Sadly. my concept maple (like many others) had 7 out of 8 shells with unusable bearing edges. I had to have them professionally re-cut. A couple of the drums had bad overlapping seams. I'd steer anyone away from these inferior kits. I recommend yamaha, Tama, pearl and mapex at this price point. Thier quality and attention to detail is far superior. PDP is a poorly made product. Any questions? Talk to a guitar center about exchanges and returns.
Well, starting at the top...1. Cx/lx/mx (Mexico) had a 30% return rate, as verified by 3 different guitar centers. I have seen the terribly flawed shells, wraps, and edges myself. 2. The Asia made stuff cut that figure down considerably, but also much higher than reported bad kits from other companies. 3. The PDP rep was dumb enough to admit to me that he took my PAID FOR 10" tom and sent it to Long and Mcquade in Canada, and I would have to wait for a replacement. 4. That leads me to the atrocious customer service. And finally, the stock edges (even when correct) are not very good at all. The sharp 45 close to the edge of the tom robs tone. My newly cut edges sound much fatter and tune to a much wider range than factory. While you may have had luck, many do not. I will never buy from them again.
Sounds really good and such a beautiful finish! Loved the stick throw at the end too. ;)
sounds good except for the soultones.
Ditto... im going to throw my sticks....right now
Sadly. my concept maple (like many others) had 7 out of 8 shells with unusable bearing edges. I had to have them professionally re-cut. A couple of the drums had bad overlapping seams. I'd steer anyone away from these inferior kits. I recommend yamaha, Tama, pearl and mapex at this price point. Thier quality and attention to detail is far superior. PDP is a poorly made product. Any questions? Talk to a guitar center about exchanges and returns.
Man that sucks. I have had 3 PDP kits with no problems. M5 maple, Platinum kit and the concept maple.
Well, starting at the top...1. Cx/lx/mx (Mexico) had a 30% return rate, as verified by 3 different guitar centers. I have seen the terribly flawed shells, wraps, and edges myself. 2. The Asia made stuff cut that figure down considerably, but also much higher than reported bad kits from other companies. 3. The PDP rep was dumb enough to admit to me that he took my PAID FOR 10" tom and sent it to Long and Mcquade in Canada, and I would have to wait for a replacement. 4. That leads me to the atrocious customer service. And finally, the stock edges (even when correct) are not very good at all. The sharp 45 close to the edge of the tom robs tone. My newly cut edges sound much fatter and tune to a much wider range than factory. While you may have had luck, many do not. I will never buy from them again.
drumslanga352 that is the factory tom mount.