by 120decibels » Thu Jan 16, 2003 7:10 pm
Wood, Wood, Wood. As and acoustics guy and conguero, I will always pull for the natural sounds on recordings.
Having said that, I'm not sure that even the most well trained ear could tell the difference between a set of well tuned LP fiberglass drums and a set of well tuned LP wood drums when they are played in a full band. If you listened to them played with no accompaniment, and you heard them back to back (wood and then fiber or vice versa), you could tell. You might even be able to tell in an open solo, but I don't know.
Bottom line, I prefer wood for recordings, but it is a personal preference.
My $0.02,
Zach