Yamaha Stage Custom Birch 5-Piece Drum Shell Pack with 20" Kick Drum

Utterly disappointed : This set looks great and has a better than average sound. Great intermediate set.

United States on Nov 12, 2023

Dawn: We are super happy with a set. Keep in mind that you have to buy the stands for it and cymbals. This is just the drums set and nothing else. However they seem to be very good quality.

United States on Sep 13, 2023

Skills! Money!!: To all drummers I beg you guys to please buy this kit ( Yamaha Birch Stage Custom and replace all heads ) they did a really awesome job on this upgrade model I received it in perfect condition ive been drumming for 46 years
Never new that Birch sounded amazing in any room my Gretsch maple kit is awesome too but I always find my self re tuning it in different rooms
If you don’t like Yamaha still go get any Birch kit
Im ridiculously happy with this kit also the natural wood kit I got has like a bit of a honey gold color that makes it look amazing I will be telling my church to get rid of all maple kits and go with Any birch. trying to make the sound guys life a bit easier
Lol!!! Hope this will be helpful to someone
Bottom line looks amazing made with really good quality parts most important this kit sounds ridiculous for $749 bucks really??????

United States on Mar 02, 2023

SteveSteve: I’ve played lots of drum kits. Owned some really expansive ones. These sound every bit as good for half the price or better. I use them for playing shows with my band and I love not having to worry about scratching/denting a cheaper kit but also not sacrificing the sound these beauties deliver. I may actually get another so I’m not constantly taking them apart for gigs. Well packaged but requires some assembly as they are in a small box for the size of the kit once put together. No cymbals or stands/pedals included but so worth the money!

Canada on Dec 05, 2021

Donna Nisic or Kris Mullaly: Real beauty!

Canada on Aug 07, 2021

Y.: I know what you’re thinking — “meh, a cheap kit made in China, hard pass.” Wrong! This kit looks amazing, and it sounds amazing. Just be sure to throw away the terrible cheap Chinese drum heads coming with the kit, and replace them with any high quality heads of your choice — Remo, Evans, whatever works for you. The mounting hardware is amazing — true Yamaha quality. You will not regret this purchase! And yes, it’s cheap, so you can take it on the road and not make a life’s tragedy out of it if anything happens to them while transporting.

The one criticism I got is the snare drum — didn’t like its sound. But even beginner drummers such as myself quickly learn to appreciate nuances of the snares’ sound and start buying separate snare drums more suitable to their taste. So I’m not sure anyone even uses snare drums that come with kits, unless it’s a $5k kit. A truly good snare drum should probably be more expensive than this entire kit anyway.

United States on Nov 20, 2019

Justin ThompsonJustin Thompson: I waited a couple months before writing this review for the Yamaha Stage Custom set
I got the 10, 12, 14, with a 20" kick in raven black finish ( Go Ravens :D )

I couldn't be happier with the purchase. I first played the drums with the Remo UT heads that came stock, and then later switched to Evans G2 batter heads and G1 resonant, combined with an E-Mad2 w/ stock Yamaha remo resonant bass drum head.

The drums arrived in the original packaging which is a wonder of its own. Everything was very compact and well-packaged, and the hardware and drums were all in great, safe condition upon delivery. The bass drum had a slight bit of separation where its plies meet on one side, but that was not enough for me to send them back. Otherwise I still believe the drums to be "like new" as described.

They are 100% birch drums and since 2014 Yamaha uses 6 x 1.1mm plies, so it is dense wood and relatively thick drum. Some would say these drums don't sing and are hard to pull any resonance or flavor out of, but I would disagree. With proper tuning and good heads these drums sound better than the many similarly-priced drum sets I have played. I think they...

United States on Nov 01, 2019