by Michael S » Sat Jan 25, 2003 4:30 pm
LP comes out with so many new models it's hard to keep track. Hopefully, this will end with their new ownership. I would suspect, but do not know for sure, that all of these new models are nothing more than their Classic series in new clothing, such as the Galaxy model being the Patato model with different hardware.
As far as quality, LP is just plain good, no question there. It's all a matter of taste after that.
You see, after a company sells you a drum, the only way to get much more money out of you is to convince you that you need a different drum than the one you bought and liked already. Just like car companies. Hence, the new models all the time. I think LP has been guilty of this more than other companies. I want to see and hear significant improvements with new models, not just another pretty face or some minor difference that isn't really an "improvement". For instance, the heavier lugs on the Hidalgo models; are they really necessary? Just how tight do we keep our tumbadoras? Which will give first, the lug or the wood shell? And if either gives, how good is the drum to begin with? See what I mean?
Do I sound like a cynic? I am.