777Drum
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Reged: Feb 08 2006
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Loc: TX
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Are Taye drums considered as poor quality cheap junk? I ask because I saw a very small set at a store. I think it was like $700. The size interested me as I think the bass was a 18". The finish looked good.
777
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Ratamatatt
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Reged: Jul 02 2003
Posts: 2236
Loc: Arrakis
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This is my understanding. Taye makes very good quality gear for very low prices. I haven't seen Taye's pro level gear but I've seen some entry level Taye drums that were very impressive for the price. Ray Ayotte left Ayotte to go to Taye several years ago, and developed some of his designs there, which helped to put Taye on the public radar screen. However, he recently left Taye as well. So, I don't know how that will affect Taye or its products, but, I don't think anything at Taye will change soon.
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compa
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Reged: Aug 26 2004
Posts: 384
Loc: Southern Sweden
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According to what i've heard with my own ears. One of my buddys in Denmark has a Taye jazzkit and played a gig in my hometown in Sweden and that was a great sound! Even though they played Outside acoustic, no mikes, (always more difficult) the drums sounded Very good! They're wellbuilded and and seem to have a wide area of dynamics. I would definetly buy a kit if i had the money. Incredible priceworthy according to my opinion. One can absolutely tell that they're from Ayotte.
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roger strange
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Reged: Dec 09 2003
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Loc: Nova Scotia Canada
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I wouldn't think the departure of Ray Ayotte would cause poorer production in that company.Although I think they made quite a serious blunder in aleinating Ray at this point. They have a set standard at this point and are just continuing to build good drums. They also put together, as outsource builders, some of the Asian Gretsch drums as well and probably other brands as well. There are quite a few Taye sets in my area and they all sound pretty damned good. Taye would not lower their quality of design and production over the loss of Ray. Probably, if anything, they would increase their quality at this point since they now have quite a high profile in the World market.
Edited by roger strange (Wed Aug 22 2007 12:54 AM)
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TigerBill
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Reged: Mar 11 2002
Posts: 1660
Loc: NJ
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The reason I became a Taye endorser was after playing a Taye kit in Glenn Weber's Drum Shop. Glenn asked me to play the kit and then asked me what I thought they cost. My guess was in the thousands and when he told me $700, I could not believe it. The hardware was the equivalent (and better) of any drumset I had ever played before and the drums tehmselves in both sound and finish were incredible.
I have yet to find a drumset anywhere near the price that is equivalent in quality. One of the major factors resulting in such high quality at such low prices is that Taye makes all of its own parts from shells to hardware and even the drumheads. Many drum companies get certain of their parts from outside suppliers, which costs them more which, in turn, costs you more!
The two models of Taye Drums that I use and favor are the TourPro (made of basswood and birch) and the StudioMaple (all maple). While the TourPro costs less than the StudioMaple kit because of the difference in wood which produces a slightly different sound, the quality of the sound is the same from both kits.
I suggest you try them for yourself. 
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Neil_Gray
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Reged: Feb 15 2004
Posts: 548
Loc: Canada
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I've been using a Taye drum kit for three years now for all types of music. I think that Taye makes great shells. I have the StudioPro and the hardware is, in my opinion, a little on the cheaper side. My high hat drags and occassionally the pull to close the top hat becomes unscrewed after an hour or so of playing jazz.
I played a ludwig high hat at one of the jams I was at and the response was ten times that of my high hat.
All in all I think they're wicked kits but I'll eventually replace some of the hardware.
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777Drum
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Reged: Feb 08 2006
Posts: 918
Loc: TX
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I'm interested mainly in the size of the go kit. This 18 x 7 BD would be most easy to move. Good for little gigs in small spaces. I wonder though if such a short (7") BD would have much sound.
777
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Flam Master Flash
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Reged: Nov 17 2005
Posts: 325
Loc: France
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I've just finished building a little 18" kick drum out of an Irish bodhrum frame drum. It is open on the resonant side, and the depth of the shell is about 4", but the sound is great! Little kick drums have their applications in acoustic settings, and the portability means that I'll be taking it to more places than ever before. The go-kit looks great, and we're looking forward to your review.
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