Yamaha Maple Custom Drum Set

[@madfingers4004]

I have a '95 maple custom with with a 20" kick and you're right . Its a great all around kit. ❤my maple customs

[@spears104]

beautiful drums. beautifuls cymbals. beautiful playing. Thanks very much for this video.

[@stephenramirez4441]

Rick's playing is very easy to listen to. The opposite of many KZbin drum videos. I think his superb recording setup has a lot to do with this.

[@RepJock88]

The fact that he’s really musical and knows his gear doesn’t hurt either.

[@np-sb5sk]

Rick,that yamaha souds great,the tuning is perfect and you know how to play! Thank u so much for you share this videos! Your second oldest Yamaha snare with gold rings,sounds pitch perfect! I had one 25 yrs ago. I tight the top head too hard and 3 lugs broken. I could replace them,I was luck to find them. Yamanha 9000 recording birch drums ,is probably one of best ever done drums in this planet,still is. Problem is,it cost's a fortune😢

[@elithepitbulldog2209]

Yamaha just works. Their tom mounts are the best! I’m a proud owner of 3 sets. PHX, RCs , and Club customs, broken in at Memphis Drum shop by the great Steve Jordan..

[@cbasbwoyETP]

Rewrapping a mix match tama kit and moved to all yamaha mounts and hardware (mostly) they nailed it. Most consistent and reliable BD, and SDs too

[@rkaylor5769]

I love MIJ Yamaha. But I’m also a motorcyclist, so there’s that. Yamaha is just excellent.

[@kevinblythe2192]

Beautiful kit .. Wonderful playing. Thanks for sharing Rick.

[@Twotontessie]

Hopefully I will live long enough to get a full set. Have had a MC snare for many years. Magnificent. Seems like no matter what room or environment it’s in, it always sound great with very little effort required.

[@Twotontessie]

Great stuff. Love the misc set up. All you need - your playing and drums can deliver it all from there.

[@tvs5862]

17:35 - I've got this kit in natural black with a 20" kick, there is soooo much you can do with it. Mine is the later early 2000's kit with the Nouveau lugs which are much tougher. Mine has 10", 13", 14", 16", 20" kick & 1960's 14x5.5 4157 Gretsch snare w/Evans HD Dry head (love these heads). I can get away with all styles including rock with a bit of deadening in the kick and a change to my 14 x 5 Acrolite. Always loved this kit, probably my favourite I've ever purchased. Great tones & responds to all sorts of different head combos.

[@royalmania9516]

Sound great!!!!!!!! Nice playing as well

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Sweet sounds! 😀👉🏼🥁

[@bobbybraun465]

Dear Rick.. It sounds amaizing.. & you make it sounding top

[@ceilingphan8575]

my dream kit! keep up the great work!

[@paulerikkson9099]

1993 I bought a 7 piece new .. with turquoise finish … played in the army band … regret selling that kit … I guess we all have one that we should have held onto

[@cbasbwoyETP]

With the gold?

[@GBsdclf01]

Beautiful playing as always

[@charliecontrino1626]

They sound awesome!

[@andthensome512]

Drumming ASMR. Great playing.

[@padistedor]

love that dry ride

[@redpebbles]

I've got a YMC set of 10-12-14-16" toms and a 20" bass drum in exactly the same finish. Bought in 1998. Fantastic hardware too.

[@michaellambert8306]

Amazing drumming

[@gustavoborchert]

Rick, I had one just like that that I bought in the 90s from Barry (Drummers' World), which I ended up selling... and have greatly regretted. Thanks sharing!

[@joachimvogel586]

Nice, i Like your Style...

[@RalphOnofrio]

I love those drums....Played them for a show that was backlined...My cymbals, of course...I don't know why they discontinued those.drums.............................Ralph Onofrio

[@chriswright2250]

Excellent ❤

[@drummadave]

I have 2 YMC kits...one fusion sized, the other rock sizes....love em the same

[@evrimmuratkaragoz1297]

Hi from istanbul Rick,i'm following you.Thanks I got maple custom tom size: 10-12-14-16 tune is: B-A-C-A Snare tune is G Great drums 😊

[@HenkJanDrums]

Nice warm round sound. Not agressive.

[@borbacymbals7331]

I have the same kit and sizes in a satin amber finish. Beautiful sounding drums. Still need to find a matching snare though, preferably without the bad, discontinued lugs.

[@panplayer]

I have a mid 90s MC. It was ordered for a clinic, so it was sold at a B stock price to the store where I worked while in college. Unfortunately it had the ‘in between’ depth toms. I wish it had been the standards. But I still love them. And I’m still toying with heads to this day to compensate for the depth.

[@robertacosta3134]

I love clear or coated Emperors with Ambassador resonant side. To my ears, the Emperors make them sound like shallower toms. I play mostly RnB, but it’s a very versatile combo; pure class … Congrats on owning some of the best drums ever made ;) I love mine.

[@joshtrager4567]

Hi Rick, great playing and beauty drums! Was wondering if you can you tell me if all the floor Tom leg brackets are square between the lugs? I’m putting some yess brackets on my maple custom hanging 16” and want to do it right. Cheers

[@sticksbass]

great!

[@adrianlyord5300]

Nothing like a good drum 🥁 set to inspire you to play your best!!!! Sounds awesome 👏🏾!!!!

[@markhenderson4194]

Absolutely fantastic playing and those drums are magnificent to hear. Give tune bot settings please

[@rickdior]

I tune them by ear....no tunebot.

[@markhenderson4194]

Mr. Rick, I own a Yamaha Maple Custom kit, 20", 14" & 12". I have never been able to achieve the same rich tones that you have on your kit. Would it be possible for you to elaborate on how you achieve your tunings? For instances, overall pitch of each drum, pitch relationship of each head, top head higher in pitch or bottom head higher in pitch or do you tune to any certain interval, minor 3rd or major 4th? I have a tunebot, is there anyway that you would be so kind as to just give me the hertz reading on the top and bottom heads of the drums, Tom's and bass? I would be eternally grateful for any help at all. I believe you live in Nashville, Tennessee and that you offer lessons. I would be willing to pay for a class if you would help me learn to tune those drums. Thanks, Mark

[@bromasi]

Rick could you post a photo of your studio,great sound .

[@unclemeat8422]

So I see the beta on bass drum is center but angled. Offset? Why not straight on? It sounds better yes but why? Thx! Left my fiberskin on snare for years playing jazzgrass. Badly…

[@simonbroke-smith7783]

Thanks Rick for such a great comprehensive and informative review of your superb kit. I came too late to Yamaha to have these drums but love maple kits and have recently got an AHM kit which is also fantastic! 🤘😎🥁🔥👍

[@nuArk-eq9mq]

Visually, aesthetically, I prefer this YESS type of tom montage over the later, newest one which should be more advanced as technology progress, but nevertheless

[@drummerboy38305]

Man Rick! Great Drumming ! Love the Yamahas. Is that a Dave Weckyl Snare?

[@rickdior]

One of the snares is. If you watch the entire video, I talk about it and show it. Thanks

[@aZeddPrattFilm]

Tips on getting this sound? Is it really the heads or is it just tuning high in general?

[@rickdior]

It's a combination of the room, the heads, the mics, the drums and most importantly how you hit the drums. If you play with a good touch and the drums are decent you can get a good sound anywhere and a great sound when the other factors are in good standing.

[@aZeddPrattFilm]

@@rickdior I’ll work on touch. I’ve always gravitated towards this tom sound, but I’ve never been able to achieve it tuning wise.

[@Claude_Hoffmann]

Sounds amazing. Only OH's?

[@rickdior]

The mics are in the description. 2 Overheads and a BD mic.

[@Claude_Hoffmann]

Thank you!​@@rickdior

[@hugostos09]

Is this the legendary studio drum set? Or maybe the absolute birch?

[@rickdior]

This was the first version of the Maple Custom. They later had a hybrid version as well as the Absolutes.

[@loucontino4804]

Yamaha Maple Customs were awesome. I just never liked that gold on the lugs. Doesn't hold up over time.

[@rickdior]

If you keep on it and not allow it to oxidize it will hold up.