Re: Roland V-drums
Not sure of the value of the Vs or the brianM but you are working the $ issues out-
But as far as how good are V drums, they are superb and can turn a regular drummer into neil peart
just kidding on NP of course, but I've played with a classically trained drummer for over 10 years and when he added V drums it was as if mark knopler had added Alex Lifeson and Allan Holdworth chops to the repitore by just buying a new axe-
First of all, he started changing out sets, just like we do patches, to best fit the song-
Second, we had regular percssion mixed in a 4 peice band
LAst but not least, gigging and recording became much, much easier and better quality becuase there's no micing-
The only issue that seems really crucial are the heads- Some are rubbery while some are actual shells with heads- This guy is so good that he can play either just as if we moved from a PRS to an LP- You would have to make changes, but you could find plenty of crossover-
On the other hand, less fleixble drummers seem to 'require' the shell version and it is more ex*****ve- I know a few drummers that are still 'acoustic only' just as some of us can't adjust to change, but when Bill (our drummer) made the change 6 or 7 years ago (when they first came out), he has such influence that practically the entire city moved over to Vdrums (In fact he became a retailer for a couple of years becuase everyone was coming to him)-
Bottom line, if your drummer wants to learn how to do just about anything, he still has to have the rudiments- But when the set calls for a cow bell, timbale, bells, timpini, or just a picalo snare, Vdrums make a "pert like' environment pretty easy-
And BTW did I mention no micing, feedback, etc
