Seriously? This is a forum where some people are playing basses worth $20,000 through rigs worth equal amounts. And I'd dread to think of the price tags of some of the DBs on the other side of TB...
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drummers with unnescecarilly nice equipment.
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I dabble on drums, and I do mean dabble. I have over $1,000 in cymbals and hardware alone and my stuff is quite mediocre. Drums are a VERY expensive instrument.
The real problem with drums is that you can always add one more tom or cymbal. There's always something you can add that will give you that one thing you've been missing. It creeps up on you!
Now that I have my first stompbox (Woot! VT Bass!), I think I might end up with (*gasp*) a pedalboard. Oh, I see where that's going... Just one more thing I need every here and there!
D*mn those drums - and that bass... And now I want a fretless. See what you guys on TB are doing to me!
lol
i'm not a drummer but i think my home drumkit costs close to $1,000 - the DW snare's like $420, the Axis Long boards are around $250 and i have about six cymbals (most are sabian AAX stuff)
if people talked about it in my area, they might end up with a thread called "guys who cant play drums but own an unnecessarily nice kit"
the weird thing is, i dont regret the purchase at all - i regret buying some crappy pedals, but nope... not regretting nice stuff for a drumkit i barely play
i'm not a drummer but i think my home drumkit costs close to $1,000 - the DW snare's like $420, the Axis Long boards are around $250 and i have about six cymbals (most are sabian AAX stuff)
if people talked about it in my area, they might end up with a thread called "guys who cant play drums but own an unnecessarily nice kit"
the weird thing is, i dont regret the purchase at all - i regret buying some crappy pedals, but nope... not regretting nice stuff for a drumkit i barely play
The drummer I have been playing with for the last 18 years was known in the area from older bands as being one of the best drummers around. I was really concerned I was over my head when we first played together, but I was shocked when I saw the kit he played. It was a bunch of repainted mismatched shells, mismatched stands and cymbals. He hadn't ever owned a brand new set of drums. His wife bought him a real nice brand new set of Tamas for his birthday a couple of years later. That kit (double bass, 4 mt. toms, two floors) went to the studio once but otherwise never leaves his house. He has a couple of fairly nice sets now (Pearl and Yamaha) that he gigs with, the Pearls he bought used, the Yamahas were given to him. He never dents a head, seldom breaks a stick.
crj14525 said:
My drummer in one band has multiple drumsets. Mostly Gretch's and Rodgers from the 60's, as well as more modern DW and Tama sets. He normally gigs with one of the Rodgers. He is not a rich guy, the collection happened over many years.
I just added up my normal gig rig, which is not excessive (head, cab, 2 basses, pedalboard, accessories) and just came up with over 6 grand. This is what I paid, not list prices. Music can be an expensive deal.
I know what you mean, that's why I got rid of mine
Holy moly. Is that a genuine relic kit, or is it a newer model?
Either way, that is extremely simple a brilliant. It's the kind of kit I really enjoy.
I kind of frown when someone tells me to learn how to play more toms, when in reality I choose not to have many toms
Holy moly. Is that a genuine relic kit, or is it a newer model?
Either way, that is extremely simple a brilliant. It's the kind of kit I really enjoy.
I kind of frown when someone tells me to learn how to play more toms, when in reality I choose not to have many toms
The floor tom and bass are new Classic Maples that I got a few weeks ago. The snare is a custom steambent that was made for me. The rack tom is a DW Piccolo Tom. I generally hate toms and usually play 3 pieces or less, but this allows me to add an additional tom sound without having to haul a full drum. I actually pack it on my bass drum in the bass drum case so I can carry as few cases as possible.
In this interview Bozzio mentions that he learnt The Black Page in a week, not in one go. You're probably confusing with the Invalid Link Removed where he sight read Mo and Herb's Vacation .
You only have to look at a drummer like Neil Peart to see this. His kit started out as a standard 5-piece (although I believe his starter high-school kit was a 4-er) and then grew and grew to become the huge monster it is now. He's now got electronic trigger panels, two toms, 14 cymbals (minimum), a flats set, 5 lots of cowbells, three snares and a whole host of other drums and bits of kit.
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I know what you mean, that's why I got rid of mine
That's so cute, I wonder what it'll look like when it grows up.
Seriously though, my first thought was that Ringo Star would really smoke on that set.
