We gig the kit and it excels in a live setting, coming through loud and clear - not just in terms of volume but also on a frequency level as well.
The reverse flange hoops make a notable contribution, ensuring the sound is full-bodied yet controlled rimshots light up fills without obliterating the surrounding notes and sensitivity is excellent. It manages to keep a foot in each camp, proving to be deft and articulate yet capable of impressive power. It's safe to say that it's more suited to those of us influenced by Dave Grohl than Tony Williams.Īt 6" deep the snare sits somewhere between the snappy response of a shallower drum and the depth of note that an altogether bigger snare provides. The sizes, layout and sheer character of the kit leave us with no option but to really get stuck in and the drums respond to every dynamic increase. Similarly, the toms rip through the mix with an ease bordering on nonchalance, their opening salvos rounded out with generously proportioned notes. This is immediately evident with the bass drum which delivers a big, aggressive note with little in the way of excess in overtones or decay, despite being undampened and unported.
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Indeed the drums punch through with urgency, aided no doubt by the presence of the ash, while the influence of the maple ensures they carry a full set of frequencies and bags of warmth. "It's safe to say that it's more suited to those of us influenced by Dave Grohl than Tony Williams" One-up/one-down is this writer's preferred configuration, so this kit has got 'play me' written all over it from the moment it's unboxed.Īsh is often favourably compared with birch as it tends to be clean, focussed and immediate, so pairing it with maple - a deeper, fuller-sounding wood - ought to offer the best of both worlds. Taiwanese- manufactured single-ply Remo heads are supplied with the kit with the exception of the bass drum all of the batters are coated. Regular 2.3mm hoops are fitted on the toms while the snare sports reverse flange (turning in rather than out) hoops of the same chunky dimensions. The satin finish found on the lugs extends to the hoops, bass drum claws and spurs, floor tom legs and brackets, snare release and butt-end, and the four-spoke suspension mount (a clever design which enables head changes while the tom is mounted). Pairs of rubber gaskets insulate each lug where it meets the shell and the proportion of lugs to drums is spot on.
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The lug design - along with the rest of the shell hardware - is unique to Crush and combines a compact footprint with a bridge profile (they do not make contact with the shell along their full length due to a small inner arch between the fixing points that leaves a gap of free shell). These have been chosen by Crush as being the most appropriate for each particular drum and are all accurately cut. Three different bearing edges are found across the kit, one for each shell variation. Crush felt that the thinness of the tom shells warranted the rings (the extra plies in the bass drum and snare means that they are not required on these drums).Īll of the shells have vertical seams (though interestingly those on the reinforcement rings are diagonal) and inside the surfaces have been sanded to an exceptionally smooth finish. While the bass drum and snare are straight-sided, the tom and floor tom both have additional 4-ply maple reinforcement rings. Three different thicknesses of shell are employed across the kit: the toms partner two central plies of maple with the four ash plies, making them 6-ply/4.8mm thick, the bass drum features four middle plies of maple (8-ply/6.4mm) and the snare has a total of six maple plies, making it 10-ply/8mm. The shells are a blend of European ash and North American maple, with the two inner and outer plies of each drum being ash. In the case of the review kit this complements the black and silver look perfectly. Regardless of the finish the shell hardware comes satin-coated as standard.
If this is a little too contemporary for your palette, two glossy options (Vintage Sunburst Lacquer and High Gloss White with Silver Sparkle) are also available. The choice of matte is bang up to date as non-glossy paint jobs are becoming increasingly popular on cars (and even bikes). Combining a matte black stain with silver highlights picking out the grain patterns, it's a simple but eye-catching concept that celebrates the wood's natural features whilst at the same time oozing modernity and urban chic. For a start there's the arresting finish (called Trans Satin Black with Silver Sparkle) which, unlike the wrapped finishes found on Sublime E3 kits, is a lacquer.