The DW Design Series' raised the bar for DW and made custom-style drums available to more drummers than ever before. The Design Series' features 100% North American maple shells that utilize HVLT' (Vertical Low Timbre shell with a horizontal outer ply) construction for warm punch with satisfying resonance. This floor tom features a 7-ply maple shell, mini-turret lugs, and True-Pitch' Tuning. *