Yamaha Yamaha Rock Tour 4-Piece Drum Shell Pack with Matching Snare Drum

Designed from the ground up as affordable, high-quality Yamaha drums with an edgy look.
This Yamaha Rock Tour 4-Piece Drum Shell Pack includes a 22″ x 18″ R-Version kick drum, 12″ x 8″ rack tom, 16″ x 15″ floor tom, and a 14″ x 6″ matching snare drum.

Big Leaf Mahogany Drum Shells
Known for its great beauty and durability, big leaf mahogany has been used for centuries to craft high-quality wood products. The wood delivers a rich and warm mid-low range tone with a short, natural decay. These Yamaha drums also use 100% reforested environmentally controlled material.

R-Version Kick Drum
For drummers that prefer an open, fat sound Yamaha’s “R-Version” kick drum shells are designed with no tom mounts to maximize the drum shell’s tone potential.

YESS!
The tom drum shell is equipped with Yamaha’s original YESS mount, which minimizes mount-to-shell contact—to enhance the Yamaha drum’s resonance, increase dynamic range, and produce longer sustain.

Floor Tom Legs
Large vertical floor tom brackets are fitted for drummers who play with intensity.

Kickin’ Front Head
The kick drum head is emblazoned with a prominently positioned Yamaha logo mark that looks sharp and is easy to spot even when the Yamaha drums are positioned at the back of the stage.

Pinstripe Drumheads
Tom and floor toms are fitted with Remo Pinstripe Heads for massive punishment and durability.

If you have your sights set on becoming a rock drummer, it’s important that the drums you are playing will help you reach your goal. The Yamaha Rock Tour Series drums that comprise this drum shell pack are the perfect choice, delivering a solid, powerful sound with sharp attack that will cut through and get you noticed. Hardware and tom drums offer quality inherited from Yamaha’s high-end kits, and the sets provide excellent durability and performance.

Cymbals and hardware not included.

Yamaha Yamaha Rock Tour 4-Piece Drum Shell Pack with Matching Snare Drum Features:
Yamaha Drum Shell Pack
22″ x 18″ R-Version kick drum
12″ x 8″ rack tom
16″ x 15″ floor tom
14″ x 6″ Rock Tour snare

6 plies of Big Leaf Mahogany
2 plies of ash
100% reforested environmentally controlled material
R-Version kick drum shell designed with no tom mounts to maximize tone potential
Tom shell equipped with Yamaha’s original YESS mount, which minimizes mount-to-shell contact
Tour Custom-style chrome lugs
Large vertical floor tom brackets
Large Yamaha logo on kick drum head
Tom and floor toms fitted with Remo Pinstripe Heads
Remo Ambassador head on snare
These Yamaha drums can withstand a rigorous touring schedule and still provide unmatched tone when in the recording studio.

Rating:
Awesome quality. Killer looks. Yamaha name. Comes standard with Remo pinstripe heads…This is one great drum set at a great price. The edgy looks are beautifully crafted on this cutting edge Yamaha drum set. Solid, powerful sound for rock drummers.

Yamaha DTXpress IV Electronic Drum Set

The Yamaha DTXpress IV Electronic Drum Set features an all-new and improved palette of high-fidelity sounds, great-feeling responsive drum pads, and advanced tools for refining your groove and sharpening your timekeeping skills.

The redesigned DTXpress IV module features 427 high-quality drum/percussion voices with 22 keyboard/effect voices. An advanced programmable metronome with Groove Check feature lets you work on your drumming accuracy and sticking precision. The module lets you record your own single-track songs and trigger them from the pads or play along with the preset styles.

Plug the Yamaha DTXpress IV in to the sound system of your choice, or use the headphone jack and aux in jack to practice or play along with prerecorded tunes anytime and anywhere in privacy. The DTXpress IV Special makes it all possible with better sounds than ever before!

Yamaha DTXpress IV Electronic Drum Set Features:

* DTXpress IV module
* 2 – TP65S dual-zone pads
* 4 – TP65 single-zone pads
* one – PCY130SC 3-zone cymbal
* KP65 kick pad
* HH65 hi-hat controller
* Rack
* Polyphony: 32-note
* Voices: 427 drum & percussion, 22 keyboard/effects
* Drum kits: 50 preset, 20 user
* Dual voice capability
* Effects: Reverb x 16 types, master EQ
* Trigger setups: 7 preset, 4 user
* Pad controller: snare adjust, tuning, tempo
* Pad functions: drum kit
* INC/DEC, Click set INC/DEC, Tempo INC/DEC, Click ON/OFF
* Pad songs: Start/Stop, Chase, Cut Off, 3 simultaneous songs
* Sequencer
* Note capacity: 16,000
* Note resolution: 96 PPQ
* Track: 1
* Songs: 3 demo, 41 practice songs, 19 pad songs, 20 user
* Metronome
* Tempo: 30-300BPM, tap tempo
* Beat 1-9
* Timing: Accent, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note, triplet
* Click sound sets: 6 preset, 1 user
* Click presets: 30
* Click timer: 0-600 seconds
* Connectors:
* Trigger inputs: 8
* Outputs: L/Mono, Right
* Headphone jack, Aux in
* MIDI out

A single drummer can sound like a whole band with the DTXPress IV.

Rating:
Great, inexpensive start into the electronic drum genre. Great practice set. Includes a wide range of drum sets. Customizable and gets great reviews on the vendor’s site. The price is low and will allow a drummer to easily try out what electric sets are all about.

Yamaha Gigmaker 5-Piece Shell Pack

This Gigmaker 5-Piece Shell Pack is the perfect solution for the beginning or intermediate player who wants the quality of a Yamaha kit, without the hefty price tag.

The Gigmaker kick drum shell is 7 plies of basswood/poplar, and the floor toms, rack toms, and snare drum shells are 6 plies of basswood/poplar. Each drum features triple-flange, 1.6mm steel hoops and pro-quality lugs—eight on the kick and snare, six on the rack and floor toms. The springless design of these popular lugs utilizes a structure that effectively eliminates unwanted noise.

Hardware and cymbals not included.

Yamaha Gigmaker 5-Piece Shell Pack Features:

* Drum sizes included:
* 22″x 16″ kick drum
* 13″ x 9-1/2″ and 12″x 9″ mounted toms
* 16″ x 16″ floor tom
* 14″ x 5-1/2″ wood snare

Shell Construction:
* Kick drum is 7-ply basswood/poplar
* Floor toms, rack toms, and snare drum are 6-ply basswood/poplar
* 8 lugs on kick drum and snare drum
* 6 lugs on toms and floor tom
* 1.6mm steel triple-flange hoops
* Includes tom holder

Hardware and cymbals not included

Surprise yourself with the high quality of this inexpensive shell pack.

Rating:
Solid drum set. The Yamaha Gigmaker drum set is a great first step for the beginner drummer and even intermediate drummers alike. Yamaha shells are high quality, which means even their lower priced drum sets like this one can get some good sound projection. Change out the factory heads and really open them up. Having played a few different Yamaha entry level kits, I can definitely say that these kits make for a sound investment. Set yourself up with a low price cymbal pack and some low priced, Sound Percussion drum hardware, and your in the whole set up for cheap.

Yamaha DTXPLORER Electronic Drum Set

The Yamaha DTXPLORER is an electronic drum set that brings Yamaha’s renowned electronic drum technology within reach of the beginner, hobbyist, and educator. The 5-piece electronic drum kit features high-impact single-zone rubber pads with natural feel and rebound, a kick pedal, hi-hat controller module, rack, and coded cabling for easy set-up. At the heart of the DTXPLORER is its compact trigger module, with a 16-bit/32-note polyphony tone generator that produces amazingly realistic, physically modeled voices. Choose from 214 drum and percussion sounds, 22 preset songs, and 32 preset drum kits covering rock, funk, jazz, reggae, and Latin styles. An array of onboard digital effects let you tweak your sound to your liking. Create and store up to 10 custom kits. The module also includes the Groove Check practice feature, a multifunction metronome, backlit LCD display, and simple plug-and-play connections. Auxiliary and MIDI inputs expand the kit’s versatility, allowing you to connect to a PC or other device. The headphone output allows quiet practice.32 Factory Kits, 10 User Kits, 214 Voices The 32 factory-programmed kits give you a wide variety of kits that can be used in almost any musical situation. The 10 user kits allow you to build custom kits using any of the 214 voices for your particular needs as a musician.Groove Check with Rhythm Gate The DTXPL module has Yamaha’s popular Groove Check function, but takes it to the next level as a learning tool. You can engage the Rhythm Gate so that when you play out of time the module will mute the drums until you get back in time with the click.

Multi Zone Inputs The snare input will accept a three-zone pad (not included) giving you the head, rim shot, and cross stick sounds. The cymbal inputs will accept dual zone cymbals and allow cymbal choking.Includes a Bass Drum Pedal The DTXPL comes complete with an FP-6210 strap drive pedal so you don’t have to purchase a pedal separately.

Yamaha DTXPLORER Electronic Drum Set Features:

* High-impact single-zone rubber pads with natural feel and rebound
* Kick pedal
* Hi-hat controller
* 16-bit/32-note polyphonic tone generator
* 214 drum and percussion sounds
* 22 preset songs
* 32 preset kits in various styles
* 10 User Kits
* Create and store up to 9 kits
* Onboard digital effects
* Auxiliary and MIDI inputs
* Headphone output
* Groove Check with Rhythm Gate
* Multi Zone Inputs

Complete Five Piece Electonic Drum Kit
* 1 snare pad
* 3 tom pads
* 1 kick pad
* 1 hi-hat cymbal pad
* 2 cymbal pads
* 1 bass drum pedal

Rating:
Great starter electronic drum kit. I’ve done quite a bit of research, but to be honest, have never played it. I’m looking forward to trying it out some day. Yamaha makes quality instruments. Their acoustic drums are some of the best sets made.

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Yamaha Double Bass Drum Pedal – Double Chain Drive

This Yamaha bass drum pedal features a heavy-duty angled floor base plate, horizontal frame brace, quick-release hoop clamp, spring lock system and independent footboard adjustment.

Rating:
Yamaha quality meets Yamaha engineering. This is one smooth double bass pedal. Chain drive=smooth operation. Pedal has a very minimalistic design and seems very solid. Adjustable beaters give you fine tuning ability to get the action in the pedal that you want to achieve. Heel area includes extruded bars to keep the heel firmly in place.