Buying the MOST RECORDED Drums in History
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The Yamaha Recording Custom is one of those drum sets that was beyond popular back in the 80s, but seems to be slowly fading out popularity over time. It's the kind of kit that has always intrigued me. Every pro played a Recording Custom. Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Carter Beauford, Vinnie Colaiuta, and the list goes on. Yamaha even claims that these are the MOST RECORDED drums in history. Buying a Recording Custom has been on my todo list, so I jumped on opportunity to grab this kit which came with a Ludwig Supraphonic. Another drum with the title of being the most recorded. Most recorded snare drum + most recorded drum set = Goated combo? Right?
Buying the MOST RECORDED Drums in History
Yamaha Recording Customs: over hyped boomer drums or the ultimate sleeper kit? What do you think? 🤔
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Sup dude
They sound great so I kinda want them
Great sounding drums!!
They’re legit.
Neither... I dunno where the whole "boomer" insult comes from... these drums are from the 80s not the 60s.
Secondly, these drums were EVERYWHERE for a couple of decades, so they are hardly "sleepers" either. They are just really fantastic, well-made, versatile drums that people kinda moved on from... mostly because of DWs hyper-marketing and later the vintage drum craze... But now these are becoming vintage too, lol. I feel so damn old.
And no, I'm NOT a "boomer". I'm gen X... can we please stop disparaging people because of when they were born!?
Hi I work at Yamaha, this set is sick we still sell them at Singapore Yamaha. Lots of people still buy them from us, Awesome set 🔥🔥🎉🎉
I wish I could buy one!
Looks so cheap though.
@@XenoTravisnah looks just like a Yamaha piano can’t mess that up really lol
@@XenoTravistrust me they’re tuff drums
TIMBO
Yamaha Recording Customs are what they are because birch sounds "EQ'ed" naturally, and it's also fairly loud. Not oak or walnut loud, but up there. That said, birch will also sustain forever.
The Recording Customs get rid of that sustain with the mass and tension of the high tension lugs.
I have a birch kit for that very reason. If my kit is completely open with light heads, I can hit one tom, go around the entire kit, and that tom will still be ringing clearly. You can always muffle a kit in any number of ways, but you can NOT open the sound up if it's not there to start. The other great thing about birch is that it has a crazy tuning range because of that sustain. That is great for a number of reasons, and one big one is if you have a big kit.
So regardless of what you get, get something that sustains. You can always use heavier heads, gels, weights, etc. if you want to tone down the sustain. The Recording Custom just does that, and quiets them a bit for you from the factory.
So you end up with a wood that already lends itself well to recording in almost any style, and then taking out what can often be negatives for recording.
There are videos comparing different drums with the same specs, but built with different wood. And the difference between birch and for example maple is barely audible. Poplar and mahogany do sound a little different to be fair
@@llRoBoBinHoll I'm talking about loudness and sustain. Where in what I said did you read otherwise?
There's also a disconnect between acoustic, and recorded sound, and every set if speakers, headphones, etc. will sound different from each other, and to each of us. Mic them with different microphones and they will sound different as well.
@@section8usmc53Walnut drums are loud? (Not challenging you, I only own a hybrid snare.)
@@section8usmc53your comment starts with a statement about the presumably unique tonal characteristics of birch drums. All I’m saying is that controlled tests do not show evidence of this (including a difference in sustain).
And you can trow out all these different variables such as mic placement, etc. But these tests are all done with the same mic set up.
There are multiple videos on UA-cam comparing wood types of various drum kits.
It makes virtually no difference in sound whatsoever.
Thanks for having me on for a sec! Appreciate ya, homie. ❤
You're the man now dog!
Timbo! I love your videos
@@af7119 Classic. 🤣♥
@@williescott5439 Thanks Willie! I appreciate ya!
Those fills are so clean you could eat off them!
Happy to see Tim get some love! His channel is great
Thanks dude!
In 1988 my folks took a chance and bought me a Yamaha Recording Custom kit. I have since parted with it, regrettably, but they’ve since come back into my collection. They do anything, and they do it well. There’s some specific applications that some drums do better but for the vast majority of music any of us are gonna play, they’re AMAZING.
FTR gadd used a Ludwig snare forever with his recording custom so it tracks about being recorded the most. Your drums sound great!
@@RhymesWithCarbon - Sounds to me like your folks are awesome!
😊👍
When your parents bought you such a drum kit, that fact told all of you. It talks volumes....
@@mightyV444 They are
I have a '87 10-12-13-16-22 Piano Black Power Recording Custom "made in Japan" with the 6'5-14 parallel strainer steel snare. I am also a sound guy and I noticed that the shells all sound deeper then the shells would indicate. Some ppl say that the kick isn't that full sounding but just change the bassfreq on your EQ from 63 hz to 56 hz (which is normally a 24" inch kick setting) Also a reason why the kit sounds so recognisable is because it's been sampled for a lot of the standard General MIDI drum machines. I don't know if this is true. But ppl told me that if you want to buy the same quality as the 80's RC's you buy a kit from the osaka based brand SAKAE.
I ordered mine in 91 i think. Still rockin every day.
I’ve had a Yamaha stage custom for maybe 17 years and I love it. Hundreds of gigs and sounds amazing for a cheapish kit
Wow! You were definitely flowing on those drums. Great work! 🥁❤️
I was always under the impression that Gretsch USA customs were the most recorded drums in history, simply because every audio engineer wanted them in the studio. But I can totally get behind these as well. Beautiful drums, and there's absolutely a reason why so many greats have played them. Time for a come back!
I don't have a Recording Custom, but I do have a Stage Custom Birch I bought brand new a couple years ago. My first Yamaha kit and I'm very impressed with it. Best sounding intermediate kit at a value. It's been my main gigging kit since purchase and everyone from my band mates, sound guy, and fellow drummers who check out the show love how it sounds and looks
Just got a Stage Custom Birch bop kit myself and can say the same thing: looks great, sounds great, and gets a lot of compliments. 12" rack, 14" floor, 18" kick, 14" SC Birch snare bought separately, currently fixing up a '67 Rogers Dynasonic for it
My only experience with recording customs was helping out with setup at Drum Center in NH at their latest location. We split up to unbox, put together and display kits. What a joy to have that experience with a beautiful recording custom kit! I then noticed how perfect everything was. Shell interiors, edges, and it tuned up like a dream!
Babe, wake up rdavidr just posted
Babe, wake up rdavidr is reviewing a kit he actually bought (allegedly)!
This is how you get ahold of your girl?😂
Why do people make these stupid comments?
Can everyone please stop posting this same 'babe wake up' comment all the time. My babe is getting zero sleep right now.
You are obviously not in a relationship…..Tom
I have a 8", 10", 12", 13" toms and a 16" floor tom and a 20" kickdrum. Never gonna sell them.
thats a rad set up!
I'm not surprised, Roger! 😊
Rick rolled
7:48 This was what I was about to say.. 😂 I have been watching you since 2015 and you greatly have improved Dave!
I played a 1983 Cherrywood YRC kit just like Jake's with the mounted floor toms for over 30 years. They are GREAT DRUMS!
In the end I sold them because I wanted a new sound, they were worth a ridiculous amount of money, and I also have a killer set of birch 1992 Eames drums with Yamaha hardware that actually do the YRC thing, but sound even better.
With the money I got for the YRCs I was able to buy TWO kits, a 1965 Ludwig super classic, 12, 13, 14, 16, 22... and a 1979 Gretsch Drop-G Grand Prix kit, 12, 13, 16, 22 and the CoB snare in MINT condition!
Holy CRAP, what a haul! And I wanted a Recording Custom in these sizes forEVER. Wow.
Just here for the cool drums, tasty grooves & an amazing beard.
Dude😮 I've been watching you for years, and you have always been a tight drummer, but there's a new freedom in your playing. Killer stuff, I'll have to check out JPs classes.
Finally, some Carter Beauford recognition! Nobody really talks about him, and it's a shame considering he's one of the best.
He totally is! 🤩 There's a great clip of him drumming along to the song '41' by the Dave Matthews Band, including a single-handed roll across several toms
🤯 😊
Oh man, i dreamt about Peters Grey Recording Customs for months ❤️ amazing Jake keeps them alive 🙌🥁
80's RC's with shallow tom depths and hanging floors is the kit that defined that era for me. Spent the last year sourcing my RC and it's become the go to kit for just about anything. They really are worth all the hype they get!
The difference between the coated Emperors and the clear Pinstripes was quite revealing. It's almost like the Pinstripes are what gave the Recording Customs their sound.
I remember reading a MD article in the 80s with studio great Alan Schwartsberg and he said just about every studio back then had an RC in the drum booth.
I was gonna say you sounded great in this video! Not that you sounded bad at all before, but the improvement is clear - maybe I should check out that course
Back in 2000 I got my RC's used. They were build in '91.
It occurs to me, that I've had them for way longer than the previous owner by now.
So these almost 25 years on I still love them soooo very much.
Funny thing is I've primarily used them in acoustic settings: They lend themselves very well to concert bands, brass bands and big bands - where you both want to blend and occasionally stand out. That's the versatility right there!
been watching you for years bro - never really commented, but always enjoy your videos.
stopped by to say - your drumming has improved so much! amazing segway into the ad hahahaha but i can see the work you're been putting in man!!
can see your mind unlocking things ... hell yeah man!
Jake Reed with the mustache or beard looks like Zach Galifianakis, but clean shaved he looks like Mama Fratelli, the villain mom from The Gooneys. I had no idea he was so versatile.
LOL
"Goonies"
@@briandrum1 I can't believe it took three days for one of you to pop up.
@@legacyShredder1 🤣
I was able to play a yellow Recording Custom on a gig once. I was really new to drumming and knew virtually nothing about drumsets, but I did know that kit felt and sounded great!
I had a 80s and 2011 RC and now I have a 2024 and believe me it lacks nothing .In fact I love my new RC more than the last kits it has way more clarity as well as low end .It's the modern sound it took me along time to understand this but the new kits are amazing.
dudeeee this is literally the best advert for JP Bovet ever posted, such an insane development in your playing so quickly, so clean, fair dues!!
I am drawn to your vids by the content but end up really just loving your drum style. You are a super smooth and musical drummer. Very inspiring!
Wow bro you play so much smoother. Keep improving. Great video as always
My college has a 1992 Yamaha Recording Custom Cherry Finish Kit in one of the practice rooms! Its has 10" and, 12" rack toms, a 14" floor tom, and a 22" kick!
I have a 10/12/14/16/22 w/matching Birch Custom snare, which I bought new in 1996. It’s almost like you can’t make them sound bad. Changing the heads will change up the sound, but it’s always a good sound. I finally settled on clear G2 batters w/clear G1 resos. I told my wife that I want to be buried with those drums.😊
Thank you, thats a great review on a set, thats still awesome! There are not enough features of this kit online....I love the RCs!
Timbos testimonial summs it up pretty much...and he is a great dude, too!
Cheers, and keep on...I'd love to hear more of this RC!❤👍
Thanks for the kind words, dude. I appreciate ya!
For the first couple years of the RC series, Yamaha also made a "Recording Standard" kit. Same shells as the RC, but no stain on the inside, and the shells were wrapped in black, white, chrome, or 'garnet red' plastic. Bass drum hoops were clear stained birch on all finishes. Check out Tony Thompson's set of red Recording Standards in the video for David Bowie's Modern Love. 12x8, 13x9, 14x10, 16x16, 18x16 and 24x14. 6.5 or 7x14 birch finish snare.
I have a 1983 Garnet Red Recording Standard (serial: GA- "Gigging Artist). These had pinkish badges and thinner shells with roundish bearing edges. And pre-YESS mounts with the longer tom holder rods.
Incredible playing man you really killed it!
I’m a Gretsch guy, but the Yamaha Recording Customs are absolutely perfect.
I'm a Yamaha guy and I think the Gretsch kits top the Yamaha.
I thought JR Robinson used Yamahas on Michael Jackson's Off The Wall album. He's one reason I love Yamaha. He's on so many Top 100 pop tracks. JR Robinson used a Gretsch kit on Off The Wall. That famous drum lick intro on Rock With You... Gretsch.
And I collect early/mid-80s RCs. LOL
Sounding smooth with that improvisation Dave. Cheers to you and your improvisation journey!
I have played and owned several Drumsets over the decades. Even a Pearl Master Custom. Most of the time i got unhappy with the Tomsound. After year of sound searching, one day I grabbed my `93 ClubCustom Snare and thought: Still a nice instrument.
After some digging, I ordered my RecordingCustom in 24x14, 13x9, 16x15. Got some Remo Pinstripe and I had the sound, that has been in my head for decades. I haven't get sick of its sound.
Two month ago I ordered a 18x16 Floortom and I can't wait to pick it up.
Now we want Sonor Hilites (or any vintage Sonor)
Excellent playing David! Super tasty chops and fills. I play a mid 90's Stage Custom with the suspended floor tom (!) that was gifted to me 20 years ago.
I talked with the drummer of Atlanta Rhythm Section about a Yamaha backline kit. When I asked him if he liked them he said they are the most consistent drums out there. When he has to play a supplied kit he always requests Yamahas. They sounded great.
As a guitarist who has to use plugins for my drums, the Recording Customs are one of those kits I SPECIFICALLY seek out in a drum program. I have to have that kit somewhere. I bough Abbey Road 80s drummer some years ago and it's still one of favorite plugins ever.
These kits were highly favored by producers and engineers from the late 70s through the 90s they really do go to tape beautifully they sound EQd right out of the box the birch shells really work
sounds absolutely lovely but here to also say that your playing sounds fantastic and after being a subscriber for a long time, it's really to hear and see the progression, great video as always!
i put together a piecemeal 80s RC kit off of reverb! 10x10 Cobalt Blue, 12x10 Cherry Wood, 13x11 Piano Black, 14x10 Stage White, and 15x12 Hot Red, with a 22x16 Cherry Wood kick.
If youre gonna go 80s, no floor toms with legs allowed, HANGERS ONLY!!
Of course, i HAD to pick up the only proper snare that could ever accompany such a kit, the venerable SD-493 14x3.5 brass!
That's the classic Weckl/Colaiuta/Erskine snare. I found one a few years back but got it restored to its former glory. Sadly, the chrome flakes off the cast alloy rims over the years.
By far the best sounding kit you’ve had on your channel. The snare too! You did well, very well 👍
Awesome vid! I love my late MIJ recording customs the most! The craftsmanship is outstanding and they look and sound so beautiful!
Tim rules! My two fav drum youtube drum mans.
Its CRAZY how much better the 12" sounds than the rest of the toms
Ah....Yamaha Recording Customs. My all time favorite drum set. I was fortunate to be able to purchase a full kit a few years ago. Unfortunately not an 80's Japanese kit, but it still sounds awesome. The Chinese made kits sound very nice, but would love to have a kit from my teen years (80's). I've never heard a RC kit sound bad. Mine is 24, 12, 13, 16, 18 and sound massive. Your kit sounds great.....hope you enjoy them.
My brother bought a 70s model Ludwig Supraphonic for $35 ten years ago. He didn't know anything about it and the store he bought it from had it very underpriced. It was a little dirty but great shape. He moved out 6 years ago and left it in his old closet. I spotted it one day and cleaned it up. It's one of the best sounding snares I've played.
Those drums sound amazing! Excellent playing!
I found a YD9000 kit while in Japan for 80 dollars. 12,13,16,20 with matching snare. Still own it 10 years later. I’m probably going to keep it until I die. 🤗
Nice work! I’ve been watching for a long time - keep up the great work. You helped inspire my super music deep dive & arsenal start in 2019. So glad I did! Thank you David! I’ve replied to a few other channels & realized I hadn’t yours. Thank you sir! 👍🏻👍🏻
Dude, this video rules and so does your new/old/vintage/not-vintage RC!
I bought a huge quartz grey RC kit in 2019. Bought a red 24 in 2020, stripped it, and paid an auto body shop guy to paint the shell to match (I got it about 95% accurate, you can’t tell unless I told you) so I had this Massive quartz grey RC kit with two 24s in the middle of the pandemic!!! It was so glorious. Last year, I found a 1983 Y-9000RA kit, also two 24s, also massive, also sounds unreal phenomenal. It can be used for any gig. Next up: a Surf Green RC either this year or next. I love RCs!!
I've got the Carter Beauford replica and the full RC setup. Absolutely phenomenal drums, especially under mics. Great video!
just got one of Dave garibaldi's actual 80s recording custom snare drums. My guess is it's same model you got. Been having lots of fun with it!!
I've always loved Yamaha drum sets. I still remember seeing my first one as a kid. I think they sound incredible
I’ve got an 82 in Mellow Yellow (10x8, 12x8, 14x14, 20x14). And most of the sizes in black (8/10/12/13/14 shallow rack toms, 14/16/18 floor toms on legs, 20x16 and 22x14 bass drums and 14x7 snare). Absolutely my favourite drums, well worth the hype and will never go out of fashion. ❤
That 12" is insane, it's from another planet!
I have played this kit at a festival before 10years but with the origjnal YD9000 snaredrum and only thing i can say is that is a great kit, tuned very easy, selfmufled as is without any kind of moongels or other, they had remo pinstripes and ambassador on snare and sounds amazing!!It was a fantastic experience to play with this kit live!!!
Great playing David,much improved,
That cliffhanger ending tho lol
nice, i have an 87 quartz grey 12,14,16,22 also rocking pinstripes on them, one of my favorite sets!
You know when all of your drum heroes have played Yamaha for a period of time, the company is doing something right.
yep: their PR department has a lot of funding ;-)
Yup , lucrative sponsorship. Professional drummers will pretty much whoever will pay them or kit them out.
Interesting video. They sound like wallpaper. Bland and faceless.... consistent to a fault, if you will. But I'm a garage rocker. Me like the Luds. Love your channel!
I’d love to see a video where you make your own Octabons. Maybe out of pvc pipe?
I just bought a 1983 Yamaha Club Custom kit. Dakur shells. The color was only made for one year. $900 for a 5 piece that just needed a little elbow grease to clean up. Some day I'll get recording customs, but I'm happy with this for now.
that fill at the end...whoa...just beautiful!!
TIM BALTES! I love that guy!
Interesting stuff. And you really have leveled up with those lessons. Nice work
I bought my Recording Customs new in the 1980s and still gig them every week. Cherrywood finish, 8", 10", 12", 15", 20", all power sizes. I mostly just gig the 12" and 15" toms. Pinstripes back in the day were great. Today I use emperors but sometimes put Evans E-Rings on the 12" and 15" to get that warmer sound like pinstripes.
Best editing! So good. Love your content.
I saw that it was a Recording Custom in the Pic and clicked immediately
One of my favorite Yamahas out there next to the Stage Custom ❤
This to most Rock/Pop drummers is like the Pearl Reference kit for most Metal drummers.
I think I'm going to need more Blues Man Tim Baltes.
Owned a cherry RC Yam for years-untouchable live and in the studio.
5.54 ----> Sorry that just SLAAAPPS.
Great video man!
I've got an 80's kit with 10x10, 12x10, 13x11, 16x16 and 20x16. And a Supraphonic. LOVE it to death.
Please never stop making videos!
loved the new drum patterns man!!
20”20”16”14”13”12”10”10”8” cherry red
P Erks’ 12”10” snares
Use ‘em everyday for every gig since 1994.
‘Super versatile and the sound makes me smile every time I play.
‘Been waiting for this vid for years. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 Welcome to the club 🍻
Oh emm gee! 😍 Congratulations, David!
😊👍
Many moons ago, in the early Ninedies, my band was sharing a rehearsal space with another one, and I was allowed to use their drum kit - a piano-black Recording Custom! 😀
It was a 4-piece with smaller sizes (20", 12", 14") and a 14" x 5" Brady wood snare, and while I'm usually not a big fan of deeper shells, that kit definitely was one of the best-sounding ones I've played on! If not THE best one! 😍
They also _look_ cool! I'd been a massive U2 fan in the 80's and in awe of their drummer Larry Mullen jr's black Recording Custom, too! 🤤
I'll have my own one day! 😁
Early ones had unfinished bass drum hoops, by the way (including Mullen's), which did look a bit out-of-place to me, I admit 😄
*PS:* The editing in Stephen's segment is hilarious! 😂
Not a usual commenter, but needed to point out on the “on point” sponsor and guests!! First time I’m not annoyed by those. Keep up the great work Dave!!
I’m a big Yamaha fan (Stage Customs), and I have to say that your RC’s sound AMAZING!!
Fun watch, nice playing, and the kit just sounds amazing.
dang, that slingy mount would sure come in handy
Great playing, relaxed and punchy simultaneously.👍
My drum teacher back in mid 2000s, purchased one that looks exactly like Stephen Taylors, He never really let us play it very much. Mostly learned on his Gretsch ash wood drums that I actually really loved.
Wow. Your drumming has gotten really good!
I recognize that Sam Ash! I worked at the Guitar Center next door for a little bit
Yamaha is absolutely my fav drums, however I just cant get over how Yamaha mounts the rack toms in the bass drum
I am working through the same JP Bouvet Method course and it's great! Highly recommend it
Did anyone notice the tone of the 12 inch being nicer than the two floor toms, a deeper resonant tone..but that kit sounds good!!
🥁😎
I have a classic Recording Custom kit as my main kit at my commercial studio. It’s a nine piece kit with the Rock Fusion Tom’s and dual 22 inch kicks….piano black. I have two other kits, a PDP, and DW collectors series. The Yamaha kit gets used more than all of the others combined. Not even kidding. It’s a classic for a reason.