DW DDLG1618TTCS 16"x18" Design Series Floor Tom in Cherry Stain Finish

Design Series™ is a DW kit through and through. These are thicker shells that pack a punch. Incorporating HVLT™ (Vertical Low Timbre shell with a horizontal outer ply), Design Series™ all-maple shells are full, resonant, and responsive.

The DW Custom Shell Shop in California bring you HVLT™, the same technology that is standard on their latest Collector's Series® Cherry drums. HVLT grain orientation and slightly thicker 1/32" plies of North American maple are a potent combination that delivers a full tonal spectrum, attack, punch, and sonic versatility. Design Series™ shells are tailored for just about every style of music.

DW Design Series™ toms feature an 8-ply HVLT construction.

DW Design Series Toms Features:

• Hardware Color: Design Series™ drums are available exclusively in Chrome. This includes lugs, hoops, STM™, and tom legs. The Design Series turret lug is a scaled-down version of the famous round DW lug (a step smaller from Performance Series™).
• Graduated Counter Hoops: Design Series are available exclusively with Chrome Standard Triple Flange Hoops to give your drums a great versatile sound. Steel Triple Flange Hoops come in graduated weights (2.3 mm for toms).
• Floor Tom Legs: Design Series™ resonant floor tom legs are 1/2" in diameter, 21" in length and fabricated in chrome-plated steel.
• True-Pitch® Tuning Rods: To give drummers even more control over their sound, DW created its patented True-Pitch® rod system. The rods feature 5mm threads rather than the 12/24 that's standard on most other drums. To compare, there is 1 thread every 0.8mm on DW's True-Pitch® rods (about 20% more threads), versus 1 thread every 1.05mm on most other drums. The result is a more exacting tuning process.
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