Anyone else dislike black drums?

[Skyrm]

When I was shopping for my Stage Customs last year I wanted to get them in White. I like the way they look on stage. My wife said "no". She liked the black ones we had seen at Columbus Percussion, and she'd said they would got well with my Summit snare. Who am I to argue with my wife?!?!

 

[Bandit]

Anything but a wrap, and drums that don’t match.

 

[JohnnyVibesAZ]

I attended the Country Music Fest in Nashville, several years ago. A couple drummers had drums in Black Sparkle or Black Glass Glitter. They looked FABULOUS, reflecting all the colors under the stage lights. That made me want to cover my drums in black sparkle, so I ordered from a known dealer. After I covered the drums, they were a huge disappointment. The sparkles were so tiny that the drums looked to be solid black, just looking at them from twenty feet away. I think I was sold a cheap wrap.

 

[cworrick]

When I was shopping for my Stage Customs last year I wanted to get them in White. I like the way they look on stage. My wife said "no". She liked the black ones we had seen at Columbus Percussion, and she'd said they would got well with my Summit snare. Who am I to argue with my wife?!?!

View attachment 584603

When the wife says "buy drums" you buy drums.

 

[Gordogarbo]

Anything but a wrap, and drums that don’t match.

Yeah.. my main set is miss matched Gretsch drums in faded wraps..

 

[cworrick]

HOW DID WE GET TO PAGE 5 WITHOUT SOMEONE BRINGING UP THIS AS A REASON TO LIKE BLACK DRUMS?!

OR EVEN THIS ONE:

 

[xtranoise]

OK, I will add my PDP Ace to that ...

 

[Tommy D]

My first kit was a black wrapped Tama Rockstar. It was fine for its time, but now I'm not too inclined to buy a plain 'ole black kit. However, there are a number of black kits in this thread that are beautiful. The thing about them, though, is that they aren't just a plain black kit. They either have brass hardware, sparkle inlay hoops, inlays in the shells, textured finishes, matte finishes, etc. IMO, plain piano black with chrome hardware is "boring" by comparison. If I were to go back to black it would need to have something else going on to make it stand out.

 

[blueshadow]

I always wanted a big fancy house and where the baby grand should be I'd put a nice 4 piece piano black Yamaha Recording set.

 

[cworrick]

I always wanted a big fancy house and where the baby grand should be I'd put a nice 4 piece piano black Yamaha Recording set.

Here you go!

And while we're at it, how about something for your end table?

 

[blueshadow]

Ha Ha I've got room for the minatures. There's a joke about a small piano player but not for this forum

 

[rkingston]

HOW DID WE GET TO PAGE 5 WITHOUT SOMEONE BRINGING UP THIS AS A REASON TO LIKE BLACK DRUMS?!

View attachment 584608
View attachment 584609

View attachment 584610
View attachment 584611
View attachment 584612





OR EVEN THIS ONE:

View attachment 584613
View attachment 584614

Are you mocking me? I just asked the same question on page four!

 

[rkingston]

I do like the way the combination of black lacquer and maple hoops look.

View attachment 584593

That is indeed classy.

 

[bob e michael]

bdm .....

 

[cworrick]

Are you mocking me? I just asked the same question on page four!

OOPS. Sorry about that. I must have been scrolling through too fast and missed it.

 

[backtodrum]

I have as big a bias to Black Marine Pearl or any variant of Oyster Black etc. as you do to black drums. It just does nothing for me aesthetically.

 

[dsop]

I had a large set of Black Nitron Gretsch many years ago. At the end of a week long gig, while tearing down, I noticed that my 8" x 8" tom had a strange look to it. Turns out that there was a stage light positioned very close to that tom, and pointed right at it. After a few days of that, the wrap had lost its sheen.
I guess any color wrap would have been damaged, but I think that Black is more affected by light. Never again.

 

[Squirrel Man]

Black Ludwigs matter

 

[backtodrum]

Black Ludwigs matter

Lol!

 

[jptrickster]

Depends on the kit. Always liked my 59 3 plys 12 20 14