Peter Erskine on Yamaha Oak Customs

[danielsili]

All the grooves hes playing are based on brazillian music. The first groove is based on braz. Samba and the second, with the brushes, on bossa nova. Pete enjoys brazillian stuff for sure.

[whcoy]

Peter Erskine would sound great playing a bunch of empty pizza boxes!

[JoeJacari]

I like the beginning: Cha...cha...cha-cha...cha...ch­a...cha-cha...cha! La...la...la-la...la...la...la­-la...la...Wa...wa...wa-wa...w­a...wa...wa-wa...wa...ching...­ching...ching-ching...ching...­ching...ching-ching...ching...­Is that a Latin rhythm? What is that? I love that sound. Wing...wing...wing-wing...

wing...wing...wing...wing-...w­ing...Choo...choo...choo-choo.­..cha...cha...ching-ching...ch­ing...You can kind of solo around & make up your own stuff.  Love it.

[drummingman]

It just really struck me how much peter looks like carl( the dad) from family matters in this video.

[crabjuice23]

@drummingman He looks to me alot more like Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. I think you got your early 90's black tv dads mixed up.

[FEENIXELEKTRIK]

Genius...

[SamTheSuave]

Was lucky enough to play on one of these every week for about 4 years. Absolutely beautiful kits, loved every minute.

[sonortubelug]

fuck off pete.

[PhilAroundhits]

Nice joke !

[Bosphorus92]

not knocking him, great guy, but funny thing is that the heard he was " destined to use"....well he doesn't use it

[muscritiq80]

@Bosphorus92 That's all product endorsement "HYPE", like Tiger did'nt use Nike condoms, like he promised! lol

[Shadow0116]

Why on earth does he talk over the amazing playing? I want to hear the drums!

[houseofburn]

do they still make those heads?

[warrior995]

Yes.

[joegritschacher]

my hero!!!

[aledrums87]

He's the secret brother of Ron Jeremy XD

[b34rd4dlov3r]

He looks like Ron Jeremy.

[godzuki444]

But Bold.

[rageta1]

hes plays drums like Ron Jeremy plays a pussy.

[Barbosa123]

I Lol'd

[muscritiq80]

@rageta1 lol that's funny, you fucker!!!

[ZOBILAMUCH30]

cher negatia 78180, je pense que tu es un ado pré-pubère pour penser que a 40 ans on est un papi !!! je n'ai pas de problèmes avec ça, bosse ta batterie au lieu de perdre ton temps a répondre et quand tu auras fini de vider tes boutons penses à bosser l'orthographe aussi

[ZOBILAMUCH30]

ENFIN quelqu'un qui la fais sonner cette OAK !!!

[negatia78180]

et toi, tu sais la faire sonner?

allé poste une vidéo papi de 40 ans qui est tres bon , qui sait faire sonner la oak mais, qui n'est pas endorsé Yamaha !

on attend!

moi en particulier.

[negatia78180]

et encore heureux qu'un artiste de HUDSON MUSIC face sonner sa batterie!

c'est son travail

[BurntToast355]

booooooooooooooooo

[AggressiveC]

Hey guys, do you think the Yamaha Oak Customs would be good for Death Metal? I like the sound but the Tama Starclassic Performer Birch/Bubingas seem to fit my genre right.

[Zigazoid]

I too play an Oak Custom set and love it! Like master below, i managed to pick up the exact same snare and its awesome! All i want now is a 15 or 16 hanging tom as my toms are 10, 12 and 14 and i could use a bit more low end. The kit is a great alternative to my Maple Custom (NOT ABSOLUTE) when i want a harder sound

[AggressiveC]

Thanks man! I'm thinking of getting 2 22x18"s, a 10x8, a 12x9, a 14x14 and a 16x16.

[drumz4lifekse]

yea justin foley uses these im pretty sure

hes the drummer from killswitch engage if u didnt kno

[drummtb333]

this is my next investment.

[pektus5]

I play yamaha oak custom matte natural set.Oak is fantastic wood for drums.Lot conga drums are oak made.Oak drums are not that expensive,because oak is comercial wood.Very quality oak come from croatia(slavonian oak).I think these drums are made from Japan oak.

[masterzero0000]

Ive....Ive..never seen OR HEARD a better sounding drum set in my life. i own a yamaha custom oak 7in deep snare (it has a silver sparkle finish). I LOVE IT. i wish i had that kit to compliment my snare. though i do own a mystery yamaha maple set...all it says is yamaha nothing else (its old though. i think somewhere in the low 1990s or 80s kit i think)...its original price was 800$. i love them

[mmlight]

"God these are beautiful drums..., Opps, Hello DW"

[SuperChuck3]

He changed to DW because he hated the Yamaha service and because they would not make flat ended stands for him, not because he prefered DW drum to Yamaha.

[mmlight]

I guess that would mean Cindy Blackman leaving Zildjian, or Terry trying to leave Sabian are just gestures of the lack of service from those companies.. Jeez, why don't the artists just say, "pay me this rate to use your products or I'm going with party X". DW's sound fine, but most of Peters best records were done on Yamaha's. :)

[AggressiveC]

What did Sabia do to make Terry Bozzio want to leave man? I wasn't aware of this!

[mmlight]

You would have to contact Roy Burns at Aquarian Drum head to get the low down. Terry did announce a switch and new line of cymbals. Some months later he went back to Sabian. Its not in MD because MD is a trade publication. Do some research. :)

[winnerbaby44]

thats just gay.. leaving a company because they dont make flat ended stands.. what a dick

[bendinggreenvans]

not really, if you can why not?

[winnerbaby44]

because i would expect that from pop musicians.. rock drummers who NEED image and look in order to succed.. not jazz GOOD artists

[jfieldz]

Unbelieveable drums! They are everything I thought they would be. They are a cross between Maple and Birch in sound / feel / attack. They practically play themselves. A great multipurpose kit. A drop of moongel and they record like Birch!!

[b34rd4dlov3r]

I thought he was Ron Jeremy. LOL.

[Bosphorus92]

how are they to tune??

[gmcjetpilot]

Heavy Oak shells are great for live and less ideal for studio recording. I have thinner shell birch and they record great but still sound good live. Oak however has a powerful sound. Not sure its ideal for jazz, more rock kit.

[generatrix999]

Oh yeah, sure! Its all good, nothing but greaqt sound... let's hear about all the bad stuff this head is capable of.

Give us the dirt please!

[mrfarfanog]

i wonder what heads are on the bottom?

[shaunhayward]

What a great sounding setup. I've played a well-tuned set of Yamaha Oak Customs at a music store with Remo Ambassador Clears and it sounded fantastic. But there might be something to this Evans J1 head. I really like the sound of the toms.

[rohanpogi]

he has great feel...

[DavySolaris]

who the fuck cares about gear. half these guys probably can't even play drums.

the J1 heads kick ass.

[charlieshelds]

but the ones that can play....

i'd rather have them playing the best sounding gear.

actually, as a matter of fact, if everyone played on drums that sounded great, it would rule.

shut up dude.

I care about gear.

you do to, obviously.

[DavySolaris]

get tae.

a good drummer on a shit kit sounds good. a shit drummer on a good kit sounds shit. enough, as they say, said.

im not saying good gear aint cool, i was aiming that at the million comments before debating what kits he uses. which is fucking ridiculous. but whatever dude.

[charlieshelds]

no dude I get what your saying

I also like your point about people that can't play drums should not comment drumming videos

[SeriousPieEnthusiast]

correction. a good drummer on a shit kit still sounds like shit even if the feel rythm and dynamics are good

[charlieshelds]

STREET DRUMMING RULES

[longfade]

Complete nonsense. You ever listen to some of that 60s Philly Jo, Tony Williams, Art Blakey, or especially Elvin? Some real crap drum sounds on some of that stuff but the overall end product is still great. Depends on what you like to listen to though I guess. I am extremely picky about sonics and recordings, for sure, but a good performance is the final word for me.

[dfsffd666]

"Who the fuck cares about gear... the J1 heads kick ass."

Seriously?

[brakatt]

now hes playing DW and he suddenly sounds like shit

[danlc95]

I heard Weckl play a set of these in clinic, and they sounded beautiful. Peter is an excellent musician. I love the way he makes a set of drums and cymbals sound.

[321wowzer]

Stop talking about brands, everybody. Now, check out that last little groove he plays - very tasty!

[IPLAYDRUMS1234]

yeah its called bossa nova

[sabian16]

Some of the world's best drums are made by foreign companies guys - like Yamaha and Sonor. I don't care where the company is based, I care about the product they make and if it offers what I need.

It's like saying that we need to only buy american cars - FUCK THAT! Ford, Saturn, Chevy, lincoln?? really? ugliest cars ever...I'd buy an audi,vw, even toyota or honda over any american brand

[Oladipo5]

...to keep the art going because the art is more important. I believe there is no society without art. Art allows us to express ourselves in any way we want. Corporatize the art, and all you get is stale, smelly, souless shit, look at major record labels etc. Look at that shit they put out.

[tame1999]

you talk so much about the importance of art but yet you judge it not based upon the merits or qualities of the work itself but rather where it came from-a "corporate" or "major" label rather than an independent one. you smell like a stale, souless, mindless dilettante. if pat metheny were to sign with warner and immediately put out a work of genius would it then be shit? granted there's a ton of crap out there that is pushed by these labels but it doesn't follow that it's all garbage.

[Oladipo5]

Are you just trying to start a fight? Do you really have nothing else to do? Are you so upset that you resort to insulting someone you don't know? Everyone else understood my comment, how come you didn't? Your last sentence is what my comment was about(long long ago) and shows that up until that point, you didn't get it. ... do you really find it necessary to search through comments from months ago, drag them all the way back, than reply and insult the commentor? How pathetic can someone be.

[Oladipo5]

I think you just misunderstood and I didn't clarify that I meant most music today within the popular realm. At least you actually play music unlike most other people here.. I dug your videos. Good stuff

[longfade]

What an odd and totally misdirected rant.

[Oladipo5]

I've read some of the comments and there's not much to say. Who knows why he left yamaha to join DW.

People should know that most equipment is made overseas. I agree that more of the stuff should be made in America/Canada instead of imported. If anyone is to blame it is the corporations who no longer invest in U.S. or Canada. They are the real traitors. They are the reasons we are losing jobs/money.

Anyways, the point of focus shouldn't be on brands, but the art. We have to keep.....

[TonyBtheEG]

to all the non-american-drum-haters: Akira Jimbo + Billy Cobham = Yamaha endorsed drummers, Yamaha doesnt mess around with who they like to have play their kits it seems, both aren't 'American' Jimbo = Japan, Cobham = Panama

[trwylekat]

By the way Dave Weckl has been using Yamaha Oak Customs for years. His sound is unmatched.

[MrZol]

aw man this is the end of United States. guys like dave weckl Have to live a certain life style. come on man, stick with your country. please buy american made products if you can.

[trwylekat]

haha man your crazy man! I wish we could have a beer, you crack me up. Thanks for the laugh. I endorse PEACE DRUMS an American company. Is that good enough for you?

[CoheedMars90]

All of peace's products are made in taiwan.

[trwylekat]

As are most American Manufactures. Whatever the industry, its probably not made in the States. Where labor is cheap, America will hire. So it really boils down to me not giving a shit where its made. I play Peace because I believe in the product and the people at the company. My drums sound and look impeccable. There solid and reliable. Peter switched to DW from Yamaha because he no longer believed in the drums. Support what you believe.

[CoheedMars90]

hahaha bro, I'm totally with you, I really don't care where the drums are made, I just figured you should know they're made in taiwan not the states. I actually have a second 4 piece paragon kit.

[MrZol]

solo and drums sound great. but i was raised on ludwigs,slingerlands and rogers. they sound good too. why in the world would anybody abandon american drum companies and play foreigen made drums. bunch of turncoats.

[zmgriffith]

I agree that the OLD Ludwigs, Slingerlands, and Rogers WERE great.... BUT:

Ludwig and Slingerland aren't innovative any more. Their drums sound terrible and their hardware breaks all the time. All of the innovation is with newer companies, many of whom are overseas.

Peter is with DW now, American, Innovative, and my favorite by far.

[munichmunich]

huh? why would u use drums just from ur own country? do you just mean for patriotism's sake? its not like its bad helping a company just cuz theyre from another part of the world - say you bought a german sonor kit, you wouldn't know the guys that made it any better than an american-made DW kit ... i dont really understand ur point

[phatphace]

In my opinion, the only really good american made brand of drumsets are Mapex, although slingerlands and ludwigs are great for that vintage sound. Brands such as Pearl and DW, even pork pie underwhelm me. You don't have to agree, just giving an opinion...

[Italialuva94]

yeahh i have a pretty old mapex from my teacher. the sound is really good, especially the toms. but the cymbal he gave me isnt all that great.

[Otomo]

Mapex is Chinese.

To overlook foreign brands because of the fact that they are foreign is ignorant. It shouldn't matter where the drums came from, as long as they can express your musicality.

[allaaaah]

i agree..

i use Rogers, Gretsch, Camco, Ludwig, Leedy, DW...Dunnett!

[trwylekat]

Because people have different ears of course. I play and endorse PEACE Paragon Maple Drums. To my ears and sticks they stand up strong with ever other major company. American or Marsian... does it really matter?

[henhog1]

I play Oak Customs - love em - great for any style of music!

however, if you think hes a traitor - then your just a gear wanker because its technique and feel - thats what drumming all about

[Italialuva94]

how much is the oak custom? I have a hand me down mapex from my teacher and want the oak custom.

[DevrimBabacan]

I'm a Yamaha fan and I'm also sorry about Mr.Erskine quit Yamaha. But this doesn't mean he is a traitor.

We should respect...

[phatphace]

What drums does he use now?

[drumtarist]

Drum Workshop

[SnapshotsMusic]

Peter can play any drums he wishes to- an artist has the choice.

[musiqmanie]

and great with pinstripes to. Especially for live setups.

[mflagg19]

and they actually make great rock/metal drums because of the way they project (especially with g2's)

[mflagg19]

i LOOOVE the oak customs