wish they would've leaned into that design, the lugs on a lesser note are also a little underwhelming for me.

[@tylerjass5804]

If they had a chrome version of their logo and just stuck that on as the badge, that’d be so awesome.

[@malinwj1167]

Agreed. Never thought a drum co. could beat Mapex for badge ugliness, but here we are

[@jamesfogle1880]

Agree. The badges are a drag.

[@humdrum98]

I just purchased one of the 20” kick sets in piano black after watching this video. I am extremely pleased with these drums. They sound awesome. The quality is top notch. They look very sleek especially under spot lights. Thanks to the crew at DCNH for the great deal and very quick shipping. All the best to DCNH!

[@williamzmyndak7124]

I bought one of these a week ago, sight unseen based on the recommendation of James, one of the pros at DCP. It fits right in the middle of the other two primarily sets I have. By the way he pitches a perfect game for recommendations. After hearing this video it only confirms this was the right thing to do. Great price for a pro level kit. Looking forward to many years jamming with it. Those mounts are killer by the way.

[@TheCrimsonCandidateConnection]

The Mrs. Fields montage cements this as one of if not the best drumset demo videos ever.

[@drumcenternh]

🔥

[@spadds]

I made up a Sakae Trilogy set from DCP from single drums - love it! Fantastic quality kit! These are great deals and pro sounding instruments! Great job DCP!

[@charlesavino8826]

Every week you all at DCP are soooo adept at tempting all of us out here... man, that blue/gold sparkle kit is a beauty, I can't stand it!! Keep up the good work! 😂😍

[@SydneyDrums]

The Sakae Celestial .. fantastic drums, beautiful

[@loucontino4804]

My buddy Guy Gelso of Zebra plays Sakae and they sound awesome. I don't think any drummer can go wrong on this deal, especially from DCP. I buy all my gear from them and they do not disappoint! Lou

[@troutstudio]

I own an Almighty Birch/Maple mix kit made for me in Japan. I own a lot of drums. The Sakae’s are the last kit I would ever sell. Amazing drums.

[@williampinner1893]

I played the red kit at a mega church gig I used to play at. Really nice sounding kit. I think anyone acquiring them would enjoy high quality drums at an awesome price point.

[@JulioFalavigna]

absolutely killer, warm and projective drum sounds & looks

[@jemmace2586]

Great video as usual, thanks for the history lesson on Yamaha and Sakae drums, very good to know! Wow yep they do sound killer! I'm not in the market for anymore drums right now but someone or anyone buying one of those excellent kit's for the prices now on offer, you lucky so and so!! Thanks again DCOP. The best drum emporium along with excellence in recording and cataloging just how amazing modern gear really is!! 👌

[@dmleibo]

This is like the deal you guys had on the Sakae cajons a few years ago. Amazing stuff. A shame they couldn’t make it work but the resulting deals are truly astounding for the price/quality ratio.

[@bassdrumcreep7884]

Yeah, I picked one up from DCP, added a hi hat attachment and cajon pedal and play it in a duo. Everyone compliments the sound of it.

[@andreasbreitwieser1449]

absolute killer deal, great drums for 40% or something less money. I was totally fascinated by Sakae when i heart the story of their relation to Yamaha (and their split) when Ash Soan endorsed them for short time before he changed to Gretsch. At this time, around 2012-14, they had a bubinga set offering, the Celestial series, which was the best sounding drum set that I heart so far, and you guys made a video about it 9 years ago. But when I decided to get one they were sold out unfortunately.

[@ljcaballero3428]

So I bought a set of Sakae Almighty Maple drums. Natural finish. San Francisco shop. 10,12,14,16 Toms. 22 Bass. I later got ahold of Sakae and they made me an 8 Tom. Then I bought a 14 steel Sakae Snare. Then a few year's later DCP had a 20 Bass orphan. I jumped at it! Turned it into a Bass/Tom using Pearl Bass drum legs to flip it sideways. It's on my left. Best kit I've ever owned. I've had most. The Bass is powerful. Love it!

[@paulv22]

I saw these drums at DCP a few weeks ago. They're very nicely made and the finishes are glorious.

[@horopit0]

These are beautiful. Great tone, visually stunning

[@wileysil3313]

ugy af in my opinion. they sound really nice though! glad to see sakae back.

[@petermasalsky8844]

Those drums do sound really good. Great job as always, guys.

[@CornerStoreDrums]

DCP back with another! Definition of top shelf! 💯 🥁

[@C0zyDunt]

Sounds freaking awesome.

[@seppoinnanen5577]

Yamaha Oak customs were made by Sakae 20 years ago

[@jasonrobelia8829]

Along with the recording customs and many other great yamaha drums

[@seppoinnanen5577]

Yes, Sakae knows how to make good dtums

[@trojanhman8136]

$1999 usd is $3 000 Australian dollars. In Australia, they sell for $7 500.

[@user-ms8eg]

i know right, plus hardware being another 1k, absurd

[@RussellWilson-r9o]

I did a head to head test with one of these kits and a Yamaha PHX. I bought the Sakae! They stood up great against the Yam and I preferred the Sakae floor toms and kick. Nothing against the PHX, the Sakae was just more to my taste sound-wise and I didn't have to sell three kits to afford it!

[@PC-72]

Oh man, just in that intro (that sound,is nice)!!!!!!!

[@marioortega7218]

It's video content like this and your awesome service that makes you the #1 American Drum shop! Too many drum kits and not enough $$$!!! Sad but true. :)

[@studley2436]

What a wonderful sounding drum kit. I'd buy them in a flash if I could. Who knows, maybe a set comes by in the future? I am so sorry that Sakae is closing.

[@lanceschultz7132]

Has that short yamaha sound of the 80-90's. Bend that tone!!! Gorgeous tom sound.

[@dancalabrese3523]

Nice sounding drums at any price.

[@mgdrummer77]

Sakae really made some killer stuff, it's a damn shame they didn't take off. The Trilogy series was an amazing "modern vintage" kit.

[@Rick-m3c]

That bass drum is killer. Actually the entire kit is. However the overtones on the snare (for me) were just overwhelming. I wish you had toned down that ring a bit. Not being able to buy add ons or alternate sizes is a deal breaker for me. But you're right. The drums are a steal at $2k. So for those who don't need add ons and aren't as persnickety (that's right persnickety, you want to make something of it?😖) as I am when it comes to snare drum overtones, snarf that kit up it's a great deal.

[@BeastOnDrums]

Actually Shun Tsuji is behind the recipe for Yamaha and Sakae. These drums are amazing and these prices are the best you will see!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@moonyoungchoi8929]

Long live SAKAE!!!

[@omarcortes5754]

The one with the small sizes sounds amazing.

[@drzoidbergmd3200]

In similar circumstances I got a Crush Sublime kit for £399 when Korg sold off all their UK stock. Still looks and sounds great.

[@ramonkey2939]

Thank you I was waiting for this!!!!! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@backatya-bi8rx]

this thing sounds phenomenal

[@ivorjones9961]

Beautiful sounding drums!

[@Brinkmandrummer]

Awesome ride cymbal!

[@1dudecrush]

Bro, Mrs Fields can get it 😍

[@Drumyke]

So my Yamaha Oak Customs from 2009 are Sakae? That's neat.

[@michaell.8938]

They sound and look amazing. They'll be gone quickly, I'm sure. Love the cymbals too. That snare is like a gunshot. Wow.

[@DrRusty5]

I agree the names of the kits were far from perfect in terms of marketing. The hurdle was spreading the news that you were buying a Yamaha but for less! I have a Pac-D, which perhaps is not to everyone's liking but it does what I need as an easily transportable kit.

[@benmorris6831]

These are great drums. My only critique is the badge. You build a pro level, top end drumkit and slap a beginner, low end looking badge on it. Besides that, great kits.

[@johnnykallio861]

I held my breath hoping they were coming back 😂 Awesome deals pretty Excellent though. Whatever happened with DW bringing back Slingerland???? 🤔 Glad I haven’t been holding my breath on that one😂🥳🥳🥳

[@jonnymac86]

as an owner of BCANs I'd love to get a new maple Sakae kit.

[@jerrygamez5723]

Thanks for the video

[@w4tkn]

Oh boy, I sold my beloved Maple Orion Classic about 10 years ago to buy a Buginga Birch - also sold. I am pining for a Maple kit once again. Another draw is there wont be many of these around, which is somethihg that appeals to me.

[@abrader100]

Yamaha & Sakae actually parted ways around 2014 as this was the last kit available through Yamaha /Sakae.

[@groovetube24]

Closer to 2009…..

[@sumnerkinney2166]

WHAT A DEAL!

[@joeldrummer23]

Nice set

[@Darth_Sidious_66]

I bet Mr Fields was a very happy man back in the day...

[@adamfrost3722]

Right?

[@paulv22]

the cookies were just a bonus.

[@DerekFrampton]

It's super sad to see the reason Yamaha drums exist (yeah I said It I knew some of the history) go! Hope you guys get these to some great homes! I'm concerned about such unique hardware and lack of supply for end-user support down the line... Gibraltar/DW/PDP has some great hardware alternatives if anything ever fails, and could also put PEARL hardware too.. Cheers!

[@DrummerGrrrl]

WOW! These drums sound awesome! Unfortunately for me, I can't play acoustic kits/cymbals anymore unless I want to be burned at the stake by my neighbors...! 😂😢

[@kandgsitz4092]

The late Jamie Oldaker played Sakae drums.

[@johannjohann6523]

Yeah great sounding drums, just like I'd knew they would be. Shame to see Sakae no longer in business. And always the HHX line of cymbals are great if ya can afford them. But they will last a lifetime. So really when you consider that, I mean cymbals don't lose their value quickly.

[@hasan_bahramian]

❤❤

[@cymbalism1]

iiiifff onnnnlyyyy I could get toms (10x7 or 8, and 12x8) in their Birch recipe in Cherry gloss lacquer..i would be forever grateful. I have the Yamaha BCAs but my 10x9 and 12x10 (aka Fusion sizes) are too tall for my height.

[@drummerboyharm3078]

Sakae? Back in business?

[@MarinedrummerSGT]

Ok I want one, gotta get 2 grand

[@rnl9520]

Nice Cookies! 🍪

[@cryerdc]

Beautiful drums, amazing deal (but those badges…. yikes)

[@ImMaleven]

@@cryerdc Yeah, the badges are absolutely hideous. Unfortunately their actual logo also looked like a terrible, bitterly regretted tattoo someone might have got at the base of their neck in the late '90s.

[@guymarzello8818]

Sounds killer! Similar to my stage custom birch 😊

[@JamesBerlo]

Mr's fields HOT !!!

[@CalumetRedJacket]

Are those cast rims? Brass or steel? I'd like to have heard a 24" bass drum.

[@Topjunkie-r4s]

I thought Sakae went out of business?

[@NintenDub]

"Sakai it to me baby" - Austin power

[@johannjohann6523]

So Kord bought Sakai, but tried to have them made in Taiwan (which I prefer Taiwan made drums over Chinese made drums. Actually, anything made in Taiwan over anything made in China) didn't work out so now Sakai is out of business? That kinda sucks. And now Yamaha is even having their high end now drums made in China? That kinda sucks too. That's why I'm a bit of of a fan of Mapex because they are made in Taiwan. But that's me.

[@tobyvattilano7846]

There are factories in Taiwan that have been producing excellent drums for over 20 years. I have a Mapex Saturn that is definitely made in China, not Taiwan. The Chinese are getting good at drum building. The problem is the quality of the steel. It's absolute dog shit

[@MrRemo71]

Your intermediate price is a lot different from what I'm thinking an intermediate price is

[@phillamoore157]

As an owner of the original Power Recording Customs, this is as uninspiring as it is heart-breaking. A lot of "A" level endorsers felt the same way, when they jumped ship after Yamaha made the decision to move 90% of their manufacturing over to China. " Designed by ex-Yamaha builders, made in China", just doesn't have the same "Made In Japan by Japanese craftsman" ring to it, does it? When you saw the brand "Yamaha" that's what you thought of. I did pickup a set of used Yamaha Hybrid maples (at a price I could NOT pass up....made in China, or not), that is probably the best maple kit I've ever owned. But, knowing it was made in China has me looking at this kit in a way that's just not as endearing as I look at my Recording Customs. No such thing as a bad sounding Yamaha instrument (drums or otherwise)....and had it not been for Sakae, I'm not sure their drum brand would be as successful as it is today. But, at this point, as much respect as I have for Sakae, knowing their legendary history with Yamaha...from a consumer standpoint, it's now a competition for best sounding Chinese made kit, regardless of brand. That doesn't bode well for a kit in this price range (Yamaha history or not). If it was a $1200 kit I'd say it's a no-brainer....it sounds very good. It's a shame that 90% of the products we have today have lost the pride that put these companies on the map. Having another country make your products is one thing. Having a country make your products..........that hate you, is something else entirely. I'm glad that DCP did a good demo of this kit, it sounds very good.

[@viktormuerte]

Are you talking about Sakae being in the same boat as Yamaha because they eventually outsourced their drum manufacturing? If so, I don't think their cases are the same at all simply because Taiwan is different from China. I'm sure the Taiwanese don't hate the US.

[@phillamoore157]

@@viktormuerte The info I last heard was that Sakae was being made in China. That may have changed. Apparently, Sakae has gone through a lot of changes since their departure from Yamaha. If so, you're100% right Taiwan is much different. So, I stand corrected there. Still not Japanese craftsmanship, though (for those concerned with that). I wish my Yamaha Hybrids had been made in Taiwan! Thank you for the correction.

[@drumcenternh]

We clearly stated in this video that the drums we are featuring are made in Taiwan.

[@phillamoore157]

@@drumcenternh Yes…you did. And, since I’m coddling your emotions over a moot point….I never once said DCP did/said anything wrong (actually I complimented DCP on a good demo). I also clearly stated that I was wrong about the Chinese-made, assumption, when corrected by another viewer. And, while thanking that viewer for correcting me, I clearly stated that the correction was all but moot, because it’s still not a kit made in Japan, which at one point was the SOLE factor in buying a kit from a Japanese company. So it comes back to…. what is the selling point (see original comment that I was very clear about). *A company that used to make drums outstanding drums for Yamaha, that’s no longer making drums for Yamaha, that is now having their kits, made in Taiwan.* Under those circumstances $2K for a 4pc kit seems excessive, given what you can get in that price range for other “Asian-made” kits. So, I’ll try and end this on a positive note (as I did in my original comment) and say that the bottom line is that DCP did a good demo on a nice sounding kit, that will make a good instrument for those players that don’t mind where the kit was manufactured, or the price. There may be some die-hard Sakai fans out there who can’t wait to buy one of these kits. All the power to them (and DCP for that matter). Problem solved.

[@tobyvattilano7846]

​@phillamoore157 it was before my time but legend has it, Japanese drums were frowned upon as cheap kits (like Chinese today) back in the 70s until the advent of the 9000s or RCs. But up until then, Japanese craftsmanship was considering inferior. So who gives a shit where it's made if it performs well and sounds great?

[@wyrlismike]

love the vids but quick tip, even a guy obsessed with recording drums doesnt need to hear that much of the room mics solo'd. i like hearing them but i mostly want to hear the full mix. just my opinion

[@adamfrost3722]

We hear the polar opposite 50% of time. 🤷

[@pfunnk14]

@@adamfrost3722I know every video people are clamoring for room mics😂😂😂

[@wyrlismike]

@@adamfrost3722 bots maybe? 🤣

[@morriskez]

Surely the room mics give a more natural representation of the sound as a posed to the processed full mix?

[@anthonyn1312]

Wait, Is that mean Sakae own Yamaha drums?

[@groovetube24]

No, Yamaha contracted Sakae to be their OEM for their Japanese kits. Sakae had been around for over 90 years. And built Yamaha’s high end drums for 40 years

[@giusepperomano3392]

Ottima batteria ....ma suono molto simile alla Mapex Saturn.....Mapex for ever

[@carlosmoreno45]

A Dcp you have a lot of exclusives and limited edition drums why not do a video with these

[@drumcenternh]

We've done videos on every exclusive, to my knowledge. You just have to look for them, on find them on their respective product pages.

[@carlosmoreno45]

@@drumcenternh Well for example there is a Gretsch Brooklyn in a exotic ash limited edition and…

[@BryanWelch-k9l]

These drums sound like crap.

[@stefanaleksic4113]

In tehe end they bouth finish in china 😂

[@KippinCollars]

Shane: "If there's anything I like, it's blowouts." Gross.

[@tm4333]

😮😂

[@tinterlande]

Anyone with young children can relate to blowouts… RIP clothes

[@DAnthony14]

2k….yeah that’s still high with the way the economy is set up right now 🤣 I’ll just watch the videos.

[@kristophstjames4143]

We need Trump back and these kits will be $1400

[@williamboyle8918]

@@kristophstjames4143 lmao