Choosing Drum Sets , Top Brands

Drum Set

Choosing a drum set is really a personnal preference, and choosing one can be rather confusing. The main thing is to choose a drum set with a good reputation and one that is pleasing to your ear. It's easy to buy a drum set that sounds good today.

Years ago there were only maybe 5 or so companies that had the drum set making market to themselves. But today you have the many companies that make good quality drum kits. Here are some of the most popular drum brands on the market today...
Yamaha, Tama, Mapex, Ludwig, Rogers, Premier, Pearl, DW, Spaun, Slingerland, Sonor, Gretsch e.t.c

DW Drums
Drum Workshop, or DW for short, is the leading new American drum company and offers a large variety of snare drum shell materials including aluminum, copper, steel, brass, brass/maple combination, a great selection of lacquered finishes, and various types of rims.

Gretsch Drums
Gretsch Drums is a leading drum manufacturing company, based in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Their motto is "That Great Gretsch Sound!". Gretsch was founded by Friedrich Gretsch, a German immigrant who opened his own musical instrument business based in Brooklyn, New York in 1883.

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Ludwig Drums
Ludwig drums are considered a benchmark for high quality craftsmanship. The company, which began with William and Theo Ludwig in 1910, started off with the simple idea of creating a better foot pedal.

Mapex Drums
Mapex Drums is a drum brand manufactured by KHS Musical Instruments Company of Taiwan. Mapex has been in the drum making industry for over 15 years.Mapex offers a wide range of products that everyone from the professional to the entry level drummer will value.

Pearl Drums
The pearl corporation manufactures drumming equipments such as drum kits, hand drums, mallet percussions, etc. The pearl corporation was established by Katsumi Yanagisawa on April 2, 1946. He started manufacturing music stands in Tokyo, Japan. He concentrated on the manufacture of drums in 1950 and renamed his company "Pearl Industry Limited". However, in 1953, the company was again renamed to "Pearl Musical Instrument Company" and the production was extended to making drum kits, marching drums, timpani, Latin drumming instruments, cymbals, stands, and other accessories.

Premier Drums
Premier Percussion Limited is an English manufacturer of drums and percussion instruments.
The company was founded in 1922 as the Premier Drum Company by London drummer Albert Della Porta and drum builder George Smith. At first, the company produced drum kits for wholesalers, who then would sell them as their own, but Premier soon began producing drums under its own name.

John Bonham Drumming

Rogers Drums
Rogers Drums, is a drum company created in 1849 and based in Cleveland, Ohio. Their drums were embraced by musicians from the dixieland movement to the classic rockers of the 60s and 70s. However, the manufacturer was most closely associated with the "big band" and swing drummers of the 40s and 50s.

Slingerland Drum Company
The Slingerland Drum Company is a historic drum company which is linked to the rich history of jazz drumming. The company was founded by H.H. Slingerland,Solick Slingerland, in 1912. Production of drums was started in 1927, in answer to the entry of the Ludwig & Ludwig drum company into the banjo market.

Sonor Drums
Sonor is a German percussion manufacturer. Founded 1875 as a percussion manufacturer[1], Sonor drum sets and hardware are both revered and notorious for being constructed in a very durable, painstaking, and therefore, unusually heavy manner (older models).

Spaun Drums
Spaun offers a wide range of products that everyone from the professional to the entry level drummer will value.

Tama drumsets
Tama Drums is a brand of drums and hardware manufactured and marketed by the Japanese musical instrument company, Hoshino Gakki. Tama is one of the largest and best-known drum brands on the market today (ref). The brand became known primarily for its hardware innovations and sturdiness, but its drums are also highly regarded.

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Yamaha drumsets
Yamaha Drums is a subsidiary of the Yamaha Corporation. Yamaha has been building drums since 1967, and builds their drums by hand in Japan. Yamaha drums are also made in Indonesia. The company currently manufactures acoustic and electronic drum kits, as well as other percussion instruments, marching band equipment, and drum hardware. Many professional drummers have endorsement deals with Yamaha Drums.

As far as cymbals go there are only 3 companies that i use and trust. You have Zildijan, Sabian and Paiste.

Top Guitar company of world

The guitar is a stringed musical instrument with ancient roots that usually have six stringsbut four, seven, eight, ten and twelve string guitars also exist. Guitar is used in a wide variety of musical styles which can played by strumming or plucking.

Guitars are recognized as one of the primary instruments in blues, country, flamenco, rock music, and many forms of pop. They can also be a solo classical instrument. Guitars may be played acoustically, where the tone is produced by vibration of the strings and modulated by the hollow body, or they may rely on an amplifier that can electronically manipulate tone. Such electric guitars were introduced in the 20th century and continue to have a profound influence on popular culture.

Joe Satriani with Guitar

There are many brands in guitar industry but some of the top Guitar brands are listed below:

Alvarez Guitars
Alvarez Guitars has been building an illustrious history of quality, reputation and tone, Since 1965. Alvarez Guitars are inspired by the handcrafted tradition and design philosophies of Yairi guitars. Alvarez acoustic guitar's attention to quality, detail and tradition mean the tone of an Alvarez guitar is unsurpassed!

Aria Guitars
Aria Guitars have been making keenly priced, well toned musical instruments since the 60's, production is now mainly in Korea, although some are made in the USA. The finishes on these great looking electric guitars, acoustic guitars and bass guitars we have for sale is outstanding, and matches the quality and value for money.

B.C. Rich Guitars
B.C. Rich is founded by the late Bernardo Chavez Rico in 1969 and the early 1970s. B.C. Rich guitars have made quite an impression on professional artists. These include Kerry King, Steve Smyth, Tracii Guns, Craig Ross, Dearborn, Acey Slade, Christy Kane, and Terrence Hobbs.

Benedetto Guitars
One of the most widely respected archtop makers in the world.

Bunker Guitars
This Washington-based company is responsible for designing and building some very high calibre, and unusual, models of guitars.

Carvin Guitars
Carvin has been making custom electric and acoustic guitars & basses, as well as guitar and bass amplifiers, pro audio gear, mixers, speakers and other accessories for over 60 years.

Cort Guitars
Cort Guitars is a guitar manufacturer centered in South Korea. The company is one of the largest guitar makers in the world, and produces instruments for many other companies.

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Danelectro Guitars
Danelectro is a manufacturer of musical instruments and accessories, specializing in rock instruments such as guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units. Danelectro was founded by Nathan Daniel in 1947; throughout the late forties.

ESP Guitars
ESP guitars have been some of the most sought after and respected electric six strings you can buy. Great players from Metallica's Kirk Hammet and James Hetfield to Living Color's Vernon Reid to the Rolling Stone's Ronnie Wood have all made their livings rocking out on ESP guitars.

Epiphone Guitars
This popular guitar company is a spin off from Gibson. Epiphone often create lower cost guitars similar to more expensive Gibson instruments (eg. there is an Epiphone Les Paul).

Fernandes Guitars
Fernandes manufacture guitars that cover the range from inexpensive starter models to custom instruments of exceptional quality.

G&L Guitars
Guitars made by Leo Fender, after he left Fender, and started his own company in 1980. The guitars are really great.

Gibson Guitars
Gibson electric guitars represent the history as well as the future of the electric guitar. Gibson's close relationship with musicians is manifest in endorsement models from King, Atkins and jazz greats Howard Roberts and Herb Ellis, plus new Les Pauls made to the personal specifications of rock stars Jimmy Page and Joe Perry.

Godin Guitars
The unusual thinline hollowbody electric, and solidbody electric guitar makers, based out of Quebec, Canada.

Electric Guitar

Gretsch Guitars
Known primarily as drum builders, the American-based Gretsch company also creates some high caliber guitars.

Guild Guitars
Guild guitars are some of the more beautiful and playable acoustic guitars in the industry. The company focuses on both acoustic and acoustic electric guitars, and simply put, Guild makes high-quality products. Guild has a lot of great guitars to choose from, and the company continues to develop new models every year.

Hamer Guitars
Hamer Guitars is an American manufacturer that specializes in the production of high quality guitars founded in Illinois in 1973. Originating in the Chicago area, Hamer is generally considered to be the first "boutique" electric guitar brand that specifically catered to pro musicians.

Heritage Guitars
This Kalamazoo, Michigan based company concentrates on making quality archtop guitars, although they do make many solidbody models as well.

Hohner Guitars
This company manufactures many models of electric and acoustic guitars, plus mandolins, etc.

Ibanez Guitars
Many may not know it, but Ibanez has been around since the '60s. Often associated with mid-'80s metal bands, Ibanez is a company that has a long history of crafting quality guitars and basses for a variety of different music styles. Though they are perhaps best known for their "modern" looking guitars, they also offer some more classical styles as well.

Jackson Guitars
Jackson guitar is well-known for its flamboyant design and excellent quality. These guitars are loud long before you ever plug them in, and they can be perfect for players who want to exhibit their wild side loud and clear.

Klein Guitars
An unusually shaped line of guitars used most notably by the great Bill Frisell. If you're intrigued by odd looking guitars, This might be your choice.

Larrivée Guitars
Jean Larrivée Guitars Ltd. is a family owned and operated Canadian company that currently manufacturers high-end acoustic guitars. Founded in 1967 by Jean Larrivée.

Bass Guitar

Music Man Guitars
Music Man is recognized as the benchmark of modern bass guitar design and manufacturing since introducing the Stingray bass in 1976. Ernie Ball is a manufacturer of premium guitar strings and bass strings.

Martin & Co. Guitars
Martin & co. is famous for the good quality acoustic guitars.

Ovation Guitars
Ovation guitars are well-known on the basis of two innovations introduced by their maker. One is the distinctive round back. The other is the development of the acoustic/electric guitar.

Parker Guitars
Parker Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitars and basses, started by luthier Ken Parker in the early 90s. Most Famous for making the Parker Fly.

Peavey Guitars
Peavey Guitars are electric, acoustic, and electric bass guitars branded by Peavey Electronics, a recognized pioneer in musical instrument manufacturing.

PRS Guitars
PRS Guitars is an American guitar manufacturer founded by guitarist and luthier Paul Reed Smith in 1985. Paul Reed Smith Guitars is a leading manufacturer of high-end electric-acoustic guitars. Guitars made by PRS have become highly prized by musicians and collectors around the world.

Rickenbacker Guitars
Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for putting the world's first electric guitars into general production in 1932.It is the largest guitar company to manufacture all of its guitars within the United States.

Ruokangas Guitars
This company offers hand-crafted guitars starting at about the $1600(US) range, created by a luthier in Finland.

Rockstar Painted Guitars

Samick Guitars
Samick guitar company specializes in producing lower-cost electric guitars, bass, guitars and more.

Santa Cruz Guitar Company
These guitar makers focus on producing high end, acoustic instruments.

Seagull Guitars
Seagull Guitars are highly respected for mid-priced acoustic guitars.

Takamine Guitars
Takamine guitars are crafted from the handpicked tonewoods, hand-crafted by luthiers, all providing players with an excellence and affordability.

Taylor Guitars
Taylor Guitars makes some of the world's finest acoustic guitars, acoustic electric guitars and electric guitars.

Washburn Guitars
Guitars manufactured in Chicago since 1883. Washburn Guitars has built guitars in Chicago for working musicians for over one hundred years.

Yamaha Guitars
Yamaha is really good at producing good-sounding guitars at low prices.