The Best Tom-Tom Drums 2024

1. Yamaha Recording Custom TT-910Y Tom Black

For almost 30 years, Yamaha's Recording Custom drums have set the benchmark for professional studio sets. This 10" x 9" tom features a 6-ply, 100% birch shell, high tension lug casings, and a high-gloss lacquer exterior finish. YESS mount.

The world's most recorded tom

2. Yamaha 2013 Stage Custom Birch Tom 8 x 7 in. Raven Black

The finely crafted Stage Custom 8" x 7" Birch Toms deliver great sound, attack, and a higher tonal option, for your kit. These drums are 100 percent Birch, which offers a cutting low-end sound. With Yamaha's famous Air-Seal Shell System, that ensures the shell is always in round, you can count on the great tonal quality Yamaha demands. Introduced at the Winter NAMM 2008, these drums are ready to roll.

An all birch 8" x 7" add-on tom that provides a cutting, low-end tone

3. Yamaha 2013 Stage Custom Birch Add-On Tom 12 x 9 in. Cranberry Red

The finely crafted Stage Custom 12" x 9" Birch Toms deliver great sound, attack, and a different tonal option, for your kit. These drums are 100 percent Birch, which offers a cutting low-end sound. With Yamaha's famous Air-Seal Shell System, that ensures the shell is always in round, you can count on the great tonal quality Yamaha demands. Introduced at the Winter NAMM 2008, these drums are ready to roll.

An all birch 12" x 9" add-on tom that provides a cutting low-end tone

4. Yamaha 2013 Stage Custom Birch Add-On Tom 12 x 9 in. Raven Black

The finely crafted Stage Custom 12" x 9" Birch Toms deliver great sound, attack, and a different tonal option, for your kit. These drums are 100 percent Birch, which offers a cutting low-end sound. With Yamaha's famous Air-Seal Shell System, that ensures the shell is always in round, you can count on the great tonal quality Yamaha demands. Introduced at the Winter NAMM 2008, these drums are ready to roll.

An all birch 12" x 9" add-on tom that provides a cutting low-end tone

5. Yamaha 2013 Stage Custom Birch Add-On Tom 12 x 9 in. Dark Silver Metallic

The finely crafted Stage Custom 12" x 9" Birch Toms deliver great sound, attack, and a different tonal option, for your kit. These drums are 100 percent Birch, which offers a cutting low-end sound. With Yamaha's famous Air-Seal Shell System, that ensures the shell is always in round, you can count on the great tonal quality Yamaha demands. Introduced at the Winter NAMM 2008, these drums are ready to roll.

An all birch 12" x 9" add-on tom that provides a cutting low-end tone

6. Yamaha Stage Custom Birch Tom 14 x 12 Raven Black

The finely crafted Stage Custom 14" x 12" Birch Toms deliver great sound, attack, and a different tonal option, for your kit. These drums are 100 percent Birch, which offers a cutting low-end sound. With Yamaha's famous Air-Seal Shell System, that ensures the shell is always in round, you can count on the great tonal quality Yamaha demands. Introduced at the Winter NAMM 2008, these drums are ready to roll.

An all birch 14" x 12" add-on tom that provides a cutting, rich, low-end tone

7. Ludwig Legacy Classic Liverpool 4 Tom 13 x 9 in. Black Oyster Pearl

Ludwig proudly presents their Legacy Classic Liverpool 4 series drums, reissues of the drums that comprised the classic kit that launched so many drummers. This 13" x 9" tom drum is covered in a faithful reproduction of the original "Oyster Black" pearl finish with Classic lugs and tom bracket. Tradition, craftsmanship, and visionary excellence: these are the values at the center of Ludwig's classic legacy. With these values comes a commitment as true as the care and pride that goes into each drum, hand-crafted at Ludwig's manufacturing facility in the North Carolina foothills. It is with this ethic in mind that Ludwig celebrates the return of a true American classic. Combining the benefits of today's most advanced drum-making processes with the know-how that comes with making drums for nearly a century, Ludwig's Legacy Classic Series tom drum revives the distinctive sound of these famous drums. These custom-built, American-made drums are based on a modern rethinking of the legendary, reinforced 3-ply Ludwig drum shells that set the standard for popular music throughout the 20th Century. Incorporating many of the same methods used throughout its long and illustrious history, Ludwig's exclusive Legacy Classic Liverpool 4 shells are made in-house from the choicest cuts of hand-selected North American hardwoods. At the core of the Ludwig tom is a single 1/8" ply of premium poplar for unyielding warmth and resonance. Inner and outer plies of 1/16" premium-grade North American maple are then cross-laminated to the core to reproduce that magical balance of power and clarity for the modern era. This proven design is then augmented with 1/4" single-ply maple reinforcement hoops, and rounded, classic-cut bearing edges for thundering lows and pronounced cut in any musical situation. The attractive maple outer drum shells are then treated in durable lacquer finishes. All Legacy Classic Liverpool 4 drums also feature Ludwig's Classic mini-lugs and traditional "Keystone" badges. But Legacy Classic Liverpool 4 tom drum is not merely a blast from the past. These drums take full advantage of state-of-the-art manufacturing, careful quality control, and a host of upgrades and innovations that only a company with Ludwig's experience and expertise can offer. For the discriminating professional, serious part-time player, and vintage and contemporary collector alike, Ludwig Legacy Classic tom drum is truly the best of today, yesterday, and tomorrow.

A 13" x 9" re-issue tom tom with a faithful reproduction of the original "Oyster Black" pearl finish with Classic lugs and a Classic tom bracket It's made in the USA and employs Ludwig's Legacy Classic shell design with its 3-ply maple/poplar/maple shell

8. DW Performance Series TomPack 4 White Ice

This DW Performance Series Tom Pack includes DW's proprietary 8-ply HVX 10" and 12" toms and 14" floor tom, while the 14" x 5-1/2" snare drum features 10-ply HVX construction. North American Rock Maple HVX proprietary shells provide warm, projecting sound with deep, punchy fundamental tones. F.A.S.T. sized tom shells are optimized for superior sonic performance in the stage and studio. Add in precision-cut 45 bearing edges, stunning high-gloss lacquer finishes, new lower-mass turret lugs, suspension tom mounts, plus Remo heads, and you've got premium drums as only DW can deliver. Made in the U.S.A. Bass drum sold separately.

This DW Performance Series Tom Pack includes DW's proprietary 8-ply HVX 10" and 12" toms and 14" floor tom, while the 14" x 5-1/2" snare drum features 10-ply HVX construction North American Rock Maple HVX proprietary shells provide warm, projecting sound with deep, punchy fundamental tones F A S T sized tom shells are optimized for superior sonic performance in the stage and studio Add in precision-cut 45 bearing edges, stunning high-gloss lacquer finishes, new

9. Gator Elite Air Series Tom Case (18" x 16")

Protechtor Percussion by Gator Cases The Elite Air Series design features an oversized case with tailor-made contours and shaped foam strips to securely cushion each drum. The drum will rest in the middle, away from the side-walls, providing a snug fit and eliminating the need for foam. This case accommodates most suspended mounting brackets without upsizing and comes with a limited lifetime warranty against cracking. They include adjustable straps with quick-snap clips for easy attachment. 18" Wide, 16" Deep Get yours today, with the security of our 85 plus years of experience and the Sam Ash Direct 45/60day return/price protection policy.

The Elite Air Series design features an oversized case with tailor-made contours and shaped foam strips to securely cushion each drum Drum rest in the middle, away from the side walls, providing a snug fit and eliminating the need for foam Gator Elite Air Series Tom Case (18" x 16")

10. Pearl PMT-668023 Championship Maple Marching Sextet Tom Set 6, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13 Midnight Black (#46)

There is no other sound in the world of Marching Arts like the Pearl Championship Tenors. Designed with today's most renowned Drum & Bugle Corps, The Pearl Championship Tenors offer a 6-ply 100% maple shell. This drum is the perfect compliment to the Pearl FFX snare drums. 2.3 Steel SuperHoop II rims are anchored in place by high strength 6mm case-hardened tension bolts. Lightweight aluminum lug casings provide extreme strength and evenly disperse head pressure when aggressively tuned. All sets include 40mm aluminum spacers between drums for even weight dispersions and improved playability. Championship Maple Tenor Shells have a natural balance of mid to high frequencies that set the industry standard and changed the face of corps competition. Pearl's Superior Shell Technology is used to make a 6-ply shell out of maple, the drum industry's premium for dynamic range, sensitivity, and unsurpassed projection. These six plies are then enhanced with 2-ply support rings to add tremendous shell stability and shape integrity. Fully rounded bearing edges provide full head to shell contact, increase kinetic energy transfer to the shell, and create maximum shell resonance. In addition, Pearl's tenors are scientifically proportioned from diameter to depth, allowing optimum shell vibration. All of these details create Pearl's extraordinary tenor sound. Pearl's Superior Shell Technology utilizes a proprietary technique for achieving the ultimate air chamber. It begins with select woods chosen for their unique acoustic attributes, milled to precise thickness with overlapping scarf joint seams, for a perfect air-tight fit. The wood plies are saturated with Pearl's proprietary "AcoustiGlue" that permeates every pore and dries to the exact consistency of the wood for optimum resonance. Finally, the plies are formed in high-temperature molds with 1000 PSI of hydraulic pressure to produce perfect drum shells that exhibit superior tone, optimal resonance and extreme strength.

There is no other sound in the world of Marching Arts like the Pearl Championship Tenors Designed with today's most renowned Drum & Bugle Corps, The Pearl Championship Tenors offer a 6-ply 100% maple shell This drum is the perfect compliment to the Pearl FFX snare drums 2 3 Steel SuperHoop II rims are anchored in place by high strength 6mm case-hardened tension bolts Lightweight aluminum lug casings provide extreme strength and evenly disperse head pressure when aggressively tuned