Gammon Drums Are A Great Deal

Gammon drums are becoming more and more popular with entry level and intermediate players.  This is because with Gammon Drums you tend to get more than what you pay for.  If you are looking for a new drum set, and you are on a tight budget Gammon drums are one of the best deals out there.

First, all sets of Gammon drums are sold with everything that you need to play.  This means they come with all of the drums, drum heads, cymbals, and hardware, including the drummer’s throne.  Gammon is the only drum company out there that is including everything that you need to get started.  Typically drum companies do not include things like both a ride cymbal and a crash cymbal, and drummer’s thrones with their drum sets.  All sets of Gammon drums include drummer’s thrones, and many of the full sized sets include both a ride cymbal and crash cymbal.

 

Second, Gammon drums hold up well by comparison to other beginner drum sets.  In most cases, the drum hardware on beginner drum sets is very cheap and flimsy hardware that falls over easily, and breaks easily.  On Gammon drums top selling full sized drum sets, all of the hardware is double braced, and both the bass drum pedal and the hi hat are chain drive.  This drum hardware is made to last.

Third, Gammon drums come in all kinds of cool colors.  Of course they have your standard black, red and, blue, but if you are looking for something a little unique they also have colors like green and purple.  They even have pink if you want it.

Probably the biggest complaint about Gammon drums is the drum heads that are shipped with them.  The drum heads are single ply and cheap which makes any drum difficult to tune properly.  This can be easily fixed with a better set of drum heads.  With decent  

heads they tune up fine, and they sound pretty darn good.

When students tell me that they want a set of drums, but they don’t have enough money, I tell them to check out Gammon drums.  I have even recommended them to some of my gigging friends.  Gammon drums are a great alternative to taking a real expensive drum set out on the road, where it will get all banged up.

 

The Advantages to Cymbal Packs

It is never easy to choose cymbals for your drum set, but today the cymbal manufacturers have made the experience a little better by putting together cymbal packs.  Cymbal packs are a sets of cymbals that have been matched together based on their sound and their type.  If you are a beginning or an intermediate drummer cymbal packs are an excellent option for you.

 

Back when I was a kid cymbals packs did not exist.  If I wanted to buy a new cymbal for my drum set I had to make sure that it matched my other cymbals.  In order to match cymbals I typically had to stay with one brand for cymbals, because different brands just did not match other brands.  I knew of three major manufacturers of cymbals at the time.  They were Zildjian, Paiste, and Camber.  For the most part professional drummers were only using Zildjian or Paiste cymbals. Camber cymbals were for beginners and intermediate players because they were inexpensive and they were slightly better than the starter sets that were included with most drum sets at the time.  Generally, players would choose between Zildjian and Paiste based on the type of music they played.  Drummers who played “Heavy Metal” chose Paiste cymbals because they had both a cutting and explosive sound.  There were two types of Zildjian cymbals; there were “A” Zildjians and there were “K” Zildjians.  “A” Zildjian cymbals were considered a good all around cymbals for “Pop”, “Orchestral”, and “Country” music because of their bright and controlled sound.  “K” Zildjian cymbals typically had a darker, more sustained sound which made   them the perfect choice for “Jazz”.

These days, Zildjian and Paiste are both still going strong, and there are also a few other cymbal manufacturers that have emerged, such

as Sabian, Meinl, and Crescent cymbals.  All of these manufacturers are making cymbals for all kinds of music, and they are also producing different blends of metals, to produce a wider range of sounds, and make them more affordable.  They are all also producing cymbal packs which make it much easier to choose cymbals that sound good together.  Some of the most popular cymbals packs are the Zildjian ZBT cymbal packs, the Sabian B8 Cymbalpacks, and the Paiste PST Cymabl Packs.