I shouldn't learn to play this stuff, should I?

[pklima]

So, I bought this for the equivalent of $111.68, spent a bit on new snare wires, a few rubber feet for the stands, and a bottle of rust remover to get a key to fit over the lugs. The idea is to use them for a specific recording session, then sell them.

I shouldn't actually keep them and learn to play them, should I?

And a few "before" detail photos, with more dust, rust, and the busted snare wires:

 

[Oddly]

I'm very impressed that you bought a kit that matches your couch so perfectly.
Of course you should keep them and play them.
Learning any other lesser instrument can only improve how you play bass, which is obviously the most important thing.

 

[btmpancake]

Go ahead clean 'em up and get the parts they need and learn to play them. You'll be a more valuable band member playing more than one instrument and possible time improvement. It works for some. PS- They look valuable, possibly antiques from the looks of those cymbals and hardware.

 

[Skybone]

It'd be rude not to learn.

Pretty sure your neighbours will be keen on you learning to play the drums as well.

 

[pklima]

PS- They look valuable, possibly antiques from the looks of those cymbals and hardware.

Nah, they really are worth $100-150, and I'm guessing they date to the early 80s or so. But the kit is complete including stands all made by the same guy, only the snare wires exploded and the stands lost about half of their rubber feet, and the cymbals are from factories on our side of the Iron Curtain. There's a lot of rust on the hardware making it look really old, but that's mostly the plating not being very good. Here's an article in English about the maker: Invalid Link Removed

 

[David Jayne]

I think yes, you should learn to play it before the recording session.

 

[Copperhead]

Good exercise. Go for Neal Peart and get fit.

 

[ELG60]

I say, learn to play them...It will give you future opportunity to fire yourself.

 

[micguy]

The rack toms look very tall - do you have to stand up to play those?

 

[pklima]

They sure are big - 14x14 and 15x15 rack toms are something you don't see every day. The floor tom's 18x16 and kick 24x17, so these are big even for 80s metal sized drums, but with 60s style thin shells and lightweight hardware. I wonder if this was an unusual request from a customer, or some intermediate phase when bigger drums were getting popular so he started making them bigger, but he hadn't redesigned things to be heavier yet.

 

[Badwater]

I think you should keep it. It really ties the room together. And makes for a great conversation piece.

 

[Clipped]

What's the bunny think?

 

[Thrillhouse]

Kit doesn't look like much, really...why not just send it to me? I'll do you a favor and it take it off your hands.

 

[lowphatbass]

I’m pretty sure drums are just like bass, learning them is relative. It’s a simple equation involving Spare Time, Natural Ability and Goals.

ST x NA = G or greater than you’re good to go.

 

[twinjet]

I say, learn to play them...It will give you future opportunity to fire yourself.

On that note, I'd say don't learn because then you'd have to fire... you.

Subsequently, you'd need to find a sideman to play drums for this session. Now you have a set of drums you won't use, you're out a gig and have to pay the drummer's dues. This has no written all over it.

 

[interp]

For $111.68? Hell yeah.

 

[mcarp555]

Keep them and first see if you can learn to play them. If not, sell.

 

[cnltb]

learn anything and everything you get the chance to.

 

[bholder]

Learn to play them, be prepared to fire yourself.

 

[bolophonic]

I dug a drum set out of a dumpster and cleaned it up and installed it in the house. I have played it ONCE this whole year. But recently, I have been considering the idea of learning to play them correctly, once and for all.