Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple Series Kit

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PRICES
Review kit: 22"x18" bass
drum, £1,218;
10"x7", 12"x8", 16"x15"
tom pack, £1,418;
14"x13" fl oor tom, £573;
14"x6" snare drum,
£494
SHELL MATERIAL
Maple-wenge-maple
hybrid
HOOPS
3mm aluminum die-cast
PLIES
Bass drum: 8mm, 7
plies; toms and snare:
6.2mm, 7 plies
SHELL
AVAILABILITY
Toms: 8"x7", 10"x7",
10"x8", 12"x8", 12"x9",
14"x9", 13"x10", 14"x12",
16"x14"; fl oor toms:
14"x13", 16"x15", 18"x16";
Bass drums: 18"x14",
20"x16", 22"x14",
22"x16", 22"x18",
24"x14", 24"x16"
SUPPLIED HEADS
Remo
LUGS
Hook lug, originally
designed for PHX Series
TOM MOUNTS
YESS III Mount System.
Hinged fl oor tom leg
brackets; low-mass bass
drum tom bracket
SNARE STRAINER
New Yamaha
piston-drive strainer
with Yamaha 25-coil
high carbon steeland
2.7mm snare bed
CONTACT
Yamaha Music GMBH
(UK)
0844 8111116
http://uk.yamaha.com
Essential spec
TOM BRACKETS
YESS III tom brackets have
absolutely no metal-to-wood contact.
The rubber gasket is Japanese ‘bullet
train’-quality rubber
SNARE
14"x6" snare has 3mm
aluminium die-cast
hoops, 20 hook lugs,
new piston strainer and
2.7mm snare beds
BEARING EDGES
Shells have ‘optimised’
bearing edges, 30º on the
bass drum, supremely
fi nished and level
nifty head changes, and despite the inherent
conservatism of drummers, Yamaha has
long persevered with them.
Up to now Yamaha would have planted
the single posts right at the nodal points of
the shell, precisely 22.4 percent of the way
from top and bottom edges. At these points
of minimal resonance the mounting posts
interfere least with shell resonance.
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