• combines a core ply of harder Wenge wood with outer plies of North American Maple
  
• Hook lugs, originally designed for the PHX Series
  
• New piston-drive snare strainer
  
• Hinged floor tom leg brackets
  
• A low-mass bass drum bracket
  
• Same style spurs as first introduced on the Live Custom drum set
  
• 30 percent cheaper than the Live Custom drum set

Upgrades Stage Custom Birch

• Same thicker ply concept used on Live Custom
  
• Rounded bearing edges for more head to shell contact
  
• The Absolute style lug: attaches to the shell using a single screw. Which means: fewer holes in the shell and less metal inside the drum
  
• Die-cast claws and new spurs for the bass drum
  
• The snare drum has ten lugs for more precise tuning
  
• Different finishes

Dave Weckl Limited Edition 30th Anniversary snare drums
Dave Weckl is thirty years with Yamaha. A very nice anniversary and both Limited Edition 30th Anniversary snare drums were on display at the Yamaha booth. Images are included with this article. The Memphis Drum Shop added some sweet demos on YouTube. Watch them here to get a feel of how these drums play and sound. There will only be 100 of the snares for worldwide distribution.

Yamaha 13x5" Dave Weckl Signature 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Maple Snare Drum



Yamaha 14x5.5" Dave Weckl Signature 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Brass Snare Drum