Designed as an extension of the Player Date I, our Player Date II has a warm, round tone that is a bit brighter than the Player Date I kit. It has enhanced mid-range and a smooth attack. Its 7-ply Maple Mahogany Maple shell provides a wide tuning range and versatility. Also, this shell — a Gladstone exclusive, by the way — has more resonance which makes it perfectly suitable for heavier playing styles and louder musical settings

The Player Dates consists of a unique 7-ply Mahogany Maple Mahogany shell. When designing our shells, we wanted to focus on one main objective: less glue, more wood. This leads to the one of a kind sound of our drums that makes our drums sound different from other in the market. As an example: Our standard 6-ply Maple shell contains over 30% more wood than a typical 8-ply Keller Maple shell. These thicker plies give a lower fundamental tone, which in return provides a warmer sound. Gladstone’s objective is as simple as it is convincing – and we have started our own shell production to bring back all these amazing vintage sound back to the drumming world of today.