Quality of recent drum RMAs?

**Kyahx** · Joined: 21 Oct 2007 Posts: 52

I've been making due with a half-broken set for a while, because it was my fourth broken-out-of-the-box set and I was sick of shipping back and fourth. I was wondering what the general quality of recent RMAs has been.

Do you think it's finally "safe" to RMA and get a perfect set? or will I most likely get a lemon again?
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**Krow01** · Joined: 05 May 2008 Posts: 68

Just mod your broken kit and get it over with. I spent a lot of time sending drums back and forth after I had broken them, and I am so very happy with my broken set that I fixed/modded. More so than I ever was with a brand new kit.

**thespike** · Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 3198 Location: Illinois

If I were you I wouldn't waste my money modding it and would just save up for the new kit or maybe go for the Ion set.
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**Tahmer** · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 12:50 am Post subject:

I've never gotten a broken out of the box set. Just the normal type that doesn't work 100%. Nothing that I can't fix with a penny mod or something simular.
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**dore** · Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1244 Location: Boone, NC

I got an EL kit through an RMA recently, and while I've only played it about a week (my bass pedal snapped), it is an extremely solid kit. It doesn't drop any notes as long as I hit everything hard enough, which took some getting used to after playing QMs for so long, but it's definitely a quality kit. I dunno if it'll start cracking soon but if it does I'll just mod a fix.
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**Tahmer** · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 1:17 am Post subject:

**dore** · Joined: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 1244 Location: Boone, NC

There was a thread a little bit ago about putting a layer of sheet metal on the underside to fix cracks. I can't remember if it was in the drum forum or the hardware forum.
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**Spyd3r** · Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 47

I just RMAd my set two weeks ago, got back a QM set 4 days ago. Works like a charm after I put the sock mod on it.

**sicnarf** · Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 29

I got old EL set (bought on launch day :P) RMA'd, and got another EL last Monday. Everything's good so far. I swear the yellow feels more padded and bouncy than what I remembered.

**MarkMadness** · Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:18 am Post subject:

I've only broken 2 drum sets to this date, both of them the red's stopped working completely. One on Pleasure, the new one on Highway Star. Also, my yellow drops a ton of notes now, blue and green are always perfect tho. It would totally own if I'm a lefty, unfortunately, however, I am not.

Always get EL, and I'm waiting for a new set again. Should be here by Tuesday, at the latest. But, I haven't added in the "EA" factor, so I'll be lucky to get it by Thursday.

Quality, meh, as far as I can tell, they HAVE improved, although not that much. If they would only ship QM's they'd probly have less to do.
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**Chris9092** · Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 754 Location: Ontario, Canada

I got a broken out of the box kit, tried modding it but the red pad is broken, no its doesn't miss a note once and a while, i can slam on it all i want and it won't register one note. :s