DW’s flagship line of Custom Drums in North American Hard Rock Maple or Select Heartwood Birch, Collector’s Series is the original American Made custom drum set. Choose from a myriad of state-of-the art California Custom Shop shell configurations and a seemingly endless array of high-end finishes and drum hardware color options to create your very own dream set-up.
SSC stands for Specialized Shell Configuration. It's the culmination of more than a decade of DW Custom Shop shell technology and represents the state-of-the-art in sonic customization. So what is SSC? Put simply, it's DW's recommended shell configuration that utilizes X, VLT and VLX shell technologies. Of course, you can custom order a custom DW kit anyway you want it, but DW has simplified the process by optimizing a particular type of shell for each drum size.
Shell Types Include:
All-Maple or All-Birch (horizontal grain)
VLT (Vertical Low Timbre)
Built-In-Bottom
X-Shells
DW Custom Shop finishes are only limited by your imagination; the possibilities are virtually endless.
Finish Choices Include:
Exotic
Hard Satin
Graphics
Lacquer Custom
Lacquer Specialty
Satin
Satin Specialty
FinishPly
DW Drums are available in five distinct hardware color options.
Hardware colors include:
Chrome
Satin Chrome
Black Nickel
Black Chrome
24 Karat Gold
This includes lugs, hoops, STM, and tom legs.
Ask us for help in putting together your DW SSC Collector's Series kit. Give us a call or email us to find out more exciting options available from DW.