[DonnyV]

This is semi-true. It all depends on what kind of music you are playing and how the kit is being mic'd. If you are close micing a kit. Then it really doesn't matter what the drums are made of. I have an old 1984 Tama kit with shit wood. But since I play rock and close mic it. It sounds great on recordings. Now the one thing you can't fix with close micing and EQ is your snare. No matter what I did I couldn't get any of my snares to sound good. I finally got a custom hammered brass snare and it made a HUGE difference. Now if I wanted to do rock but capture more of the drums natural sound. Like the low tones of the rack and floor toms or the front of a bass drum with no hole in the head. You really need to have drums with top notch wood. Plus you combine that with a good high ceiling room. You get some really nice sounding drums.