what type of drumset to get?

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heres the deal. i play guitar, and bass. i want to start playing drums. mmy drummer left his set at my house and my little bro played it, now my parents want to get him a set. so i figured we could get a decent drumset if i pay half and my parents pay half. i've played in bands for like 7 years now, a low end drumset wont sound good to my ears anymore like it wouldve a few years ago


i want to spend around 7-800 bucks for a whole set. i can go higher if needed but i dont think its necesary. i play rock. from classic rock to some more pop rock stuff.


i dont know a whole lot, thats why i turn to ya'll.

thanks, -tom
 
700-800 really isn't that much for an entire kit, to be completely honest..

While the links that were posted above look great, they will end up being way out of your price range.. The first is only shells, so not only will you need cymbals, but you need hardware as well.. The other two lack a throne and cymbals..

I would suggest going used, because unless you go with beginner's introductory cymbals, they will be another 4-5 hundred at least..

I am in no way trying to seem rude, I'm just explaining the situation I was in when I wanted to get a house kit.. I ended up going used and spent a little over a grand in all.. But it is top notch, in my opinion.
 
I have a great 5-piece kit (kick, snare, three toms) and I picked it up used for $150. Of course I had to get some hi-hats and a crash cymbal (I got a ride for free from a friend). This stuff ran me about $150 more, I got the Sabian B8 hats used, 14" B8 crash new, and the hat stand.

Next was the skins. The most important part to the sound. You don't need a thousand dollar kit to make a good sound, you just need some great skins and you've got to know how to tune them. I'm a Remo guy, but you might prefer Evans or Aquarian. I chose Remo coated Emporers for all my tom batter heads and clear Diplomats for the resonant heads. A Remo Powerstroke 3 for the kick batter, Hazy for the snare resonant, and Controlled Sound for the snare batter. In total, this ran me about $90.

So, in total, my kit cost me $390. It took me a while to get comfortable with tuning the things. There is no one way to do it, you just tighten the skins the way you want them to sound, although there are some general do's and don'ts that you can learn about if you google for the Drum Tuning Bible.

You don't need a really expensive kit. Getting an $800 shell pack means you'll end up spending >$1000 for this kit, and that's unnecessary.
 
i got a kit on consignment from a drum store for only about 4 or $450, it had everylast thing. and i didn't haggle, i just pointed out stuff that wasn't solid, so they gave me a brand new, if entry level kik pedal, and same with the seat, the minimum, but ok since i'm not playing for 5 hours at a time and it was new also.

it was a no-name brand, Samson, which is the Sam Ash brand, but it is alright with me. it sat there for long periods of time i didn't use it, but being cheap it didn't bug me, now i record with it and replaced, over the years, a crash and stand, oh, the snare stand fell apart, so i replaced that, and i got a $29 piccolo snare which you can new get at CG for $39 and I did get a couple more kik pedals, but the cheap ones, just for kicks.

i was lucky with the heads, they were pretty fresh at the time and i still have them on there, but i like the sound. i do need another crash can't remember what i did with the original...i hate the ride, but i hate all rides b/c they never sound like recordings, but that's prolly b/c of heavy filtering...

and there were new sets there for around the same price but without cymbals and all the shells had fewer lugs and lower quality, used is the way to go for sure.
 
Are you allergic to eBay or Craigslist? You could get a quite decent beginer's set for your budget, used. New, you're going to have a little problem. I hear great things about Saluda cymbals, but you'd still be $4-500 for hats, ride and crash. You could add that to a Yamaha Rydeen or Tama Imperialstar, if you stretch your budget to $900. That's pretty much it for decent gear, and you'd be stuck with stock heads. You're last hope would be to go with Wuhan S series cymbals, which are supposedly not aweful, but do to cymbal-cymbal variations, might be risky to just order blindly.
 
tom18222 said:
a low end drumset wont sound good to my ears

i want to spend around 7-800 bucks for a whole set.
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I dont think you will get much better than a low end drum kit for $800.
Id say around double that for a mid range kit.

Eck
 
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