INDe Studio Mod vs Flex-Tuned Maple | Head to Head Sound Comparison

[@rhythmista7707]

You guys have really cut out a unique niche for yourselves. These are some of the best drums I've heard in a long time🥁💪

[@stephenhylander9395]

Love the historical nod to Hayman Drums with the “knuckle buster” style Tom mount/holder! These are honestly, some of the nicest sounding drums I’ve heard in well over a decade! The tone and musicality of Both kits?! Incredible! Fantastic playing! What Chops! Congratulations on developing these drums, that sound like nothing else ! Great lines all around the kit. The hardware gives the kit a “modern vintage”look. Very sharp!

[@IndependentDrumLab]

Thanks so much! We aim to offer the best sounding drums and smarter designs for the working drummer

[@handidrummed]

It's a testament do your drums that I was a huge Gretsch fan, owning more of their kits over the years than any others. But my INDe maple is the first kit that doesn't make me long for a Gretsch kit any more. To me INDe maple is very Gretsch like, comparable to Broadkasters.

[@CzarCustom]

As a Gretsch fan, I’m considering getting an INDe kit, no other brand has caught my eye enough to even think to switch brands like INDe did

[@bherward]

Funny you say that...my Inde kit is sitting next to a 60's Round badge kit, a 90's Premier Cabria kit and a 60's Ludwig Club date...all 20's. Decided to put vintage Premier beer barrel die casts on the Cabria kit...it's so close to the Gretsch kit that I don't really need the Gretsch's anymore. In the same week I found the Club Dates and a used Inde kit. All kits are great in their own way, but if I had to keep only one...it'd be the Inde kit with the addition of a few more toms. It hits all the things I like in drums...a round, open and resonant tone, but controlled sustain. It's like a cleaner, less fuzzy Ludwig tone. Tuning range is huge...everything from low-fat to high bop. And no other kit has the under-stick feel that the Inde kit has. It just feels good to play...I think its the flex in all of the mounts that makes it have a bit more give. Anyway, need to order 10" and 16" toms to finish it out...anyone need some Gretsch's or Ludwig's?

[@drumtravelfun]

Great job, Craig! Both kits sound great, but I'm all over that walnut Studio Mod kit.

[@jeffrobinson6145]

Very cool/helpful comparison! Thanks for taking the time. Good playing too👍

[@IndependentDrumLab]

Glad you liked it!

[@jareddoran6605]

Not sure if I hear too much difference in the shells, but this does prove that I prefer coated heads to clear heads

[@billygoodness2416]

Great sound comparison. I'd love to hear them side-by-side with the exact same tuning and heads. What pitches are you using on the TuneBot for batter and reso heads on the toms?

[@peevonb7070]

You’re an excellent drummer.

[@ramonkey2939]

Sounds good glad I got me some İNDE DRUMS

[@JulianFernandez]

Nice! Shells made by Keller?

[@IndependentDrumLab]

Keller used to make our Flex-Tuned Maple shells. We are now using Nordic for all of our shells. They are fantastic to work with and quality is top notch!

[@drumtravelfun]

@@IndependentDrumLab I was wondering who made the shells. Nordic is great! Full confidence with their work.

[@dancalabrese3523]

Are the shells your exclusive design that no one else can have, or are they just off the shelf from Nordic?

[@IndependentDrumLab]

The shells are our design, and exclusive to us.

[@goodtimejohnny8972]

It seems to me the coated toms resonate longer. I would've thought the opposite.

[@IndependentDrumLab]

The coated heads are single ply, clear heads are 2-ply! Also the Studio Mod kits are more focused, maple kits are more open sounding.

[@barryswan3805]

Call me crazy, but with this comparison I'd take the flex tuned kit in the studio

[@imakenoise]

Too many variables by not using the same heads to make any decisions about the drums.

[@artcorvolet]

10 seems choked