MUSIKMESSE 2014 - Yamaha Rolls Out New Absolute Hybrid Maple Drum Sets With Unique Design Features and Expressive Sound

Rellingen (March 12th 2014)—Yamaha today introduced the Absolute Hybrid Maple drum set at the MUSIKMESSE 2014.

Yamaha pioneered the construction of hybrid acoustic drum shells when it introduced its flagship PHX Series. As the name implies, the Absolute Hybrid Maple drum set combines a core ply of harder wenge wood with outer plies of North American maple. This unique configuration produces a drum with an unusually expressive tone and a wide dynamic range that faithfully reproduces every nuance of a player’s approach.

Absolute Hybrid Maple drum sets feature a hook lug originally designed for the PHX Series, which brings out the drum’s natural tone by creating a small footprint on the shell. In addition to allowing quick and easy head changes, the lugs provide precision tuning.
Other features in the series include a new piston-drive snare strainer, hinged floor tom leg brackets, a low-mass bass drum bracket and the same style of spurs first introduced on the Live Custom drum set. Yamaha’s exclusive staggered diagonal seam and Air-Seal System shell-making process produces strong, consistent shells.

Even with the enhancements and upgrades, the price tag for the new Absolute Hybrid Maple is lower than its predecessor.

“This is the second launch out of our Xiaoshan Factory and there is more to come”, said Wolfgang Csenteri, Product Manager, Yamaha Drums, Yamaha Music Europe GmbH. “This time our aim was, to combine our PHX driven technology with our heritage coming from the Absolute Series. The result, the new Absolute Hybrid Maple will surely become a new milestone in drum history.”

Availability

Yamaha Absolute Hybrid Maple drum sets will ship in March 2014.
For more information, visit the Yamaha Booth at the MUSIKMESSE 2014 in the Forum.