Beech Drums

I don't believe they have changed the shells at all, they might have changed the lugs to the new nouveau.
I hit on them at NAMM the first year of being introduced, not bad. I have the Jimbo sig snare which is beech and I like the sound of that drum.

I use to own a set of the Beech Customs. The kick drum and the snare absolutely killed! [img]eek.gif[/img] Especially the snare, it had an unbelievable crack sound that could tear you're head off.

I need to get another beech snare again....


I think Randy is right, though. I don't believe they changed anything except the lugs, the color choices, and the price.

"unbelievable crack sound that could tear you're head off"
Sounds like i have to get a beech snare [img]smile.gif[/img]
Swedish drummer without a head!
Jimbo snare is the one with the woodrims right!
I have never tried wood rims, i guess it?s about time,
life is short!

Thanks for the input!

Jan Jansson

Actually, the shells were changed after initial release. For reasons unknown to me Yamaha made the shells thicker, in addition to offering different colors.

They are excellent sounding drums.

Brad

Kewl Brad, I did not know that. I fin dit interesting that on these drums the grain of the wood runs top to bottom instead of the traditional wrap around.

Come to think of it, I believe Roger Biwandu plays Beech Customs. Maybe he'll stop in here and give his take on them.

The new Beech Absolute drums are thinner than the original Beech Custom drums.
I have the new Beech & had the old Beech.
Both are very nice.
I have had all the top of the line Yamaha kits of the past 15 years in all the different woods.
Currently I have:
Maple Custom Absolute, 22,10,12,14,16
Maple Custom, 22,10,12,14
Birch Custom Absolute, 10,12,14 w/22 Maple
Beech Custom Absolute, 20,22,10,12,14,16
DTxtreme & Dtxtreme II
Many Yamaha snare drums.
As you can see, I love Yamaha product

I have had all the top of the line Yamaha kits of the past 15 years in all the different woods.
Currently I have:
Maple Custom Absolute, 22,10,12,14,16
Maple Custom, 22,10,12,14
Birch Custom Absolute, 10,12,14 w/22 Maple
Beech Custom Absolute, 20,22,10,12,14,16
DTxtreme & Dtxtreme II

You really have a Yamaha for every day of the week!
What?s the difference you think betwen
the old and new beech??

here is the true scoop on beech drums. straight from yamaha

The original Beech Custom (8 series) came out almost 7 years ago. 8 ply bass
drum shells 8mm and 6 ply toms 6mm, 1.6 triple flanged hoops. Then these were
discontinued to Beech Custom Absolute (10 series) about 4 years ago and were 7
ply 10mm bass drums and 6 ply 7.5mm toms, 8" and 10" toms were 6ply and 6mm.
These had the 2.3 dynahoop. These were discontinued about 1 ? years ago.
Current Absolute Beech in 11 series and 15 series (Nouveau) are the same shells
as the 10 series but use the aluminum die cast hoops.

I think the old Beech drums had a bit more bottom end. I also had Suade Emperor heads on the top of the toms, that could affect the sound also. Any way you cut it any of the top of the line Yamaha kits will give you an excellent sound.

I bought a set of Yamaha beech custom drums
1 year ago and i like them very much.
The set i have is the "oldest model"
Have anybody ane experience with the new
models compared to the old model.

my drumpage

When they made them thicker, I thought why?
I remember really liking the original series - they had it all attack, tone and great depth. I wasn't thrilled by any of the colors, though other than the pear, they certainly weren't bad. I've heard the newer ones and they still sound good, but given the choice I prefer thinner shells.

I like Yamaha's exploration of other woods. Oak, Beech, Maple, Birch, Bamboo (snare), Fiberglass (oops, not wood!) I wish more majors offered more material choices.