The CHEAPEST Acrylic Drum Set You Can Buy!

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• RD

  @rdavidr · 3 years ago · pinned

  Who here plays an acrylic drum set? I'm curious how this kit stacks up against others 🤔

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• CA

  @Cancun771 · 3 years ago

  Sticking that knife in there was the drummerest move I had to witness on this channel so far.

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• JN

  @jnmonsanto · 3 years ago

  this kit sounds WAY better than what I was expecting.

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• NO

  @notnerd3 · 3 years ago

  The thing I'm most surprised about is the ride and hats. They really don't sound all too bad considering how cymbals that come with kits usually sound. The crash isn't something I'd pick but even that is usable.

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• MA

  @marcuszevenbergen4966 · 3 years ago

  I'm amazed at the value for the money. Considering you can find it for under $1000 and it comes with everything you need, good luck finding something better. I fully expected the cymbals to be unusable junk, but they sound at least like real instruments and not cheap filler. The hardware looks just stable enough to get the job done. The bearing edges didn't seem to hinder the sound and you could always touch them up for yourself. I guess you just have to cross your fingers and hope you get everything on the first try!!

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• AL

  @alvaroruizruiz7538 · 3 years ago

  Those drums deserve recut edges, it would be great if you make a video flatting them up and recutting them in a proper outer rounded over edge, then compare before and after and see how important edges are

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• MO

  @MortonFMurphy · 3 years ago

  Not sure you'll ever see this but I wanted to comment for posterity that my son is a huge fan. He turned 3 today and I gave him his first real kit. We watch you every day, and sometimes we watch the suitcase one several times in a row. Love your work, and thank you for your effort.

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  @905Alive · 3 years ago

  A little acrylic history, Acrylic drums were first produced by Bill Zickos from Kansas in 1959 with commercial production beginning a decade later. (Ron Bushy from the heavy metal group Iron Butterfly was the first Zickos endorsee in 1969.) In the early 1970’s the Fibes drum company strted producing acrylic drums along with their fiberglass kits with Bill Cobham (Mahavishinu Orchestra) and Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) and Joey Kramer from Aerosmith playing clear acrylic kits from Fibes. Joey Kramer was probably the longest user of the fibes acrylics although he had to replace many toms and bass drums along the way due to cracking. Then Ludwig came on the scene and got Bonham signed so they got a lot of publicity. IMHO real fibes fiberglass drums are the best sounding drums ever, with the acrylics a close second. This kit has concerns with the rims, I think they will eat heads, and I'm pretty sure these are going to crack a lot. They do sound good.

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• ST

  @StephenSpivack · 3 years ago

  "bass drum hoop made of jolly ranchers" exactly my thought

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• BE

  @BenJamminJamz · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_khL96sCok8&amp;t=577">9:37</a> : &apos;here&apos;s a super awkward drum fill&quot;<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_khL96sCok8&amp;t=603">10:03</a>: <b>absolutely fucking jams a killer Bonham fill</b>

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• EU

  @eucabusas · 3 years ago (edited)

  Wow! Those cymbals actually sound decent unlike brass cymbals that come with entry level kits!

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• KY

  @kylerlemieux9267 · 3 years ago

  I appreciate the throwback to you stabbing through the drumheads. 😂🤘

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