So I plan on buying a drum kit in the next month or so. When I was young teenager I was a drummer (not that I admit that too often) and I had a pretty ghetto setup. My cymbals were old and broken and the shells were bought for $60 by my big brother. I plan on going all out for this and it's going to be used for recording and probably never for live use.
So the only problem I'm having with this is I'm on the fence over maple and birch. I plan on getting Yamaha absolute. I really like Matt's maple bass drum. More and more I'm hearing that exact same sound on some really good records. Would I lose a bit of this with birch or would it be better. What do you folks prefer to record with and for what reasons. There's a considerable price difference between the two, about $600.