Yes, yet another "What Drum Set Should I Buy" thread, but you know....I'm different than all the others .
My son, is 11 and has been taking lessons for 3 years. Let's see if I can find my last, less than enlightening, forum post....ah yes http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59048 which was about how to get my son started and what equipment made sense at that time. What we ended up getting was a used piece of junk with a pretty good crash (Ziljan Custum A) for $150. We've added stuff to it over time, a ride, new hi-hat cymbals and stands, bass drum pedal. He is now "graduating" to middle school and we have a tradition of using this milestone as an opportunity to reward our kids with an instrument upgrade. His older brother got a new guitar (Agile 3100 for those interested) and now I'm trying to figure out a drum kit to get for the drummer. He practices almost every day, partially because it's a chore he has to do, but he does also enjoy it. When you are that age and there isn't much payoff with a band or something, it can be grind sometimes. Next year he should be in the Jazz Band and I'm hoping he gets the positive feedback there to reinvigorate him. His teacher is a little worried he'll be bored, but we'll see. Anyways, onto the question:
What should I get him? My price range is basically up to about $1000. I showed him some brochures (Tama, Pearl, Mapex, Yamaha, Crush, Gretch) to see if anything caught his eye. In that price range it seemed only the Crush's really appealed to him much. I was hoping the Yamaha Stage Customs would as they seem like a really great bang for your buck choice. We don't have a local store with many options. I exchanged emails with donn bennett drum studio and they suggested Mapex MyDentity....they didn't have a ton of experience with the Crush sets. So, Crush good? Looking at the pictures the tom mounts look a little odd, do they have to mount onto stands? Is that common? Seems the quality of the stand would be pretty important (and I might need another stand, we only have the one crash and a ride that wouldn't really work).
I know a lot of you will say "buy used". But I have no idea what is good and what isn't, or if it is good then is the condition ok, etc. Pretty leary of that.
Thoughts?
Here is the latest video I took of him (been a while I see). He wasn't happy with the performance and wasn't in a great mood.... I need to get another one up. His grandparents like to see them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuo9Vgb2BU&list=UUY_wSuWFqNLhKyLGWqpb86Q&index=1
My son, is 11 and has been taking lessons for 3 years. Let's see if I can find my last, less than enlightening, forum post....ah yes http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=59048 which was about how to get my son started and what equipment made sense at that time. What we ended up getting was a used piece of junk with a pretty good crash (Ziljan Custum A) for $150. We've added stuff to it over time, a ride, new hi-hat cymbals and stands, bass drum pedal. He is now "graduating" to middle school and we have a tradition of using this milestone as an opportunity to reward our kids with an instrument upgrade. His older brother got a new guitar (Agile 3100 for those interested) and now I'm trying to figure out a drum kit to get for the drummer. He practices almost every day, partially because it's a chore he has to do, but he does also enjoy it. When you are that age and there isn't much payoff with a band or something, it can be grind sometimes. Next year he should be in the Jazz Band and I'm hoping he gets the positive feedback there to reinvigorate him. His teacher is a little worried he'll be bored, but we'll see. Anyways, onto the question:
What should I get him? My price range is basically up to about $1000. I showed him some brochures (Tama, Pearl, Mapex, Yamaha, Crush, Gretch) to see if anything caught his eye. In that price range it seemed only the Crush's really appealed to him much. I was hoping the Yamaha Stage Customs would as they seem like a really great bang for your buck choice. We don't have a local store with many options. I exchanged emails with donn bennett drum studio and they suggested Mapex MyDentity....they didn't have a ton of experience with the Crush sets. So, Crush good? Looking at the pictures the tom mounts look a little odd, do they have to mount onto stands? Is that common? Seems the quality of the stand would be pretty important (and I might need another stand, we only have the one crash and a ride that wouldn't really work).
I know a lot of you will say "buy used". But I have no idea what is good and what isn't, or if it is good then is the condition ok, etc. Pretty leary of that.
Thoughts?
Here is the latest video I took of him (been a while I see). He wasn't happy with the performance and wasn't in a great mood.... I need to get another one up. His grandparents like to see them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuo9Vgb2BU&list=UUY_wSuWFqNLhKyLGWqpb86Q&index=1