Any drummers in here?

[Motorhead350]

I am thinking about getting a drum kit. What's the best brand to look for? I was going to buy used and thinking around $400.

Keep in mind I am a beginner so I don't need the best model, but a good brand would be good.

Any suggestions?

[a_d_a_m]

I've played drums since '89, had an opportunity to attend a small liberal arts college on a drum scholarship, yada yada. I've been in the game for awhile though it is truly a hobby for me at this point.

Anyway, I subscribe to the notion that it ain't so much the brand of the kit, as it is the heads (tuned properly), cymbals, hardware that go on it.

I just bout a new kit back in '07. It's a brand X with Evans heads, Paiste and Zildjian crashes, a Sabian ride, and a Pearl double-kick pedal. Some of the stuff, I carried over to my new kit (the pedal, the Sabian), but most of the stuff I bought new and added on. It sounds awesome, but that's because I know how to tune drums.

Brands I would buy if I were in the market today:
-Rogers (old stuff, but a lot of the stuff had killer metalflake, and they have a unique sound)
-Gretsch
-ddrum
-Ludwig
-Sonor

Brands I would avoid:
-Pearl (It's like the small-block Chevy motor of drum sets. Too many around. Though I love my Pearl bass pedal!)
-Yamaha

[-Matt-]

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I have a pearl kit and a DDrum kit... the Pearls forsale... you should buy it

[stevemarauder]

Tama rockstar
Tama swing star
Had both sets sound great search Ebay!!!!!!!:cool:

[PurdueRifleman]

Not since the end of my freshman year of college, but I remember really liking the school's Tama Rockstar set.

[Egon Spengler]

My friend is in a band and I am going to a gig of his this Friday actually... Anyways, he has Tamas and loves them!

[BigCars4Ever]

If your learning do everyone around you a favor and get a set of rolland Vdrums. I just got rid of my daughters pearl acoustic set and picked up a TD6V used. Headphones are a beautiful thing!

[Bigdogjim]

How about just being just a "dashboard" drummer :)

J/K best of luck!

[breeze]

bought Gammon kit off ebay for like 300. snare, hi-hat, 2symbols, 3 toms, foot pedal w/ base. i changed the heads to remo and symbols to zildjian.

[Motorhead350]

How about just being just a "dashboard" drummer :)

J/K best of luck!

I do that a lot actually and fear I messed up any drumming potential because I would do the bass with my left foot instead of right.

[PurdueRifleman]

Get a double bass pedal and use both!