Drum Workshop

One of the priciest and more elaborate offerings in this roundup is DW’s Collector series cocktail kit. It’s very customizable in terms of sizes and finishes and includes four 100 percent maple shells, including a larger-diameter 18" x 16" bass drum for extra bottom, a unique 18" x 8" “woofer tom” that mounts above it, and a 12" x 6" and 12" x 5" tom and snare. It also uses a novel “sidekick” bass drum pedal based on the DW5000 pedal that mounts to the side of the drum but uses a clamp and 90 degree arm to position the beater underneath. DW’s DogBone dual clamps allow for a wider variety of potential configurations than many of the kits in this overview. This may be the Rolls Royce of cocktail drum kits. List price, $4,592.