Canopus Bop Drums

[richiegarcia4]

that depends on how you want to use it. will you be gigging out on it a lot? will you be recording on it? will you be making back any money you spend on it?

Another thing to consider is the Yaiba has triple flanged hoops, and the neo vintage has die cast hoops. This is a pretty significant difference in feel/touch, so you might want to try drums with different hardware fittings to see what feeling you like more!

This is why the Yaiba seems better-suited for gigging. I've been lugging around a USA custom with heavy die cast hoops and it's no picnic.

 

[glaze148]

The ply shells are not made in house. I believe that Keller makes their shells, but remember that their shells are exclusive to the exact design specs that Canopus literally spent years developing in R&D. You cannot order these shells, nor can any other company. They are exclusive to Canopus as the result of their blood, sweat, and tears of R&D. Each drum has not only it's own bearing edge profile design, but also shell ply configuration and layup, reinforcement hoop ply configuration, and also reinforcement hoop length. They developed the ideal specs for each shell size to maximize the fundamental resonance and tone. To top it off, they developed a solid brass single point lug that also contributes to that pursuit of achieving the strongest fundamental note imaginable. Everything is designed to work in concert synergistically to obtain the best possible sound out of every individual drum, contributing to the final sound of the entire drumset. That is why when you pull a Canopus RFM drum out and play it, it just sounds fundamentally bigger and fatter than one from another company. The drums tune up very easily and stay in tune too with those solid brass lugs. Put all the drums together in a drumset and it becomes even greater than the sum of it's parts. They are wonderful drums, for certain. I own three kits and currently have a gold sparkle RFM 24,13,16,18 in MINT condition for sale that I may just end up keeping if someone doesn't jump on them soon. I am phasing out of playing, getting ready for retirement and trying to lighten up the drum collection so I can move and travel light. I would love for these amazing drums to find a really good home with someone who will play them like they deserve to be played. The sound of these drums is a head turner in every sense of the phrase. Canopus bass drums will knock the dust out of the rafters! This 24 is a cannon!

This is the first I’ve heard that the shells are a Keller exclusive. It says a lot about Keller that they honor an agreement to protect Canopus, whose volume is not likely very high. I’m guessing that a few other makers have approached Keller to try for access to those exact shells. That’s how it works in other industries, and sometimes the manufacture sneaks some out the back door. Canopus deserves their unique status, and Keller protection.

 

[vinnyrac63]

Canopus are the new Gretsch.
I have a Yaiba bop kit. Swapped out the triple flange for die cast hoops. Vast improvement.

Played a Neo Vintage kit at Maxwell's last year before everything shut down. Could not believe how solid these drums felt and how easily they tuned up.

I believe the kit at Small is an RFM and is probably the single best marketing tool Canopus has going. Farnsworth plays the snot out of them.

 

[JimmySticks]

Canopus are the new Gretsch.
I have a Yaiba bop kit. Swapped out the triple flange for die cast hoops. Vast improvement.

Played a Neo Vintage kit at Maxwell's last year before everything shut down. Could not believe how solid these drums felt and how easily they tuned up.

I believe the kit at Small is an RFM and is probably the single best marketing tool Canopus has going. Farnsworth plays the snot out of them.

I'm not sure swapping out hoops on a $15-1600 kit with high dollar die cast hoops to get a "vast improvement" is a great advertisement for Canopus. At that price, they should sound pretty darn great right out of the box.

 

[bjisteve]

I'm not sure swapping out hoops on a $15-1600 kit with high dollar die cast hoops to get a "vast improvement" is a great advertisement for Canopus. At that price, they should sound pretty darn great right out of the box.

They do.

 

[glaze148]

Here's Farns playing first the Yaiba @ Mezzrow and then Neo Vintage @ Smalls:

The Smalls kit is tuned a little higher. Honestly, Joe could be playing kitchen pots and pans and I'd still be blown away...

What do you think of the sound of the two kits?

Great job. Both sound great to me. The Smalls kit is perfection.
Wearing a suit and tie also helps both kits sound Jazzy.