Yamaha Live Custom Hybrid Oak Drum Set - In Depth Review

If anyone wondering the difference between this and the live custom. I have both. Same size. Same heads. The toms and the floor sound exactly the same. The reason they came up with the hybrid was that yamaha needed a reason to raise the price on the kit because their where losing money....And thats from yamaha themself.

Theres a difference in the low end of the bass drum. But common yamaha, put the weights for the lugs available for the live custom

This kit sounds good; almost like Mapex drums.

THANK YOU FOR USING UFIP it's so good to finally see someone using UFIP cymbals. There is no better Bell sound than a UFIP cymbal.
And this set at a low thuddy setting.... wow... and the bass. Best set.

I don't even play the drums lmao but still cool

Why do you guys do the room mics and overheads? I don't understand what purpose that could possibly serve better than the full mix. I have always fast forwarded through those parts, and I always will. Just curious.

Great sound

Gourgeous kit. Great sound.

Beautiful kit. Is it a drum kit fit for live show touring?

My next kit is going to be these or the Recording Customs. Can anyone give me an idea of the difference in sound between the two kits? From the videos I've seen, it seems that the Live Custom Hybrid Oak kick is going to be have more punch and low end than the Recording Customs. Regarding the toms, the Hybrids seem to have a little less warmth, but more articulation and clarity than the Recording Customs. Any insight here would be greatly appreciated!

Might be one of the best sounding kits I’ve ever heard! Now about that price!
Hold on, let me ask my wife!

How heavy are the weights?

Great videos guys ,i subscribed to your channel.just would like to ask if the bass drum on this video is empty or if you have put any pillow etc? thank you

Holy shit, that kick really does thump. Wow!

Uh oh someone didn’t tune them right this time.

Love it. Does it come as a 4 pice?🙂

Estos vende Drums , están pasadas , ya vencido el material de madera y con mal Tono, estafadores ha prisión...

Estos vende Drums , están pasadas , ya vencido el material de madera y con mal Tono, estafadores ha prisión...

"These were meant to played Live" Is probably true.. but Holy Cow do they ever mic up badass for recording! Just listened with headset. I'm in love. very impressive... Higher register AND lower.

My dream kit! Might be I sell all my 3 drum sets to get one of these beauties

I wish I could afford this kit! For now I’ll get for a stage custom cuz that’s the only kit within my price range 🥲

Are you sure they're not trying to emulate a kick drum with 22' by 14'?

wonderful drums with really nice sound and great drummer

I love how the toms are very punchy without too much ring to them. Also, the bass drum is superb. However, I’m not too crazy about all the ringing coming from that snare because it makes it sound cheap as shit! A decent snare needs to have a sharp CRACK with NO RINGING to it! This is super important because the snare is the centerpiece of sound for any set of drums you might buy.

The bass drum kick is unreal! The best I’ve heard yet.

Love that bell 🔔 on the UFIP ride; and emojis

Now know why Paul bostaph left Tama for the Yamaha oak kit. Sounds great.

From that top view, the toms look positioned exactly how mine are.

I can't wait to own a real Drumset like these all the drums I want can't afford them 😟 I hope soon. I really in love with these❤🥁🎶🎵

Wow, sic sounds man. Great video.

I’m trying to get a drum for my church. But I don’t know anything about drum.

That high tuning sounds absolutely amazing, and I think this finish is my favorite finish in Yamaha's catalogue. For those of us that have dreams of playing stadium shows, I think the projection from this kit would do very well in that setting. But for now I think I'll stick with my Stage Custom, and maybe a Tour Custom in the future; always loving what Yamaha puts out!!

Extremely impressed! They sound amazing!👍

For the window-shoppers out there: and For those who lean towards a maple-gum (or birch) type of kick-drum sound , you may not like these drums. Try them at home first if you are allowed to, before committing to the full price.

Suggestion: When you demo a drum set, minimize playing the cymbals and non-included snare drum so we can hear more of the ACTUAL drums that are for sale. Like Sweetwater does.

These sound beautiful. I hit them at a store and was blown away with the full rich sound. I have not lifted one of these bass drum. How much heavier are they with the weights. Are they feasible for a gigging drummer that does not have roadies.

That kick is just a pure cannon. Somehow I always end up playing Mapex, but on a professional level this would be what i want to put on the stage :) Great video!

Sat in at a gig last week for a few songs and was blown away by this kit. I thought the BD was mic'd. Hmmm, it may be my next kit depending on how heavy that bd is. I am Not getting any younger : )

Had the original OAK CUSTOMS....long story short...someone stole it on road then found on a pawn shop but before police report..they went outta business...it was Ozark blue color 12" tom....awful...news...

Wow, has the body of a DW and the brightness of a Sonor! And that bass drum 😍

My dream kit now

I'm going to be taking delivery of one of these in the next couple of weeks.
I was going to get the kick reso ported but now I'm wondering if I should leave it as it is?

Hello, would you please list for me the fast crush cymbals details?

These really do sound amazing, but as far as oak goes I will stick with Ludwig

I am a newbie drummer and this is my first kit since november 2023. I had some problem with tom tuning. I prefer low tuning as metal drumming fan. But it has a lot of distortion on low tuning on flour toms. Now I get used to medium tuning. This bass drum was scarry me at first time. It sounds like explosion. It makes me to do a room treatment. And I put there the biggest pillow, that i have. Now my taste is changed and I switched the big pillow to plaid. And I realy enjoy this huge sound. Now it's like a museum. I invite my friends drumers to demonstrate this bass drum, because I know, that they never heared nothing like this. And they said "duuuude... my breast are stressing, when you kick it".

Wow those drums sound great and they're not even tuned or tuned correctly. Tuning is CRAP and they still sound that great. Dang. Especially that floor tom. Just crazy

I'm 5 years late listening to these but really like the sound. Wow.

I have this kit in Uzu Earth and it's the real deal. It sounds miles better than my old Maple Custom Absolute kit and I can confirm the materials and craftsmanship is as good as if not better thank the old made in Japan kits!

I just got this kit for a great deal. 20, 10, 12, 14....yes, the bass drum sounds huge!

I dont put a pillow or towels inside because of the bass enhancement weights...so what i do is just put moongels on my bass drum batter head.