PDP BY DW7-Piece Concept Maple Shell Pack with Chrome Hardware Pearlescent White

Been playing drums for around 20 years now. This kit is great. Are there better drum sets out there ? Yes but for this price it’s really hard to beat. Swapped the heads and I have a very nice sounding kit now. Been banging on it for over a year now. Still holding up. For those crying about it missing hardware….well they clearly are not familiar with the drum world. Hardware rarely comes with a kit and if it does that kit is probably entry level. Hope this helps!

YEAH I SPENT THE MONEY. AND YEAH I WANTED AN INEXPENSIVE DRUM SET, BUT HEY EVEN A CHEAP GUITAR WILL TUNE, BUT THESE THINGS WILL NOT TUNE EVEN WITH A TUNE BOT I CANNOT GET THEM TO GO INTO TUNE. MAYBE SOMETHING WITH THE SHELLS OR RINGS OR WHATEVER IDK, BOTTOM LINE SAVE YOUR MONEY UP AND SPEND A LITTLE MORE ON THE BIG BOY KIT AND LIVE A MUCH DESERVED STRESS FREE LIFE DRUM WISE...

For the money you cant "beat" these drums. The hardware is high quality and the exterior finish is above average. The maple ply shells carry well and the 7 piece set I bought is versatile to almost any music. I did have to put new REMO skins on the cans and once tuned they sound very good. I have always been a Pearl guy and glad I switched to try these.

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Where is the hardware???? It clearly says it but No it's not included with the drums!!!! Not worth paying so much and no hardware i be returning it.....

I have been playing drums since I was nine years old and I have a really huge kit of which the core drums (Ludwig Vistilite 8 piece) I bought in 1976. The rest have been added over the years including 8 Octabons, 3 Roto-Toms and several Zildjian Cymbals. I needed to get a "Gig Kit" as mine is just too big and time consuming to move around. I am really quick at setting it up and it still takes over two hours. Sooo, I went to a local music store that just happened to be having a 65th Birthday sale and got a killer deal on this PDP 7 piece kit. The finish on it is a flawless and beautiful Dark Cherry to Black Sparkle Fade (they call it red but it's a deeper shade like cherry, gorgeous and my wife's favorite color). We all know how important it is to get the wife's approval on such a purchase. Anyway, I am just starting to put it together so I will be coming back soon for a full review. I did however get the snare tuned so I will review that first. I immediately did away with all the original heads opting for some Evans Hydraulics. I assembled the snare without any sound suppression and as expected it had a bit of a ring after-tone. So, I took it apart and threw on three pieces of Moon-Gel (If you haven't heard of or have any of this stuff, I highly recommend it). I put the snare back together, tuned it, and went for a test run with some military style rudiments and my typical rock hard smacks. The drum lost the ring tone and sounds very very nice. I love the Mag-Throw-Off, had to adjust the tension a bit to my liking. I also tune my resonant head very and the batter head a notch below so I get a really nice warm yet powerful pop from it. So far, I am very pleased with the quality of the build. It is after all not a state of the art top of the line DW or Pearl Masterworks kit, but like I said I needed something halfway decent to take to gigs and I am at this point pretty pleased. Not to mention, I think this kit, for the money, is better than I expected. Much better than I expected but again, I have only tried the snare. I did however also get to check out the quality of construction. It is Maple which I really like for playing heavy metal, hard rock, and blues. The shells are nearly 1/4" thick and appear to be very well crafted ply's of layered maple wood. I will be putting the rest of the kit together over the next day or two, tune them up, probably have to add some moon-gel, and then I will write part two of this review. So far, for the snare, 5 stars. The only negative I have to say is they could have included a snare stand, even a medium duty one.UPDATE: I finally got the kit completely set up and tuned. My first impressions on the snare actually carry over to the complete kit. It sounds better than I expected, looks awesome and is a snap to set up. I bought a small Gibraltar rack for attaching the Toms and my already existing cymbals and stands, etc. It is a miniature compared to my main kit which has just become a beast and way too much to move around. I tried listening to them both with and without the bottom heads, I prefer them wothout the bottoms, but that's just me. I guess I have just gotten used to the booming projection of my old Ludwig Vistilites without bottoms over the years as that kit makes some noise. removing the bottom hardware and heads renders a more crisp and open sound. Moon Gels are a must and do a fine job of eliminating the ringing and other after tones without deadening the natural sound of the drums. I will have to get used to the smaller dimensions but the playability of this kit is surprisingly good. They seem to be very durable, but time will tell right? I threw around some who and zeppelin to see what they would sound like under pressure and I smiled when I heard similar resonance and tones that I get from my main kit. I think the quality of this kit (so far) far outweighs the price I paid for it. Even though I have the familiarity of using my Bass Pedal, Hi-Hat, and drum throne, the rest of the kit feels a little awkward but that will change as I get more used to it and has nothing to do with the sound. The drums are just arranged a little differently and I have to move, or adjust my movements to adapt. Every drummer can relate to that I am sure. You get used to your own kit. Like a glove it fits you and when you get behind a new (different) kit, you're just a little out of your "zone". It only takes time to make the adjustments both in moving things where you want them and in your mind as you familiarize yourself with where everything is. After all, I can play my kit with my eyes closed. A new kit, not so, but again, that will change with time and the fiune tuning of where everything needs to be set. So far, still five stars on the entire kit.

This is a beautiful and great kit for the cost. Some assembly required and there are no instructions included. Be sure to check out YouTube for assembly and tuning tips from DW if you need help. Excellent sound from this kit and the mag-lev throw-off is amazing.The included heads are single-ply basic Remo heads, you'll want to swap them out in a few weeks. These are not the fancy custom DW/Remo heads included on more expensive DW kits. For the 8" tom, you'll need to hook it to a cymbal stand, the other toms and floor toms will stand on their own. Also, you'll need to get a snare stand if you don't already have one.Overall, for the price, the quality on these are amazing and the drums feature some DW signature features that are much more affordable than their premium counterparts.

It’s a 7 piece set but only received half the pieces and no hardware.