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The Stage Custom Birch is Yamaha's long-running all-birch kit, and this five-piece shell pack covers a standard rock setup: 22-inch bass drum, 10 and 12-inch rack toms, a 16-inch floor tom and a 14-inch snare. Six-ply birch shells give it a bright, punchy attack with a controlled low end, and Yamaha's Y.E.S.S. mounts hold the toms with minimal contact to the shell. It is a shell pack only, so hardware and cymbals are bought separately. Against other birch kits in its class, the hardware design and build consistency are the main draw; drummers who want a warm, mellow vintage tone usually prefer mahogany or maple instead.
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Lowest price we've seen: $799.99 on Nov 7 at Micheo Music. Tracked across 3 stores since Nov 7.
Owners rate it highly and most praise the sound and build for the money. Common notes are that it tunes easily, stays in tune through gigs and looks better in person. Complaints center on the lack of hardware and on the stock heads.
The Yamaha Stage Custom Birch is a 5-piece shell pack built around a 22" x 17" bass drum. It includes two rack toms, a floor tom and a snare drum. The shells are 100% birch with a six-ply structure.
The Yamaha Enhanced Sustain System (Y.E.S.S.) minimizes contact between the hardware and the shell. The ball mount and clamp use an ultra-hard resin ball and a titanium wing bolt for non-slip positioning. Die-cast claw hooks have rubber insertion plates to help reduce noise, and the bass drum legs have stoppers to make setup easier.
