The flagship line of Custom Drums is offered in North American hard rock maple, select heartwood birch and now maple/mahogany. Collector's Series is the original American-made custom drum set. Choose from a myriad of state-of-the art California Custom Shop shell configurations and a seemingly endless array of high-end finishes and drum hardware color options to create your very own dream setup.

Pure Maple
The most popular wood for drum making, maple is a hardwood that produces maximum resonance, projection and attack. Combined with reinforcement hoops, it can produce a more focused sound and is well suited for live and studio applications.

Specialized Shell Configuration
SSC stands for Specialized Shell Configuration. It's the culmination of more than a decade of DW Custom Shop shell technology and represents the state-of-the-art in sonic customization. So what is SSC? Put simply, it's DW's recommended shell configuration that utilizes HVLT, VLT, X and VLX shell technologies. Of course, drummers can order a custom DW kit anyway they want it, but they've simplified the process by optimizing a particular type of shell for each drum size.