Drum Set Brands

August 28, 2018DrumBrands.comAdams Musical Instruments, Alesis Drums, Ayotte Drums, Brady Drum Company, C&C Drums, Crush Drums, ddrum Drums, Dixon Drums, Drum Brands, Drum Limousine, ds Drums, DW Drums, Fibes Drums, Ford Drums, Gammon Drums, GMS Drums, Gretsch Drums, Hart Drums, HB Drums, Kumu Drums, Ludwig Drums, Mapex Drums, Noble and Cooley Drums, North Drums, Orange County Drums, PDP Drums, Pearl Drums, Peavey Drums, Pork Pie Drums, Premier Drums, Pulse Drums, Raya Drums, Rogers Drums, Roland Drums, San Francisco Drum Co., Simmons Drums, SJC Drums, Sleishman Drums, Slingerland Drum Company, Sonor Drums, Sound Percussion Drums, Spaun Drums, Tama Drums, Taye Drums, Traps Drums, Trick Drums, Trixon Drums, Truth Drums, Westbury Drums, Yamaha Drums1

Full List of Drum Set Makers

This post is dedicated to providing a complete list of all past and present drum manufacturers that make or made full drum sets. Regardless if the brand is a large corporation or an individual hand maker, this post aims to list them all. Mass produced drum set brands such as PDP and Mapex, custom Brady sets and even electronic drum set brands are all represented here.

We update this list from time to time, so if there is a new one or one we missed let us know in the comments section below.

Brief History of the Drums

Drums have a history dating back over 2500 years, being used as a means of communication in Africa and Sri Lanka. The snare drum holds tradition in the military dating back to 684BC. They were used to keep marching cadence and also to call out orders. Modern drum sets spawned when Ludwig created the first spring driven bass drum pedal in 1909. After WWI live music became popular which spurred forth the modern drum kit of today.

What is the Best Drum Set Brand?

A common question asked is “What is the best drum set brand?” This is a difficult question to answer especially because many brands produce a variety of kits from the very beginner starter set all the way to ultra-custom professional kits. We believe the drummers decide the best overall drum set brands. Listed below are the top 50 drum set brands listed by online popularity.

#1 – DW Drums

#2 – Pearl

#3 – TAMA

#4 – Gretsch

#5 – Ludwig

#6 – Yamaha

#7 – Mapex

#8 – Sonor

#9 – Premier

#10 – PDP

#11 – SJC

#12 – Roland

#13 – Truth Drums

#14 – Crush Drums

#15 – Slingerland

#16 – Spaun Drums

#17 – Taye Drums

#18 – Orange County Drums

#19 – Pork Pie

#20 – Rogers

#21 – Ayotte

#22 – Dixon Drums

#23 – Traps Drums

#24 – Brady Drum Company

#25 – GMS Drums

#26 – Simmons

#27 – Trick Drums

#28 – C&C Drums

#29 – Gammon Drums

#30 – Alesis

#31 – Fibes

#32 – Hayman Drums

#33 – HB Drums

#34 – Sleishman Drums

#35 – Peavey Drums

#36 – Pulse Drums

#37 – Trixon

#38 – North

#39 – Westbury Drums

#40 – Ford Drums

#41 – Noble & Cooley

#42 – Kumu Drums

#43 – Raya Drums

#44 – Adams Drums

#45 – ddrum

#46 – Hart Drums

#47 – ds Drums

#48 – Sound Percussion

#49 – Drum Limousine

#50 – San Fran Drum Co.

Any Drum Set Brands we missed?
Have you purchased any of the above sets?
Please let us know in the comments section below

Acoustic, Electronic, Kits, Sets

Tony Franklin August 28, 2018 at 9:25 pm

Recently purchased a very nice solid maple Gretsch 7 piece set with Zildjian A’s to nicely complement them. Had special 8 inch tom made. Only issue is the floor tom is stand mounted and short. Not a true floor tom so cannot be tuned to lower frequencies. Like the tone that only wood shells can provide.

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