Awesome natural tone, great for beginners or advanced drummers. Easy tuning and durable. Great sounding at any volume. Put a mike on the kick drum for live gigs with sound damper rings on the toms and snare and you have the perfect mix in low to medium volume situations.

Hardware is tough enough to take heavy players. I wish they sold seperate ride and floor toms.

The finish is fairly durable, but will scratch if contact with other drums or equipment. I would suggest cases if you move them alot or play out alot.

Yes, very much so.

I wish they sold seperate ride and floor toms in other sizes.

they are very nice looking drums,I have the burgandy set and they look great on stage under the lights or anywhere else.

ex-pro musician , play in two bands now as a hobby and a escape from reality.

progressive rock, classic rock and southern rock

Sounds good if you change the heads to pin strips or something better than what is fitted as standard

Great kit for the price

Can't complain, the drums are great. The bass pedal and hihat stand are a bit cheap but fine for practising on. Ive upgraded mine for gigging though

This is a great kit for the money. its easily as good as most mid range kits that are a lot more expensive

no problem

looks good on stage. All other kits I want cost atleast 4 times as much

most

with proper muffeling and tuning this kit sounds impressive for the cost.

you would find the same features on most starter kits. I love the sturdy tom mounts and double braced hardware. What really impressed me as a lefthanded player is that Mapex puts the V-series emblem on both sides of the mounted toms so they face out whether you play right of left handed.

very good quality. I would recommend these kits to anyone. Basswood shells seem superior to other starter kit woods.

very pleased with the value...priced very reasonably.

After weeks of research, I chose the Mapex over 8 other kits. In short I made the right choice.