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I'm glad they made the bass drum 20". Pitch is determined by diameter, not depth, and many people don't want a 16" or 18" kick that sounds like a tom. Nice. As usual it's always a pleasure to see Nick play.
I just played this kit at a gig last night. I walked up to it very nervous about the sound for such a large outside venue. I gotta say with mics and proper eq this thing surprised the hell out of me
I love that it's 6ply birch and not poplar like a lot of these small kits, the bass drum sounds great for its size, always love Nicks drumming and awesome Drumeo videos
I had my Raven Black SC Bop kit for about a week until I realized the finish is actually stained black not solid paint. You can clearly see it under lights in this video but I didn't have that much light. I'm even happier knowing this. These are nice drums no matter what configuration.
I love this set. The bass drum is perfect with just a touch of internal muffling and no port. It has a nice boom and punch. I was just going to use this for a little practice set. I ended up getting more toms from this series. Mine are the surf green. I got full sized 10,12,13, toms and 14 floor. they sounds great in my room. I'm now going to use these for recording and gigs as well. My other set is a Ludwig classic maple 20,10,12,14 and all maple Signia Larger set with more power toms from the 90's. These stage customs are different but very cool. For small gigs I will use this with whatever toms work for the set. I did have to get some mounts and mount the toms to stands. The BD is too shallow for larger toms. They sit too close and I could not adjust them to sit back enough. If I need a larger BD I'll use the classic maple, with the stage custom toms or classic's. Also the small tom from the hip work great mounted and pitched high...maybe even single head. The snom on the HH side is fun. The snare is great and a different flavor than my other snares...Black Beauty, supra phonic, acrolite, and 14x7 N&C Maple. These Yamaha's are just impressive to me. I did not know I was a birch fan and Yamaha fan until I got these. So many possibilities adding this little set to your collection.
I’ve been a Yamaha guy my whole life, but I went with the AQ2 Safari this time around...now only if the Safari had the YESS system.... uhhhhhhh, I’ll take the tone from Sonor on these compacts, I think they nailed it.
I have owned that kit for a month now . I bought it to incorporate into my Roland TD-17kvx as an electronic / acoustic set up . The color ( Raven Black ) is sweet. Transparent black. Held up to sunlight it has an almost violet hue . Gorgeous. Anyway , the 10" tom sounds the best out of the box. Not too crazy about the 13" floor tom / snare thing. But with the right heads and tuned tight , I feel it has potential. Ditto the bass drum. The 13 x 5 snare matches the theme of this set up and doesn't sound too bad . Again , change the heads. I tuned mine a little on the high side and it rang forever. Tuned it down and it helped but she still rings. I like the floor tom with the wires off. That drum in particular is loud . In a good way . This is a nice kit for a hybrid set up. You could even convert these to full electronic . Wouldn't be cheap but it would look awesome .
Kick sounds nice and low, sounds as if you'd have to make an additional purchase for a traditional 4/5 piece kit though... Yamaha stage customs have been my go to for years. I mostly have played Reggae/Ska, and styles including Afrobeat and Afro-Caribbean/Latin genres. I recently bought the Tama SLP ft/snr combo drum to add to a frankenstein studio kit and it does the trick with a random 16" ft and 10" and 12" Yamaha sc toms with an old random 20×14 kd which sound great all together. Still, I recently purchased a Sonor Safari kit and am really happy with it for jazz gigs and general playing. Point is make your purchasing decisions on what will serve the music and the gig best. I may actually pick up this kit, but the extra purchase for a true ft might put it over for me...
I think the FT/snare combo is out of the box thinking from Yamaha. It certainly makes this kit more unique compared to other small "portable" kits. I just wonder if the FT should have been a rack/stand mount over the legs. However, since the Crosstown hardware is the obvious choice, they probably aren't ideal for hanging a tom off them ?
Honestly, they sound great for their sizes. A little tweaking with better heads and some careful tuning, you'd be in business with something that can fit in a civic.
Hey, Godwin. These are available as a set only. Thanks so much for your interest. Jason Thiele, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
What is hip? Tell me, tell me if you think you know... Cool kit. Wish the tom tuning was better, though. Makes it sounds cheap. 😕 Seems like they were afraid to tune it higher.
What to get? Stage Custom Bop or the Hip? I do have a snare I can put on the Bop, but I dig the form factor of the Hip. Can anyone speak to volume difference between the two? Also best drumheads to use on the Hip? Does the Hip Bass drum put out enough volume?
Hey, jasonalves442. Thanks so much for your interest. I personally like both for different reasons. I really like the hip kit for small bar and outside street gigs. The bass drum is surprisingly punchy. The bop kit I like for a more traditional jazz gig. Both are great. Head selection depends on what you’re playing and what sound you like. I like a more open sound so for me, it would be coated ambassadors all the way. I hope this helps. Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
I think having the kits mic'd is deceiving. Today you could make tin cans and buckets sound great if run thru a board. No shade on this kit, I'm just saying as a general rule. How about 1 overhead?
Hey, Tending Tropic. They are both suitable for funk, for sure. I just like the look of the Tama one better personally. Thanks again. Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
YAMAHA I have spoke to no one that likes the natural wood hoop with this kit and My god that FT snare sounds HORRIBLE but the snare sounds amazing! Not use to Yamaha not hitting it out the park 100%. Seems like FT snare only sounds good as a snare or FT but not going back and forth with the same tuning and tension.
Nick D”Virgilio makes it seem easy to do but make no mistake, Nick is a great drummer. So clean, so musical. Listening to this drums now, I did the right thing buying the Tama Club Jam. The sound of Tama is excellent and I didn't like the sound of that Yamaha.. I think that in transport, the kick spurs of this yamaha are left out of the shell. In my UA-cam channel, there are videos of Tama Club Jam with the direct sound of the camera, and the drums has a much better sound than this Yamaha. That for $ 300 less. With the same amount of money, you can buy the Tama Club Jam, the Tama classic hardware pack (light and brilliant) and there is still money left for drumsticks. This Yamaha is cool, but the Tama Club Jam is much more.
@@AhhGeeProductions not the original where all shells fit in the kick and stands fit in the throne. But thanks anyways, I didn’t remember posting this.
@@AhhGeeProductions I’ve been shopping around for a good, small kit for a while now. Since writing this post I’ve been pretty much convinced to get this custom hip set. Haha I’m sure you care, but the double snare is really selling me.
@@BarronVonSchnoot I’ve been thinking of going for a Stage Custom Bop recently. Would pair with an additional 16 FT. I like the idea of the Hip and the Snom, but less so the bass drum. Hope you enjoy whichever kit you go for!
13" snare is not a versatile weapon. it has no side stick. I have never heard a 13" snare give a nice hollow knock, the way a 14" snare does. This one proves my theory is still intact. The 13" floor tom/snare is very viable as a fat snare. I like this kit, but i would use a 14" snare instead of the 13".
I am really disappointed with Tama, and Yamaha moving their factory to China. Japanese drum products are a superior in quality, but now, they are outsourcing to China. That’s a shame because you can count on Japanese quality. I would rather buy drums that are made in Taiwan or Japan if I was to purchase Asian made drums . Yamaha is a high caliber company and I wish they maintained their manufacturing in Japan. If you want a cheaper alternative, look into The Little Roomer by Dixon Drums. It’s 500 dollars for something comparable. The badge on these drums say made in China. On a lighter note, we have phenomenal drums made right here in the USA.
Lee Michael Oravetz their Recording custom and maple hybrid line are made in China and they’re phenomenal. Playing Yamaha all my life I would argue that they’re quality is better now than ever.
Check out some of thomas langs videos. It's an interesting concept. There was an Italian drum company that made a floor tom where you can control the tuning with a foot pedal similar to a timpani drum. Billy Cobham played one with Horace silver. All about the creativity.
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Thanks for checking out the totally rad Yamaha Stage Custom Hip Drum kit with us! Let us know what you thought of this kit by commenting and hitting subscribe!
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I want the china... need specific info for purchase.
@@johncallegari2721 Thanks for the interest, John! Here you go… www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WCHINA12--wuhan-china-cymbal-12-inch
Can the floor snare drum be purchased separately?
That thing is adorable 🐶
Rob you should feature one on your channel :p Have you ever taught on “low volume drumming”?
BEATDOWN 😬
These are always great, Sweet Water has done us all a huge favor by having Nick do these drum demos!
what a gorgeous set. now we just need some gigs.......
I'm glad they made the bass drum 20". Pitch is determined by diameter, not depth, and many people don't want a 16" or 18" kick that sounds like a tom. Nice. As usual it's always a pleasure to see Nick play.
I agree :)
My 16" Sonar Safari bass drum does not sound like a Tom!
@@williamperri3437 That's not what I said. I was talking about small bass drums in general, not that particular drum. I love Sonor BTW.
@@blickumblickumblick yeah, the 1st Gen yamaha hip gig Manu Cache 16" BD from early 2000's and the Safari are the best I've heard for MINI kicks.
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I just played this kit at a gig last night. I walked up to it very nervous about the sound for such a large outside venue. I gotta say with mics and proper eq this thing surprised the hell out of me
On stage you need a bass mic for this set.
I love that it's 6ply birch and not poplar like a lot of these small kits, the bass drum sounds great for its size, always love Nicks drumming and awesome Drumeo videos
That's how you do a proper drum set review!! Thank you, Nick, you did not leave any question open!
Cool little kit. Always love Nick’s demo’s. He really demos the gear as opposed to showing off what an awesome drummer he is, and he is!
This is hell of a kit. Puts a smile on your face.
I had my Raven Black SC Bop kit for about a week until I realized the finish is actually stained black not solid paint. You can clearly see it under lights in this video but I didn't have that much light. I'm even happier knowing this. These are nice drums no matter what configuration.
It’s awesome now that they got rid of the backing track and just the raw sound of the drums and nick playing
I absolutely love the Uptown Ride!
Yamaha should add a snare wire on the high tom as well. The kit would becomes 3 snares- regular, picolo, and low-tuned snares.
That would be great
Nick is the greatest drum gear reviewer ever.
Think I’m in love. Yamaha does it again!
You at Sweetwater have helped me every time I’ve called and always give me good information
In the practice studios locally they use Yamaha Stage customs which sound good and powerful. Would love to try out this smaller cousin. So portable!
Nick you're the best, man.Always watch your interviews and presentations.You and Sweetwater are a class act.
Man! Nick is a groove machine! He can make Styrofoam sound great. That being said, Yamaha makes killer sounding drums!
I'm a simple man I see Nick, I click like.
Nice demo, Nick! You make it look easy. You play that kit like it’s your own kit. Nicely done!
Nick is such beast on the kit 💪🔥🔥
Great tone on this kit 🤩
Nick is cool, and always super into the drums he demos here.
So nice! I’ve been playing Yamaha since I started and never want anything else.
Nice!
They sound great, and Nick, as always you are laying it down!!
I went with the Dixon Little Roomer Kit. Sounds great with the mohogany shells.
I love this set. The bass drum is perfect with just a touch of internal muffling and no port. It has a nice boom and punch. I was just going to use this for a little practice set. I ended up getting more toms from this series. Mine are the surf green. I got full sized 10,12,13, toms and 14 floor. they sounds great in my room. I'm now going to use these for recording and gigs as well. My other set is a Ludwig classic maple 20,10,12,14 and all maple Signia Larger set with more power toms from the 90's. These stage customs are different but very cool. For small gigs I will use this with whatever toms work for the set. I did have to get some mounts and mount the toms to stands. The BD is too shallow for larger toms. They sit too close and I could not adjust them to sit back enough. If I need a larger BD I'll use the classic maple, with the stage custom toms or classic's. Also the small tom from the hip work great mounted and pitched high...maybe even single head. The snom on the HH side is fun. The snare is great and a different flavor than my other snares...Black Beauty, supra phonic, acrolite, and 14x7 N&C Maple. These Yamaha's are just impressive to me. I did not know I was a birch fan and Yamaha fan until I got these. So many possibilities adding this little set to your collection.
Such an inspiration the ole Nick!!
Beautiful Yamaha compact drum set had a great demo thank you
I’ve been a Yamaha guy my whole life, but I went with the AQ2 Safari this time around...now only if the Safari had the YESS system.... uhhhhhhh, I’ll take the tone from Sonor on these compacts, I think they nailed it.
Gettin' some Tama Club Jam mini vibes
yeah iv been looking all over youtube for a comprehensive comparison but nothing so far :(
I have owned that kit for a month now . I bought it to incorporate into my Roland TD-17kvx as an electronic / acoustic set up . The color ( Raven Black ) is sweet. Transparent black. Held up to sunlight it has an almost violet hue . Gorgeous. Anyway , the 10" tom sounds the best out of the box. Not too crazy about the 13" floor tom / snare thing. But with the right heads and tuned tight , I feel it has potential. Ditto the bass drum. The 13 x 5 snare matches the theme of this set up and doesn't sound too bad . Again , change the heads. I tuned mine a little on the high side and it rang forever. Tuned it down and it helped but she still rings. I like the floor tom with the wires off. That drum in particular is loud . In a good way . This is a nice kit for a hybrid set up. You could even convert these to full electronic . Wouldn't be cheap but it would look awesome .
Nick makes every kit sound good
Kick sounds nice and low, sounds as if you'd have to make an additional purchase for a traditional 4/5 piece kit though... Yamaha stage customs have been my go to for years. I mostly have played Reggae/Ska, and styles including Afrobeat and Afro-Caribbean/Latin genres. I recently bought the Tama SLP ft/snr combo drum to add to a frankenstein studio kit and it does the trick with a random 16" ft and 10" and 12" Yamaha sc toms with an old random 20×14 kd which sound great all together. Still, I recently purchased a Sonor Safari kit and am really happy with it for jazz gigs and general playing. Point is make your purchasing decisions on what will serve the music and the gig best. I may actually pick up this kit, but the extra purchase for a true ft might put it over for me...
Love the fair mix of cymbals
What a great sounding portable affordable option!
Nice touch with the Steve Gadd signature stick!
Feel like this guy spent his whole life preparing to make this video telling me about these tiny drums :D
Love this kit. Really want one. Wish the snare had 8 lugs tho
Tower Of Power type intros that was.
NICK BE PLAYIN' !
That looks and sounds great!
Thank you for the demo!
I think the FT/snare combo is out of the box thinking from Yamaha. It certainly makes this kit more unique compared to other small "portable" kits.
I just wonder if the FT should have been a rack/stand mount over the legs. However, since the Crosstown hardware is the obvious choice, they probably aren't ideal for hanging a tom off them ?
Love Yamaha
A drum kit with 2 snares ? 😮
Cool!
"Hip" is just about right
Thanks for a killer demo, as always, Nick! \m/
I like this guy.
The kit sounds great!!! The snare is alright tho
Looks cool, please do the new PDP New Yorker kit next
Great kit!
I like it..yamaha best quality..
Wow, a new a video. I just discovered this channel and every video is like five years old.
Not for drums. Nick does a drum set video for Sweetwater at least once a month.
Oh god I need another drum kit
Works everytime....
Very cool
Worth buying just for the snare drum and hardware, I would like a maple bass drum instead of birch but hey..
Would make a great A2E
When buying a new drum set, is it a good idea to buy extended warranty?
Portable and pretty good.
I need one of these
Love me some Yamaha drums, even though I play Mapex drums.
Yamaha is the king of birch drums where Mapex is good at hybrid shell configurations
@@6393dude My Mapex is a birch kit & it's phenomenal.
@@6393dude totally agree on the hybrid statement.
Yeah, They're right. This is what hip looks like.
If I were to purchase on of these, would it assure that I can play as well as he does? :p Lol Nice sounding kit!
Honestly, they sound great for their sizes. A little tweaking with better heads and some careful tuning, you'd be in business with something that can fit in a civic.
Wish we could buy the bass drum as a separate option.
Breh can I know the brand of this china ! ? Sounds so amazing
this and a Yamaha superjet, OMG
Fantástic!!!
Can the floor tom/ snare be purchased separately?
Hey, Godwin. These are available as a set only. Thanks so much for your interest.
Jason Thiele, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
You can consider a Tama SLP Duo Birch (14x10) which is great value.
I’m just not a fan of the super shallow rack tom. I didn’t like it on the old hipgig either. It’s tone is just weak
What is hip? Tell me, tell me if you think you know...
Cool kit. Wish the tom tuning was better, though. Makes it sounds cheap. 😕 Seems like they were afraid to tune it higher.
Tower of power?
What to get? Stage Custom Bop or the Hip? I do have a snare I can put on the Bop, but I dig the form factor of the Hip. Can anyone speak to volume difference between the two? Also best drumheads to use on the Hip? Does the Hip Bass drum put out enough volume?
Hey, jasonalves442. Thanks so much for your interest. I personally like both for different reasons. I really like the hip kit for small bar and outside street gigs. The bass drum is surprisingly punchy. The bop kit I like for a more traditional jazz gig. Both are great. Head selection depends on what you’re playing and what sound you like. I like a more open sound so for me, it would be coated ambassadors all the way.
I hope this helps.
Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
Lol I love it but if its for size splash cymbal defeats the purpose still amazing tho
Sand Hats?
What bags do you suggest for this kit?
Slightly off topic: Does anyone know what china this is? Gorgeous!
My guess is: Wuhan China. 16” or 18”?
@@tomificationable Thanks, might be. Thing is: With Wuhan you have to get lucky, they're not very consistent. But some sound great...
It's a Wuhan China 12", there's a link in the description.
Love that china..
This looks cool, too bad I ain’t gigging right now though :(
Change the name to anything but Hip hop and more would buy it..
I’m most interested in that China
I think having the kits mic'd is deceiving. Today you could make tin cans and buckets sound great if run thru a board. No shade on this kit, I'm just saying as a general rule. How about 1 overhead?
Hi 👋
Very interesting.. This or tama club jam series for funk music? what would everyone here say?
Hey, Tending Tropic. They are both suitable for funk, for sure. I just like the look of the Tama one better personally.
Thanks again.
Jason Thiele, Senior Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1391, jason_thiele@sweetwater.com
@@sweetwater thanks jason, do you mean the tama club jam flyer or the vintage :)?
For a moment I thought it was jimmy chamberlin playing
YAMAHA I have spoke to no one that likes the natural wood hoop with this kit and My god that FT snare sounds HORRIBLE but the snare sounds amazing! Not use to Yamaha not hitting it out the park 100%. Seems like FT snare only sounds good as a snare or FT but not going back and forth with the same tuning and tension.
WOWWWWWW!!!!!!!!
what is the model of that china?
Looks like a Wuhan 14 inch china
Thanks for the interest, Marc! Here you go… www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WCHINA12--wuhan-china-cymbal-12-inch
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Nick used the word "cool" 13x.
Nick D”Virgilio makes it seem easy to do but make no mistake, Nick is a great drummer. So clean, so musical.
Listening to this drums now, I did the right thing buying the Tama Club Jam.
The sound of Tama is excellent and I didn't like the sound of that Yamaha..
I think that in transport, the kick spurs of this yamaha are left out of the shell. In my UA-cam channel, there are videos of Tama Club Jam with the direct sound of the camera, and the drums has a much better sound than this Yamaha. That for $ 300 less. With the same amount of money, you can buy the Tama Club Jam, the Tama classic hardware pack (light and brilliant) and there is still money left for drumsticks. This Yamaha is cool, but the Tama Club Jam is much more.
I couldn't agree more with you! I think a Pearl Midtown series kit is better too. I love Yamaha. I don't love this kit.
Just bring back the manu kache hipgig kit.
They still sell it.
@@AhhGeeProductions not the original where all shells fit in the kick and stands fit in the throne. But thanks anyways, I didn’t remember posting this.
@@BarronVonSchnoot true. That’s the HipGig not the HipGig JR. Currently have a HipGig and it’s fantastic (v heavy).
@@AhhGeeProductions I’ve been shopping around for a good, small kit for a while now. Since writing this post I’ve been pretty much convinced to get this custom hip set. Haha I’m sure you care, but the double snare is really selling me.
@@BarronVonSchnoot I’ve been thinking of going for a Stage Custom Bop recently. Would pair with an additional 16 FT. I like the idea of the Hip and the Snom, but less so the bass drum. Hope you enjoy whichever kit you go for!
An 8X22 bass drum would be better
13" snare is not a versatile weapon. it has no side stick. I have never heard a 13" snare give a nice hollow knock, the way a 14" snare does. This one proves my theory is still intact.
The 13" floor tom/snare is very viable as a fat snare. I like this kit, but i would use a 14" snare instead of the 13".
Agree.
First I can do this easily lol
Check out my new drum cover!!🤪
Very cool, but not quite as cool as the 90's Hip Gigs.
I am really disappointed with Tama, and Yamaha moving their factory to China. Japanese drum products are a superior in quality, but now, they are outsourcing to China. That’s a shame because you can count on Japanese quality. I would rather buy drums that are made in Taiwan or Japan if I was to purchase Asian made drums . Yamaha is a high caliber company and I wish they maintained their manufacturing in Japan. If you want a cheaper alternative, look into The Little Roomer by Dixon Drums. It’s 500 dollars for something comparable. The badge on these drums say made in China. On a lighter note, we have phenomenal drums made right here in the USA.
Lee Michael Oravetz their Recording custom and maple hybrid line are made in China and they’re phenomenal. Playing Yamaha all my life I would argue that they’re quality is better now than ever.
Adam Wilson There is no way that anything made in China is good.
hugolafhugolaf that sounds a little ignorant to say.
Why would you want a snare on a tom?😦
Check out some of thomas langs videos. It's an interesting concept. There was an Italian drum company that made a floor tom where you can control the tuning with a foot pedal similar to a timpani drum. Billy Cobham played one with Horace silver. All about the creativity.