Phantom®

I love drums that speak quickly, clearly and resonate with a full tone even at low volumes. The Phantom seamless aluminum shells Oriollo made for my 16/12/14 kit do exactly that. I was excited to get this kit after playing their Phantom snare drum. I ordered the sizes and finish I wanted and was amazed when I started gigging them. The whole kit is very responsive and produces a beautiful tone regardless of the dynamic or tuning range. Being lightweight, durable and easy to tune make it a dream kit for me. If the music calls for it I can throw on different heads or just drop the pitch and it sounds like a completely different drum set with the same full rich tone. I have confidence in the sound of these drums. It translates into confidence in my playing and allows me to focus on the best performance I can give.

I am the proud owner of an Oriollo Phantom bop kit, 12/14/16 with matching snare. The drums are amazing. Super easy to tune in a wide range, very responsive and focused, and the overall consistency and quality of the drums and the hardware is top-notch.

What is so great to me about this whole process ... is that as cool as this drumset looks ... as innovative as making seamless drum set shells is ... the best part is the kit sounds absolutely bonkers. I will do my best to describe. These lightweight toms and kick are literally exploding with tone and fullness, yet are so how able to keep an amazing feel to them. What i mean is, the fullness of tone is similar to my ears of something like a solid shell kit, but solid shell kits often feel very hard. This aluminum kit has the fullness, but is somehow able to keep that melty, pocket feel that causes us to love our vintage wood drums ... so for me, this is a playing experience that is new to me in a good way ... and exactly what I would want in a drumset. It is easy to talk about how wonderful the kit is, but listen for yourself. You can't miss it in the video. Its amazing at all three tunings.

These drums are something special. While being on the drier side of things, they deliver a very open, breathy sound that is way fuller than most normally constructed wood drums. Tonally they are clear but not clean and remind me a little of some great vintage drums. They are big and beefy but not overly aggressive sounding. Really inspiring!

My Phantom kit is solidly engineered and beautifully made. It produces a sonic quality that is truly inspirational. They’re powerful, focused, and supremely portable. The toms have a pure, fundamental tone. The bass drum, despite its size, is capable of punching like a cannon.

First, I ordered a phantom 65 snare and I was completely blown away. My wife also custom ordered me a 13x7 phantom snare as a gift. These are the only snares I have gigged since receiving them, every other snare that I have has been delegated to one of my home kits. After putting it off for awhile, I decided 2019 was the year to get a new kit. The kit is in the Sable Noir finish, and the sizes are 13x8, 16x13, and 22x13. I'm running black dots on top and bottom on the toms and a PS3 black dot on the kick batter with the EQ3 reso. I've had the drums for a week now and the best way I can describe the drums is this: these drums are sophisticated. Durable, lightweight, easy to tune drums should be on everyone's radar and Oriollo has hit the nail on the head with the Phantom series. The drums have a very controlled, but still very resonant, tone at all volume levels. This is a dream come true for me as my main gigging group will play unmic'd community centers one night and large concert halls the next. I have ran them through many tuning ranges and have found, like many here, that they excel at the "big and beefy" tuning and have decided to keep them there for now. I cannot fully put into words how happy I am about this kit and how inspired it makes me to play them.

I am completely blown away! Exactly the sound I was looking for. Being a rocker double bass player I was concerned that these would not have the punch I need. Most of the demos on line are jazz and other styles (I will change that), but no real heavy hitters ... WOW, you nailed it!