Maple Custom


Although there were concerns that a change from birch to maple shells might meet
some resistance from users, Yamaha decided to introduce maple shells in order to
accommodate changes in the music scene as well as evolving recording technology.
From about the mid 80's, influenced by the emergence of fusion, drummers began
demanding response and resonance that would suit the more elaborate phrasing used
in that genre. Maple provided a bright, rapid response that was ideal, and by reducing
the dimensions of parts that could dampen resonance as much as possible the natural
shell resonance could come through with unrestricted tone. This led to the development
of small, lightweight lugs, an extremely thin "vintage" finish, and the YESS
(Yamaha Enhanced Sustain System) nodal mount for open, organic shell resonance.

The idea of using small lugs mounted so that they don't dampen shell resonance was
quickly adopted by other manufacturers as well.


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