Members agogobill Posted December 29, 2012 Members Share Posted December 29, 2012 +1 on the Mapex Saturn ... I've played on two different kits ... plenty of punch. I wouldn't hesitate for a second if I was looking. GC has some good deals on used ... here's a link to their used "search": http://used.guitarcenter.com/usedgear/index.cfm Yamaha oak are running a little higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Since the question is about used drums, why is nobody mentioning Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Slingerland, or Leedy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Since the question is about used drums, why is nobody mentioning Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Slingerland, or Leedy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cratz Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by El Glom-o Since the question is about used drums, why is nobody mentioning Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Slingerland, or Leedy? Those brands all seem so old-fashioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cratz Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by El Glom-o Since the question is about used drums, why is nobody mentioning Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Slingerland, or Leedy? Those brands all seem so old-fashioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Enigmatic Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Brand rarely matters. I would suggest focus on tuning and playing. The rest of the magic will happen in the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Enigmatic Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Brand rarely matters. I would suggest focus on tuning and playing. The rest of the magic will happen in the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by Cratz Those brands all seem so old-fashioned. OK.Anybody else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by Cratz Those brands all seem so old-fashioned. OK.Anybody else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cratz Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by El Glom-o OK.Anybody else? Was to be taken with a grain of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cratz Posted December 31, 2012 Members Share Posted December 31, 2012 Originally Posted by El Glom-o OK.Anybody else? Was to be taken with a grain of humor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agogobill Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by El Glom-o Since the question is about used drums, why is nobody mentioning Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Slingerland, or Leedy? My feeling is that these would be more expensive if they were in decent shape. I've seen plenty of used modern import kits going cheap, and they don't sound bad. Older kits might have wore-out bearing edges, bad wrap, and/or bad hardware. Bang for the buck, I would go with used import. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agogobill Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by El Glom-o Since the question is about used drums, why is nobody mentioning Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Slingerland, or Leedy? My feeling is that these would be more expensive if they were in decent shape. I've seen plenty of used modern import kits going cheap, and they don't sound bad. Older kits might have wore-out bearing edges, bad wrap, and/or bad hardware. Bang for the buck, I would go with used import. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by Cratz Was to be taken with a grain of humor. That's what I thought, but considering some of the things I've seen posted in H-C, couldn't be sure. Originally Posted by agogobill My feeling is that these would be more expensive if they were in decent shape. Bang for the buck, I would go with used import. That's what I figured to be the main reason, particularly for pre-'80's sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted January 1, 2013 Members Share Posted January 1, 2013 Originally Posted by Cratz Was to be taken with a grain of humor. That's what I thought, but considering some of the things I've seen posted in H-C, couldn't be sure. Originally Posted by agogobill My feeling is that these would be more expensive if they were in decent shape. Bang for the buck, I would go with used import. That's what I figured to be the main reason, particularly for pre-'80's sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Consume Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Originally Posted by El Glom-o Since the question is about used drums, why is nobody mentioning Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Slingerland, or Leedy? Half the time, used Slingerland drums have ragged out hardware on them. I had a Slingerland kit for 5 years. The drums weren't too bad, but the hardware was awful. I had to drill them for new Tom brackets and new kick spurs, and they really needed to have the bearing edges reworked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Consume Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Originally Posted by El Glom-o Since the question is about used drums, why is nobody mentioning Ludwig, Rogers, Gretsch, Slingerland, or Leedy? Half the time, used Slingerland drums have ragged out hardware on them. I had a Slingerland kit for 5 years. The drums weren't too bad, but the hardware was awful. I had to drill them for new Tom brackets and new kick spurs, and they really needed to have the bearing edges reworked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Originally Posted by Consume Half the time, used Slingerland drums have ragged out hardware on them. You've seen this often? In what way would the hardware be "ragged out"? I bought my Slingerland set when it was approx 10 years old, and the only problem with the hardware was some rust on the vertical post of the tom mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members El Glom-o Posted January 2, 2013 Members Share Posted January 2, 2013 Originally Posted by Consume Half the time, used Slingerland drums have ragged out hardware on them. You've seen this often? In what way would the hardware be "ragged out"? I bought my Slingerland set when it was approx 10 years old, and the only problem with the hardware was some rust on the vertical post of the tom mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Consume Posted January 8, 2013 Members Share Posted January 8, 2013 Originally Posted by El Glom-o You've seen this often? In what way would the hardware be "ragged out"? I bought my Slingerland set when it was approx 10 years old, and the only problem with the hardware was some rust on the vertical post of the tom mount. Broken tom mounts, kick spur mounts stripped out, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Drummer44 Posted January 8, 2013 Members Share Posted January 8, 2013 Originally Posted by vangkm Checked out a few Yamaha Oak Custom demos and they sound great but are hard to find used and they're still very pricey used, same with the Tama bubingas. My kit is a Yamaha Custom Absolute; all toms are hanging and birch, and the snare is maple. I think you can tune either birch or maple to do what you want, too.-D44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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