Drum Kits · Models

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C&C Player Date

Drum kit · United States

Player Date kits use thin mahogany, poplar, or maple shells with reinforcement rings and minimal hardware, and the resulting warm, quick-decaying tone put C&C behind a wave of Americana and indie rock records.

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WFL Super Classic

Drum kit · United States

Built while Conn held the Ludwig name, WFL kits are Ludwig drums in everything but the badge — same shells, same lugs, same factory, same man. They trade a little below their Ludwig equivalents for no reason a drummer can hear.

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Dixon Little Roomer

Drum kit · Taiwan

The Little Roomer packs a full kit into small diameters and shallow depths so it fits on a stage that cannot hold a 22-inch bass drum, and it ships with hardware built for the same constraint.

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Sonor Martini

Drum kit

The Martini is a genuinely small kit — a 14" bass drum, 8" and 13" toms, and a 10" snare — built for cafés, buskers, and drummers who have to carry the thing up stairs.

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Tama Imperialstar

Drum kit · Japan

Imperialstar is Tama's complete entry-level and intermediate drum series, built with 8mm 6-ply poplar shells for a full, warm tone with medium attack. Kits ship ready to play with hardware and Tama's precise bearing-edge cutting for open, responsive tuning across many genres.

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Mapex Venus

Drum kit · Taiwan

An all-inclusive entry-level drum kit series with 100% poplar shells and SONIClear bearing edges, aimed at first-time drummers and supplied as a complete setup.

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Tama Club-JAM

Drum kit · Japan

A compact drum kit series built on poplar shells (7-ply, 7mm) in small sizes for portability and tight stages, delivering a focused yet deep tone for club and cafe gigs.

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Pearl Roadshow

Drum kit · Japan

Pearl's entry-level complete drum kit series built on 9-ply poplar shells and supplied as a full set with hardware and cymbals, aimed at beginning drummers.

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Gretsch Brooklyn

Drum kit · United States

The Brooklyn is a USA-made Gretsch drum series built with 6-ply North American maple and poplar shells, made slightly thicker than Gretsch's USA Custom. It uses 30-degree bearing edges and classic Gretsch 'Silver Sealer' shell interiors for a punchy, vintage-leaning voice.

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PDP Centerstage

Drum kit

Centerstage is a full package — shells, hardware, throne, and cymbals — aimed at a first kit, using poplar shells and PDP's own hardware rather than an unbranded set.

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DW Collector's Series Classics

Drum kit · United States

The DW Collector's Series Classics is a vintage-voiced configuration of DW's flagship line, built to revive big-band-era drum tone with modern construction. Its shells pair a 3-ply poplar-and-mahogany core with maple reinforcement hoops and DW's vintage-style 'butter' bearing edge for dark, punchy, quick-sustaining tones. It offers the Collector's Series' full range of finishes, shell sizes and hardware options.

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Pearl Export

Drum kit · Japan

The Export (EXX) is Pearl's best-selling drum series, reintroduced in 2013. Its shells use Pearl's Superior Shell Technology to blend premium poplar and Asian mahogany plies into a 6-ply shell for a warm, punchy tone with strong projection, and the kits use Pearl's Opti-Loc tom suspension mounts.

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Ludwig Club Date

Drum kit · United States

Club Date used the same thin shells as the professional lines with simpler mounting and less hardware, which made it cheaper then and, because there is less metal touching the shell, sought after now.

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Ludwig Downbeat

Drum kit · United States

A 20" bass drum, a 12" tom, and a 14" floor tom — the configuration Ringo Starr played and the one every jazz and small-club drummer bought. Its size is the reason 1960s records sound the way they do, and the reason the format came back.

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Ludwig Super Classic

Drum kit · United States

A 22" bass drum with two toms, in three-ply mahogany and poplar with maple reinforcement rings — thin, resonant shells that are loud without being hard. Along with the Downbeat, this is the kit most 1960s and 1970s American records were made on.