All Mapex products are hand built and hand assembled by the artisans at its wholly owned factory. The people at Mapex have earned a distinguished reputation for designing, engineering and building the highest quality acoustic drums. Every Mapex drum, regardless of price, is built to exacting specifications; the result is a drum that you take on stage or into the studio with complete confidence that your style and creativity will be not only perfectly reproduced, but enhanced. With your Mapex drum set, your talents and personality will be faithfully delivered to your audience, whether you're playing to a crowd of twenty or twenty-thousand. You'll ultimately take as much pride in owning a Mapex drum as we take in building it.