I think the Saturn is the kit that gives you the most value for your money. The quality is top-notch and you could easily compare it to DW, Tama, Pearl, Sonor etc. And the sound is effing AMAZING! These drums deserve so much more attention. I absolutely love my Saturn IV, and I will never sell it. There´s just something truly special about that kit. And I also own a Sonor SQ2. Just sayin.
Depends what Pearl, Sonor, or Tama we are talking about. I have a Saturn IV and they are a great kit but nowhere near my DW Custom or Pearl Reference. If the Saturn was my only kit I would be happy all the same. A good value kit.
I never owned a Mapex, till I found a used one in mint condition with its stock heads on it a few years ago. I will probably never sell it, but if I was in the market for one. I'd seriously be looking at one of these. Just love the Mapex sound
The sustain knob works in live situations as well! When playing small rooms, being able to dial down the sustain without gels or muflers is a great thing. Going to the larger rooms having more sustain is awesome!
in 1999 I spent over $3500 on a DW Collector's series kit. 15 years later I bought a used Mapex Saturn kit for under $700, and it's every bit as good if not better. And the shells are about half the weight as the same size of DW drum. More bang (sound wise) for your dollars than any other kit out there.
I've been playing since 1984 mostly all maple shells. Bought a Saturn V kit and I have to say the way the drums really come out in the mix is incredible!! Even my bass player said something about how good the drums sound in the mix. They are clear and just seem to naturally EQ themselves.
Thank you for this informative video. Please make more videos like this where you dive deep into the details & comparisons. This helps greatly! Those Wuhan cymbals are BOSS too! I like them a lot as well. 👍 Thank you for putting these in the demo.
Just speaking for the brand, I have an armory and it’s bang for the buck is off the charts. Honestly, they could raise the price 30-40% and I still think it would be justified.
Really wish Mapex would bring back the bass drum and floor tom mounting system from the Saturn III ERA. Where they didn’t drill the mounts into the shells. Way more resonance!
I've always considered Mapex drums to be "lower end' and a good kit for beginners. This video really changed my opinion. They sound great and are beautifully finished. And even a drummer at my age would want to give that bottom end a good smacking!
Just got a Mapex Armory kit and it is amazing. Mapex is very underrated IMO. Love the virgin bass drum, sounds so flippin booming! This kit has features other makers make you pay 2 or 3 times more for.
I love my Mapex Saturn kit in root beer burst, I just fell in love with the sound after I hear Greg Bissonette played it and I had to own one. I bought the studioease and added a 8 inch tom and put Remo black suede emperors and ambassadors on it and it gave my kit warmth and low end, and the sound I was looking for
I’m also not a huge fan of the large “M” part of the logo. I wish they just used the part of the logo that is the small rectangular “Mapex” part of it. Other than that the Saturns look and sound great. I have almost pulled the trigger on a couple Saturn kits over the years, not sure why I haven’t.
They sound fantastic, that's for sure, but my mild OCD has a hard time visually accepting that lowered tom mounting ring that offsets the logo badge. Just makes the shell look weirdly off-kilter to my mind, especially as it so drastically differs between shell depths :L Smaller racktom looks squished next to the larger one.
I wish you guys would have done the Birch at the same time so you could have shown the sound difference side to side. I have been extremely in patient in waiting for these to come out. Lol
Great kit! The "Halo" feature as a damper is very nice, studio work made easy, absolutely convenient. The "virgin" kick looks very nice in this finish. Would like to have seen the batter-head loop for kick pedal setup. Tuning lugs (minimal) and hardware look very nice. Missed the actual # of plys for the kit as a whole (5,6,7?) Sounds rich tonally,(sound like Remo Ambassadors) resonance is nice also, even with the coated heads, curious what brightness with Evans heads would sound like on this configuration. Really like the option to customize setup sizes. All in all, very impressed...Mapex has certainly come a long way since back in the day.
My heart goes out to Shane and DCP crew. Great job as always. But, whenever they do a video on a specific item, a lot of viewers often end up commenting on other items in the video instead. For example, "Here is a new snare drum" Response... "We liked the microphone you used to record it" It has to be a little frustrating sometimes after all of the time put into making these videos. Just an observation.
Shane gave an excellent description of what's going on here. Mapex never got the same attention other "classic" Drum brands did through out the yrs. or maybe like a friend said some time ago, "I think they make nice stuff ,i just can't get past the name ,sounds like an appliance." There has been more than one occasion me and my brother Scott walked out of a Drum shop saying ," man those Mapex were the best thing in that place." The maple/birch shells especially. So like you do, you call Tom from DCNH, torment him with questions and order a classic maple Ludwig kit or a Gretsch Kit. The End.
Sounds pretty darn good, actually! Digging the different cymbals in the mix, too. Two different drum brands that often get overlooked are Mapex and Sonor...
Haha!!! I want that bottom end!!! Great video as usual!!! Love the sound, not particularly keen on this Halo mounts. They take away from the aesthetics of the drums. They might look better if they were polished aluminum, but the raw finish really takes away from the beautiful finishes Mapex offers!
@@drumcenternh haha!!! I always watch til the end! No telling what you guys are gonna do? I love your videos and your honesty on the products. Most others just swap the heads out without saying anything or LIE and say these drums come with good heads (Remo UT in the case of the Armory series and DW Design) but I encourage you to try different head combinations once the stock heads wear out!!! You guys tell it like it is and I love that!!!
I owned a set of mapex Orion in the 90s,should of hung on to that kit.The ones being produced today remind me of them. They sound great,the finishes are stunning and there priced fairly in the market place.The only thing I don't care for are the tom mounts.Mapex and there mounting system , I don't know maybe they should try just a simple mount mounted to the drums.Its like Nobel and Cooley I really dislike there mounting system as well. Hopefully the mounting systems will return with tom brackets on the shell and bass drum mounts.I can dream!!! Just not a fan of all these oversized suspension mounts.
I have an older Mapex M-Birch Meridian kit with the old I.T.S and I have an Armory kit with the newer Tom mounting I.T.S. Both work well. I prefer the newer Tom mounting system because of the flexibility of the mount. The tonal difference is better on the side of the Armory kit to my ear.
Beautifol drums... I am SONOR man but same day , newer nou, maybee... Great video and explanation of thad werry nice set. Gretings from Zagreb, CRO Drago
My Armory and Meridian Birch will work anywhere well. They always get compliments on how good they sound. They look great also.I will own a 7 piece Evolution maple/walnut buy years end. I do like Remo emperoer clears or evans g2 clears on top and wide open. But like all of us I will play a coffee table or pillow of that is all that os available. Rock on drum brethren.
Man... that 10" just sings. I have a DW Collector series from the Keller shell era, and it's sounds phenomenal. However... I spent years dialing in the 10" to find the "perfect" tone, via head choices and where it likes to be tuned. This set sounds killer in the full mix with stock heads. Mapex is really dialing there stuff in and becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Still not sold on the look of the halo mount vs the Saturn V and honestly didn't notice much of a difference with it loose vs tight. The sunburst color is gorgeous tho. Just wish they offered that in Saturn V without the halo and didn't discontinue the 5 in general.
I ordered a 16x22, 07x08, 08x10,08x12,14x16,16x18 and a 16x18 Gong. Should be at my Studio around october. Mapex just gives you an awseome soundin drum Set for a Great value…got gretsch Broadkasters and USA Chstoms as well…the Quality of Mapex is way better than the gretsch Sets…. Easy Tuning and top notch Build quality….just awesome, nice drums.
I traded in my Pearl Reference Pure for Mapex Saturn 5. I had been a Pearl guy all my life and just wanted a change up. Definitely not disappointed. The Mapex Saturn 5 has been on par with the Reference.
Nice kit! I couldn't care less about badges and their location. These are really nice drums. Some of the best to come out of Asia. Only niggle I have is the deep bass drum. If they could shorten that up to even 16" that kit would be a total winner.
I may be not the only one but the only issue I have with the Saturn evolution and Saturn is that the toms aren't mounted to the bass drum. I'm tired of seeing toms stands and snare stand with the 12"medium tom in it. Ps: I'm a huge fan of Mapex.
Is it the looks for you or a convenience thing? I don't like using bass drum mounts but I agree that it should at least be an option for those that want it. I got an amazing deal on a three-piece saturn evo kit recently and I love it.
@@mogwix I Totally understand you dear Friend, for me it is Totally cause i Always played drums with the mount system on the bass drums and Always liked this way. And you are right they should include those two options : bass drum filed and Virgin bass drum.
@@metothemoon1227 Got it. I remember back when shell packs all came in 12, 13, 16 with super deep toms and you had to play them really high at a steep angle. I figured out the Yamaha tom holder fit into the base of a cymbal stand and that let me get the rack toms lower and off to the side so I could have my ride cymbal over the kick drum to the right. Mapex was one of the first I remember to have shell packs in 10, 12, 16 with shallower depths, 2.3m hoops, and all-maple shells. The included hardware could do the same tom mount + cymbal stand trick. The bang for the buck you get with mapex is incredible.
@@mogwix Very interesting. Oh yes it was a hell of a good time. These good 12-13 "tom. And you're right, because at the time I had an old pearl, which sounded pretty good but did not hold too much tuning. I also have a vintage tama, but I'm not a fan. I am a new Mapex fan, at my church before there was a mapex orion, which sounded like thunder. I saw a video of a live with Damien Schmitt (french so crazy versatile mapex drummer). Playing on a mapex saturn evolution. It's one of the most impressive live shows I've watched, the sound is just perfect, the trio of musicians play perfectly (damien Schmitt, Hadrien Feraud, Jorge) going from rock, to metal, jazz, pop and all styles mixed. I'll send you the link if you want. You won't regret, it's just eargasmic. The engineer did a great job for this live. So Amazing
@@mogwix For the pleasure of your ears and eyes, here is one of the best live i've Seen, Damien Schmitt trio, the engineer did a very GREAT job too: ua-cam.com/video/tf8fF82x7cw/v-deo.html&feature=share
They sound great and look incredible but that first tom badge seems like it's out of place, just looks weird like the manufacturer put it in the wrong spot.
Mapex is meant to be played for heavy stuff like metal and rock...noone can beat mapex in sound in these genres....for example Chris Adler Lamb of God...
The drums sound good. The finish is very cool. Not a fan at all of the halo mount look. Also it looks like the badges are not on the centre of the drum. Just wondering about the bass drum spurs. I own a Saturn 3 kit and I have an issue with the spurs. Either the spikes are out all the way or the rubber is out all the way you can’t have a combination of both which I feel it should. Does this new series still have the same set up for the spurs?
I think the Saturn is the kit that gives you the most value for your money. The quality is top-notch and you could easily compare it to DW, Tama, Pearl, Sonor etc. And the sound is effing AMAZING! These drums deserve so much more attention. I absolutely love my Saturn IV, and I will never sell it. There´s just something truly special about that kit. And I also own a Sonor SQ2. Just sayin.
Right there with you. Love my Saturn IV!
Depends what Pearl, Sonor, or Tama we are talking about. I have a Saturn IV and they are a great kit but nowhere near my DW Custom or Pearl Reference. If the Saturn was my only kit I would be happy all the same. A good value kit.
I never owned a Mapex, till I found a used one in mint condition with its stock heads on it a few years ago. I will probably never sell it, but if I was in the market for one. I'd seriously be looking at one of these. Just love the Mapex sound
How does it compare sonically to your ears?
I bought at a discount 4 year ago new Mapex Saturn V MH SV504C #PC 10/12/14/20" for 960e, very nice sounding drums!
Mapex Saturns are absolutely a great bang for your buck, always have been.
Def
"Sustain thing" Love you guys! Best drum shop in North America hands-down!
Agreed
Just bought a set today. Should be here in 2 weeks. I'm pretty excited!!!
How's it playing?!
@@anthonyman8008 it's an amazing kit. I have another set coming in a week. It's a gun metal grey. You can check them out on my channel. 😊
@@marcus_mayhem ❤
Well if you got it like that you can send me a set! 😁
@@anthonyman8008 I will be giving away a kit with my 1000 sub.......
@@marcus_mayhem 😮
The Wuhan Koi chinas were what caught my attention most.
Beautiful sounding chinas!
@@drumcenternh do you guys have the Wuhan linear smash China ?
@@ArrowThrills www.drumcenternh.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=linear+smash&cat=
@@drumcenternh ok so you don't have the linear smash China.
Hello Mark here from Cardinal- The Wuhan Smash China’s should land in aprox two weeks 🙏🏻
Mapex Hyundai comparison is absolute spot on. those viagra chinas were awesome
I'm a simple man. I see DCP upload a new video, I click. :)
I like you!
Same here! These videos are just getting better and better!
The sustain knob works in live situations as well! When playing small rooms, being able to dial down the sustain without gels or muflers is a great thing. Going to the larger rooms having more sustain is awesome!
I love those china's. They sounds awesome.
Always liked there sound. I played a mapex back in 89.
Me too, had the old mars kit back in 91.
Well done Mapex!! Thank you Drum Center!!!
Many thanks Roman!
in 1999 I spent over $3500 on a DW Collector's series kit. 15 years later I bought a used Mapex Saturn kit for under $700, and it's every bit as good if not better. And the shells are about half the weight as the same size of DW drum. More bang (sound wise) for your dollars than any other kit out there.
I just bought the Mapex armory series exotic in Ultramarine Gloss, sounds really really good for the $812 I paid for it.
that's a beautiful room. sounds real nice in there too.
MAPEX THE BEST KIT !! SATURN EVOLUTION IS GORGEOUS COLOR AND FINISH HARDWARE
lol.. "the sustain thing" I love you guys. Tony, The eyebrow did it for me..These drums are amazing (imo) Just love them
😉
I've been playing since 1984 mostly all maple shells. Bought a Saturn V kit and I have to say the way the drums really come out in the mix is incredible!! Even my bass player said something about how good the drums sound in the mix. They are clear and just seem to naturally EQ themselves.
Thank you for this informative video. Please make more videos like this where you dive deep into the details & comparisons. This helps greatly!
Those Wuhan cymbals are BOSS too! I like them a lot as well. 👍 Thank you for putting these in the demo.
Thanks for the kind words and glad you liked it!
I love a round bottom too, great review guys
Just speaking for the brand, I have an armory and it’s bang for the buck is off the charts. Honestly, they could raise the price 30-40% and I still think it would be justified.
Really wish Mapex would bring back the bass drum and floor tom mounting system from the Saturn III ERA. Where they didn’t drill the mounts into the shells. Way more resonance!
I've always considered Mapex drums to be "lower end' and a good kit for beginners. This video really changed my opinion. They sound great and are beautifully finished. And even a drummer at my age would want to give that bottom end a good smacking!
Watch a video on UA-cam that demos Saturn and Dw collectors back to back. Many people preferred the saturn tone.
Just got a Mapex Armory kit and it is amazing. Mapex is very underrated IMO. Love the virgin bass drum, sounds so flippin booming! This kit has features other makers make you pay 2 or 3 times more for.
I love my Mapex Saturn kit in root beer burst, I just fell in love with the sound after I hear Greg Bissonette played it and I had to own one. I bought the studioease and added a 8 inch tom and put Remo black suede emperors and ambassadors on it and it gave my kit warmth and low end, and the sound I was looking for
That shell float holder is probably better than the half of the bigger drum companys.
Best drum shop channel on UA-cam hands down!!!!! Ahahahaha I love Shane, what a hilarious guy!!! 😂
Another wonderfully crafted and informative video! You folks are always, top-notch!! Thanks for continuing to make/present these videos!!
You keep watching, we'll keep making.
I know they have to do it because of the mounts but I'm not keen on the off-set badges on the rack toms.
@@BK-fr1qo Our thoughts, too.
I’m also not a huge fan of the large “M” part of the logo. I wish they just used the part of the logo that is the small rectangular “Mapex” part of it. Other than that the Saturns look and sound great. I have almost pulled the trigger on a couple Saturn kits over the years, not sure why I haven’t.
They sound fantastic, that's for sure, but my mild OCD has a hard time visually accepting that lowered tom mounting ring that offsets the logo badge. Just makes the shell look weirdly off-kilter to my mind, especially as it so drastically differs between shell depths :L Smaller racktom looks squished next to the larger one.
I agree. Makes the kit look cheap. If you really look, none of the toms, rack or floor, have the badges positioned alike. I can't believe it.
@@sinabogado2278 yep, they’re trying too hard.
Yeah that would bug me. A smaller very subtle badge for this series would have been a better solution.
Totally agree here.
If it sat above the mount it wouldn’t be a problem. I agree though that it’s placement below looks quite awkward.
Great sounding kit. Love the crack of the snare
Sounds amazing! In low is a killer drum set!
I love my mapex Saturn. Maple/walnut is a great combo and the kits are easily on par with the heavy hitters top of the line
Ah! Hilarious innuendo Shane.😂 love the reviews,You have the best selection and sounding reviews around. Thanks
Snare sounds great!
Those china’s sound amazing.
I wish you guys would have done the Birch at the same time so you could have shown the sound difference side to side. I have been extremely in patient in waiting for these to come out. Lol
Same. Couldn't get our hands on the birch in time for the video.
Great kit! The "Halo" feature as a damper is very nice, studio work made easy, absolutely convenient.
The "virgin" kick looks very nice in this finish. Would like to have seen the batter-head loop for kick pedal setup. Tuning lugs (minimal) and hardware look very nice. Missed the
actual # of plys for the kit as a whole (5,6,7?) Sounds rich tonally,(sound like Remo Ambassadors) resonance is nice also, even with the coated heads, curious what brightness with Evans heads would sound like on this configuration. Really like the option to customize setup sizes. All in all, very impressed...Mapex has certainly come a long way since back in the day.
Wow those sound great and how about that bottom.
My heart goes out to Shane and DCP crew. Great job as always. But, whenever they do a video on a specific item, a lot of viewers often end up commenting on other items in the video instead. For example, "Here is a new snare drum" Response... "We liked the microphone you used to record it" It has to be a little frustrating sometimes after all of the time put into making these videos. Just an observation.
Intro is hilarious! You guys are great, keep it up.
Thanks so much!
Great sounding drums.
Beautiful kit...And that Wuhan!!!
Nice Mapex kit.
pretty good. mapex is improving its drums
I’m with ya on that bottom end there! Guilty as charged 😂
Shane gave an excellent description of what's going on here. Mapex never got the same attention other "classic" Drum brands did through out the yrs. or maybe like a friend said some time ago, "I think they make nice stuff ,i just can't get past the name ,sounds like an appliance." There has been more than one occasion me and my brother Scott walked out of a Drum shop saying ," man those Mapex were the best thing in that place." The maple/birch shells especially. So like you do, you call Tom from DCNH, torment him with questions and order a classic maple Ludwig kit or a Gretsch Kit. The End.
Love mixed brand cymbals.
Sounds pretty darn good, actually! Digging the different cymbals in the mix, too. Two different drum brands that often get overlooked are Mapex and Sonor...
I’ve played them at guitar center and for that sound the price is unreal.
Those new Wuhan China's sound killer!
Haha!!! I want that bottom end!!! Great video as usual!!! Love the sound, not particularly keen on this Halo mounts. They take away from the aesthetics of the drums. They might look better if they were polished aluminum, but the raw finish really takes away from the beautiful finishes Mapex offers!
Wow...you may the first person to watch one of our videos all the way through. Congrats!
@@drumcenternh haha!!! I always watch til the end! No telling what you guys are gonna do? I love your videos and your honesty on the products. Most others just swap the heads out without saying anything or LIE and say these drums come with good heads (Remo UT in the case of the Armory series and DW Design) but I encourage you to try different head combinations once the stock heads wear out!!! You guys tell it like it is and I love that!!!
Damn, this guy in the flannel is wicked on the kit. THATS how you demo a kit
Saturn 3, still the best Saturn for me
ive got one ! From 2007 and still now my workhorse !!
@@pollevanjut I play it for about 5, 6 years, i love it
Nice sounding kit
Sustain thing: loose. 😂😂😂😂😂. Love this channel
I owned a set of mapex Orion in the 90s,should of hung on to that kit.The ones being produced today remind me of them. They sound great,the finishes are stunning and there priced fairly in the market place.The only thing I don't care for are the tom mounts.Mapex and there mounting system , I don't know maybe they should try just a simple mount mounted to the drums.Its like Nobel and Cooley I really dislike there mounting system as well. Hopefully the mounting systems will return with tom brackets on the shell and bass drum mounts.I can dream!!! Just not a fan of all these oversized suspension mounts.
The original I.T.S mount on older Saturns was perfect. Such a shame it's gone now.
I have an older Mapex M-Birch Meridian kit with the old I.T.S and I have an Armory kit with the newer Tom mounting I.T.S. Both work well. I prefer the newer Tom mounting system because of the flexibility of the mount. The tonal difference is better on the side of the Armory kit to my ear.
Beautifol drums...
I am SONOR man but same day , newer nou, maybee...
Great video and explanation of thad werry nice set.
Gretings from Zagreb, CRO
Drago
My Armory and Meridian Birch will work anywhere well. They always get compliments on how good they sound. They look great also.I will own a 7 piece Evolution maple/walnut buy years end. I do like Remo emperoer clears or evans g2 clears on top and wide open. But like all of us I will play a coffee table or pillow of that is all that os available. Rock on drum brethren.
I have 2 mapex Orion series Birdseye maple kits and I love them! I might have to check this series out 🤘
beautiful drums....i am a TAMA guy....but MAPEX will be my choice too.
I love my cherry mist burl Saturns.
Sounds amazing
Have you ever done a China shoot out? BTW, they all sounded really sweet. Drums and Chinas.
ua-cam.com/video/uWV3XuF9e_E/v-deo.html
@@adamfrost8417 thank you!!!
2:40 .... Get it Tony !
Awww yeah! 🤘
sound great
Can't argue with that answer
I was sold on the Polar White until I saw this exotic sunburst 🌞
That Koi China is the best sounding China I have ever heard.
Just switched to Mapex!
You aren't kidding...the Wuhan by the floor tom is money.
Drums are killer! Question about the cymbals,what brand Chinas are those????
Man i love that set and the cymbals wow
Tony!!! Jeeez.. You rock. This kit sings way more than the Saturn V,, I'm a big fan of these drums.
Thank you Brad! Yeah, these are killer sounding drums!!
Great vid. I wish you would put the sizes and tunings in the descriptions.
The sizes are listed in the video, and the link to the kit (with sizes) is in the description.
TREMENDOUS
Man... that 10" just sings. I have a DW Collector series from the Keller shell era, and it's sounds phenomenal. However... I spent years dialing in the 10" to find the "perfect" tone, via head choices and where it likes to be tuned. This set sounds killer in the full mix with stock heads. Mapex is really dialing there stuff in and becoming a force to be reckoned with.
Amazing!
Fun fact: Mapex and Sonor are under the same same umbrella company KHS Musical Instruments!
I wish you could put the black hardware on that finish.
Sounds great 👍👍👍
I'm gonna have them one day !
Still not sold on the look of the halo mount vs the Saturn V and honestly didn't notice much of a difference with it loose vs tight. The sunburst color is gorgeous tho. Just wish they offered that in Saturn V without the halo and didn't discontinue the 5 in general.
I have the Saturn Pro in custom antique ivory - wonder how this compares in real life
Did I hear The Way You Make Me Feel groove being played!!
I ordered a 16x22, 07x08, 08x10,08x12,14x16,16x18 and a 16x18 Gong. Should be at my Studio around october. Mapex just gives you an awseome soundin drum Set for a Great value…got gretsch Broadkasters and USA Chstoms as well…the Quality of Mapex is way better than the gretsch Sets…. Easy Tuning and top notch Build quality….just awesome, nice drums.
lets see a demo video on those chinas!!!
Omg lost it at the ending im dead...you guys cracked me up
I traded in my Pearl Reference Pure for Mapex Saturn 5. I had been a Pearl guy all my life and just wanted a change up. Definitely not disappointed. The Mapex Saturn 5 has been on par with the Reference.
The bearing edge has more of an impact than the tonewood. Mapex does theirs better.
Sounds great. What's the deal with the halo ring? I hate metal running across the front of the drum.
Great sounding drums but who decided on the badge placement on the toms? So unsightly.
Powerful.
Why the hell is that opening music so damn loud???
this maple/walnut/maple is actually the same as the BP Velvetone drums ?
Nice kit! I couldn't care less about badges and their location. These are really nice drums. Some of the best to come out of Asia. Only niggle I have is the deep bass drum. If they could shorten that up to even 16" that kit would be a total winner.
They make these kits with 22”x16” kicks. I have one
Shane, what is your favorite drum maker?
I may be not the only one but the only issue I have with the Saturn evolution and Saturn is that the toms aren't mounted to the bass drum.
I'm tired of seeing toms stands and snare stand with the 12"medium tom in it.
Ps: I'm a huge fan of Mapex.
Is it the looks for you or a convenience thing? I don't like using bass drum mounts but I agree that it should at least be an option for those that want it. I got an amazing deal on a three-piece saturn evo kit recently and I love it.
@@mogwix I Totally understand you dear Friend, for me it is Totally cause i Always played drums with the mount system on the bass drums and Always liked this way. And you are right they should include those two options : bass drum filed and Virgin bass drum.
@@metothemoon1227 Got it. I remember back when shell packs all came in 12, 13, 16 with super deep toms and you had to play them really high at a steep angle. I figured out the Yamaha tom holder fit into the base of a cymbal stand and that let me get the rack toms lower and off to the side so I could have my ride cymbal over the kick drum to the right. Mapex was one of the first I remember to have shell packs in 10, 12, 16 with shallower depths, 2.3m hoops, and all-maple shells. The included hardware could do the same tom mount + cymbal stand trick. The bang for the buck you get with mapex is incredible.
@@mogwix Very interesting. Oh yes it was a hell of a good time.
These good 12-13 "tom. And you're right, because at the time I had an old pearl, which sounded pretty good but did not hold too much tuning.
I also have a vintage tama, but I'm not a fan.
I am a new Mapex fan, at my church before there was a mapex orion, which sounded like thunder.
I saw a video of a live with Damien Schmitt (french so crazy versatile mapex drummer). Playing on a mapex saturn evolution. It's one of the most impressive live shows I've watched, the sound is just perfect, the trio of musicians play perfectly (damien Schmitt, Hadrien Feraud, Jorge) going from rock, to metal, jazz, pop and all styles mixed. I'll send you the link if you want. You won't regret, it's just eargasmic. The engineer did a great job for this live. So Amazing
@@mogwix For the pleasure of your ears and eyes, here is one of the best live i've Seen, Damien Schmitt trio, the engineer did a very GREAT job too: ua-cam.com/video/tf8fF82x7cw/v-deo.html&feature=share
Never thought I'd see the Brawny guy grooving on drums.
Anything is possible...
They sound great and look incredible but that first tom badge seems like it's out of place, just looks weird like the manufacturer put it in the wrong spot.
Mapex is meant to be played for heavy stuff like metal and rock...noone can beat mapex in sound in these genres....for example Chris Adler Lamb of God...
Those Koi chinas!!!! What is the size of them? Thx! Great video btw!!!
Links in the description!
The drums sound good. The finish is very cool. Not a fan at all of the halo mount look. Also it looks like the badges are not on the centre of the drum. Just wondering about the bass drum spurs. I own a Saturn 3 kit and I have an issue with the spurs. Either the spikes are out all the way or the rubber is out all the way you can’t have a combination of both which I feel it should. Does this new series still have the same set up for the spurs?
Yeah they should’ve prob come with a different idea for the badges.