Drums for 7 year old

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My daughter really wants a "kids drums set" (her words). Never mind that I have her uncle's full set of Tama's with Zildjian and Paiste cymbals in my studio, at her disposal. She wants her own kit and wants it to her scale.

So, does anyone know the relative merits of the junior kits around $200? Ludwig's look nice, but it has no hi-hat. The CB looks good, but I'll have to mail order it, so any first hand experience would be great. Then, there's Groove Percusion which is cheaper, but at what depths of crappiness?

I'm hoping for decent drum sounds and tunability, but I assume the cymbals will be atrocious.

Any thoughts?
 
i suggest getting a shrink-ray. invest in one with re-enlarging capabilities. shrink down your drumset to let her play on it, and then when she's done, go ahead and zap it back to normal. that way she won't have to play a crappy kids kit, and if she decides drums arent her bag, then you wont have to worry about wasting the money.

seriously, i'd think the CB would be fine if you didn't mind mail-ordering it. as for Ludwig, thats pretty much the only kind of drums i've ever played on, and i don't think you can really go wrong with them in terms of quality. maybe she can borrow your hats while she plays the ludwig kit? i know that ludwig snares usually sound pretty good, so as long as the kit has a good snare, you can always put a t-shirt over the toms for "practice" purposes if they sound that bad, haha. one of my uncles bought his son a kid's kit a few years back, and it was a cheap one and it sounded absolutely horrible. that might have attributed to my little cousin's sudden abandonment of the drums. so i'd suggest not getting the cheapie drumset. either way, good luck, and its good to see a young kid getting into music!
 
I agree. Dont bother with really cheap sets. For kids sets, the CB shouldn't be too bad, and the Ludwig would be even nicer.
 
my kids have a cb...you'll have to assemble everything...i think for a seven year old, it is fine...however, if they show serious interest, you'll be upgrading in a few years. my daughter (who is 8) could probably get on a big kit now...or much closer than my 5 yr old.
 
beginners set

Well I was against it but my friend bought a childs Peavy kit for $125.00 out the door and his kids love it. They knock themselves out on it and it seems sturdy enough to hold up. A full sized kit would just be to intimidating.
 
Is she big enough to play a full sized kit? can her feet reach the pedals?
 
drummerdude666 said:
Is she big enough to play a full sized kit? can her feet reach the pedals?
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I wouldn't think that would be a question - a lower throne/stool could solve that issue. the problem would be the fact that everything else would be too high.
You used to be able to easily find things like a child-size hi-hat and kick pedal.


The best child-sized kit I've ever seen was one that Dave Hlubeck from Molly Hatchet had for his son, Kyle. Ludwig had given it to him - it was a 9x6" and 9x8" mounted tom, with a 11"x12" Floor tom, a 16"x16" Kick, and something like a 4"x10" snare.

The kit was just regular sized Ludwig toms serving other purposes, such as the 12" Rack tom being used as a Floor. It was a killer set.

I wonder why drum companies don't bother doing this these days? The only piece that would need to really be "manufactured" would be the snare.



Tim
 
Awesome feedback! Yes, she's too short for the full sized kit, even though she's a tall kid for her age. My brother, her uncle doesn't mind folks playing his kit as long they readjust nothing.

I know she'll either abandon out of disinterest, or move up to uncle's kit, but whatever baby wants, baby gets.

I think I'll go with the CB kit. The Ludwig looks better, but it doesn't have all the go withs that she'll want.
 
Todzilla said:
Awesome feedback! Yes, she's too short for the full sized kit, even though she's a tall kid for her age. My brother, her uncle doesn't mind folks playing his kit as long they readjust nothing.

I know she'll either abandon out of disinterest, or move up to uncle's kit, but whatever baby wants, baby gets.

I think I'll go with the CB kit. The Ludwig looks better, but it doesn't have all the go withs that she'll want.
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i have a blast playing my kids cd occasionally...attached is my friend/bandmate playing their kit :D
 

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@ Sam Hack's they have a pretty nice 'maple' (cough) junior travelers set for $370. The kick pedal and other hardware seemed decent and it sounded pretty darn good. The drums were all 6 lug but for that size, should it matter much?
 
I'm teaching a very small 7 year-old boy and a 9 year-old girl in one of my classes at the moment, for portability I travel with a set of Arbiter Flats in the boot. Neither of them has any trouble getting around the kit, and even though they feel like they're playing on a miniature kit, the essentials are basically full size.

The Flats are also really rather convincing once you get them tuned properly, and if you get the matching carry bag for about $35 your money, you will find yourself walking the streets with an entire kit and cymbals over your shoulder, just because you can. :)
 
noisedude said:
I'm teaching a very small 7 year-old boy and a 9 year-old girl in one of my classes at the moment, for portability I travel with a set of Arbiter Flats in the boot. Neither of them has any trouble getting around the kit, and even though they feel like they're playing on a miniature kit, the essentials are basically full size.

The Flats are also really rather convincing once you get them tuned properly, and if you get the matching carry bag for about $35 your money, you will find yourself walking the streets with an entire kit and cymbals over your shoulder, just because you can. :)
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Arbiter is the best design out there. I mean, what an incredible design?!?! You tighten one screw and the entire head tensions evenly all the way around!

I just wish they made completely custom sizes - I'd buy a set of them.
The flats remind me of rototoms - which is fine by me because I actually like the sound of rototoms. :D

But that is definitely a great idea for teaching kids with. since there's no shell, you can mount them at any height.

You're getting some rep points for that idea! As my dad would say "Now, that's using the ole noggin!"



Tim
 
Cheers Tim! Yeah, I'm only 5'8" myself and so I like everything quite low and close - having no shell means I can get the toms right down to knee height if I need to ... I don't miss having a proper kit around the house, because I can teach at home, pack up in five minutes and drive to my next job with a drumkit, guitars, bass, amps, teaching materials and everything all in the boot (trunk?) of my Ford Escort. The Flats have been a total godsend ... now if I could just afford to replace the bin lid cymbals .... :D

Nik
 
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