See the entire selection of Mapex Drums and Hardware at mapexdrums.com Product specifications described herein are subject to change without notice. Due to limitations in photographic and lithographic processes, illustrated colors may vary slightly from actual colors offered. Since wood grain patterns appear randomly in raw materials, wood grain on product pictured will differ from actual product. Cymbals are not included, except where indicated. Some items may only be available via special order, see dealer for details. Black Panther®, ITSTM, OS Cymbal AccentuatorsTM and Tri-Nodal are trademarks of Mapex, Incorporated. Remo® is a registered trademark of Remo®. Mapex® is a registered trademark of Mapex®. Mapex thanks the cymbals companies MEINL, PAISTE, SABIAN and ZILDJIAN for their support in the products photography. Pictured on front cover, Derico Watson at Sound Kitchen Studios, Nashville, TN. © Copyright 2011 KHS America PMKM-M2011EB MAPEX Drum and Hardware 2011 Catalog Today’s best drummers prefer MAPEX PERFORMANCE IS EVERYTHING “Where ever in the world “Mapex is not just a company, “When it comes to I might be, Mapex drums it’s a family. Mapex cares Photo by Andrea De Marchi getting a great drum Tonight, you’ll sit down to perform and like every night, you’ll give it your all. You’ve figured out that giving your provide me the voice to about its artist as people and sound, Mapex is my be heard. Manufacturing they are organized to handle reference. I does not best performance reaps valuable rewards. If you give it your best tonight, you’ll learn something new about integrity and excellence all of the needs worldwide. matter what series yourself, about your playing, about your music. That information will be filed away in your head and will no are the Mapex standard Combine all of this with the of Mapex drums I ingredients”. fact the drums are smoking!” use I know exactly doubt, contribute to the success tomorrow night’s performance. the sound each one delivers. As a drummer I want to Because to you, performance is everything. leave my signature every time I play and the pen I always use As your playing progresses, these tidbits of information are collected and over time, are woven to create the Dom Famularo Mylious Johnson Aquiles riester is made by Mapex”. fabric of your ability. Sometimes they’re small and hardly noticeable. Other times they’re epiphanic, redirecting Jovanotti, Tiziano Ferro,Kid Guch Hangar Drumming’s Global Ambassador the very course of your drum-playing life. They are just as likely to come to you during the biggest gig you’ve ever played as they are when you’re messing around by yourself on the kit you keep in the garage. “Knowing I have Because to you, performance is everything. amazing equipment “In the recording studio “I can’t afford to settle to play every night or in live performances for second best. When With this level of understanding, Mapex is constantly learning and growing along with drummers, taking the makes it easy for Mapex makes my life I’m on the road or in the me to focus on the information they feed us and shaping it into the most exciting and progressive drum products in the world. easier! The Mapex drums studio I’m under pressure music.” along with the Mapex to get things right. Mapex Don’t just take it from us. Ask your friends who play Mapex. Ask your nearest independent Mapex Retailer. In hardware, pedals, thrones drums are the tools that addition to being one of the industry’s fastest growing drum makers, Mapex has recently won five major industry and Black Panther allow me to be the best I snares give me the best can be”. awards for its performance in customer service, its performance in manufacturing and performance in product combination for making innovation. the best music. Once the music begins and you start Walfredo Reyes JR playing Mapex the hardest Chris Adler Chris Pennie Lindsey Buckingham, Santana thing is to stop!” Because to Mapex, performance is everything. Lamb of God Coheed and Cambria "Precision, consistency, “It’s SO important to style and quality are a part “The people, product and have an instrument of every Mapex drum and the service at Mapex are that will respond to the Mapex sound. A sound first class. The variety of all your needs in any that dreams are made of”. sounds available from musical situation. the Black Panther snares No wonder, I haven’t along with the availability been able to keep drum sizes and finishes my hands off my allow every drummer the MAPEX drums for opportunity to be unique the past 16 years.” and individual. Mapex has it like no other drum company.” Waldo Madera Steve White Will Calhoun Ricky Martin, Juanes Paul Weller, The Players Living Colour "The 'MAPEX' “Mapex drums are logo stands for the finest drums “I always have the sound and strength in for me on the great utmost confidence in my drums, and a family of planet Earth!” sound when I go into a dedicated people that session or on a gig. What stand behind every is even more amazing to 'MAPEX' drum set with me is that drums keep PRIDE and PASSION." getting better and better. To me MAPEX is just the best!” Nick D'Virgilio Tears for Fears Liberty Devitto Gregg Bissonette International Recording & touring artist Independent 1 BLACK PANTHER DRUM COLLECTION sound the way you’ve always dreamed Based on its successfully distinctive snare drum series, Mapex has taken this highly progressive design philosophy, extended it across an entire collection of unique drums and created the Mapex Black Panther drum Series. Black Panther drums feature boldly unique shell formulas with specially designed bearing edge profiles to create distinctive tone and voice. With the Black Panther Series, Mapex speaks to the artistic side of every drummer by giving them drums that bring life to the sound they have only heard in their dreams. Black Panther kit Panther Black kit Panther Black 2 3 BLACK PANTHER DRUM COLLECTION t he blaster Mapex launches the Black Panther Drum Collection with The Blaster. What makes the Blaster unique from all other Mapex Drums is the precise selection and combination of shell design, shell materials, hoop and drum heads. Mapex started with a thin traditional 5.1mm American maple shell, added a 3.4mm walnut reinforcing ring and a 5:5 bearing edge with a rounded back cut. This “sound shaping” process produces an extremely focused explosive maple sound with a beautiful dark Traditional thin maple shells are known for walnut undertone.walnut reinforcing ring and a 5:5 bearing edge with a rounded back cut. This “sound shaping” processproduces an extremely focused explosive maple sound with a beautiful dark walnut undertone. their warm, explosive sound. Adding a partial walnut inner shell focuses the overall sound and adds a rich dark undertone to the maple. The 5:5 rounded bearing edge places the head contact point in the middle of the shell, making for a perfect balance between head sound, shell vibration and overall volume and resonance. The Mapex Sonic SaverTM hoop is another important ingredient to the Black Panther drum’s Black Panther kit Black Panther kit Panther Black 22 × 18 overall sound. The shape of the hoop helps further focus the overall sound. Additionally, the hoop’s unique shaping process creates a profile that reduces wear and tear to both 12 × 9 Black Panther drums are sold as five-piece sticks and hands while dramatically enhancing component packs. Choose from add-on 10 × 8 the response and feel of every rimshot. The 14 × 14 bass drums, floor toms and tom-toms to 2.3mm Sonic SaverTM hoop successfully bridges build the set you’ve always dreamed of. the gap between flanged and die cast hoops. 16 × 16 SCAN FOR INFORMATION Blaster 5-piece 4 BPL628XLWU 5 BLACK PANTHER DRUM COLLECTION the velvetone Mapex has long history of successfully combining different wood materials to make great sounding drum shells. Now Mapex has advanced this methodology with the Velvetone, which features a new maple and walnut shell formula. Rich, dark 3.4mm walnut plies at as a low-end buffer between warm interior and exterior For a sound this special, using an “off the maple plies. A specially selected 1:9 bearing edge allows the Remo® Ambassador Suede drumheads to shelf” heads was not an option. After hours resonate fully. The result is a drum that can whisper when needed, but can also bark at a moment’s notice. of playing and recording, Mapex chose the ® To make sure the Velvetone is as appealing to the eye as it is to the ear, Mapex has finished the Remo Ambassador Suede drumhead. This head drums with an Italian burl maple veneer with a high gloss, Butter Burst lacquer. The Velvetone is offers incredible response and provides a feel exclusively for the player that can distinguish between simply good and truly extraordinary. that many have described as “heavenly.” The foundation of the Velvetone shell is Mapex’s ability to harmonize the different voices of the wood and have them perform with complimentary resonance and tone. The marriage of American maple and walnut bring to life a shell that reacts quickly, loud and long. To further ensure optimum sound, an extended 1:9 bearing edge is used on the shell. The drumhead seats at the furthest outer point of the shell allowing the drumhead to vibrate at its fullest. Hardware and cymbals sold separately. Black Panther kit TM Black Panther kit 22 × 18 The Mapex Sonic Saver hoop is another important ingredient to the Black Panther drum’s overall sound.