Suds
Junior Member
Hi all, here are a few pics of my Ludwig Classic Maple Bonham kit in cherry stain finish.
I bought this kit in 2004, upgrading from a Pacific starter kit that I bought in 2000, shortly after my wife and I bought our house.
I always wanted to play the drums, but never had a chance growing up. I told my wife that when we get a house, I definitely want to get a drum set. She reluctantly agreed, and that was when I bought the Pacific kit and ZBT cymbals. I was 32 at the time.
A few months after, she got me three lessons with a teacher for my B'day, which I stuck with until the spring of 2005. At that time, the company that I was working for closed down, so I stopped taking lessons because of the cost.
For the last few years I've played some, but not as much as when I was taking lessons.
Just recently the passion came back and I slapped on some new Coated Emperors on my toms and picked up an Iron Cobra single pedal. Wow, what a difference these both made. I'm just now starting to appreciate the quality kit that I have.
Sorry for the long story, here are the pics. The last two were before I slapped on the Emps and ported the bass reso. At that time I was using Aquarian Performance II's, which sounded terrible on this kit.
Cymbals: The ZBT's are long gone!
Zildjian A's:
15" New Beats
17" Med/Thin Crash
19" Thin Crash
21" Sweet Ride
And a 7" Sabian Radia Cup Chime
I bought this kit in 2004, upgrading from a Pacific starter kit that I bought in 2000, shortly after my wife and I bought our house.
I always wanted to play the drums, but never had a chance growing up. I told my wife that when we get a house, I definitely want to get a drum set. She reluctantly agreed, and that was when I bought the Pacific kit and ZBT cymbals. I was 32 at the time.
A few months after, she got me three lessons with a teacher for my B'day, which I stuck with until the spring of 2005. At that time, the company that I was working for closed down, so I stopped taking lessons because of the cost.
For the last few years I've played some, but not as much as when I was taking lessons.
Just recently the passion came back and I slapped on some new Coated Emperors on my toms and picked up an Iron Cobra single pedal. Wow, what a difference these both made. I'm just now starting to appreciate the quality kit that I have.
Sorry for the long story, here are the pics. The last two were before I slapped on the Emps and ported the bass reso. At that time I was using Aquarian Performance II's, which sounded terrible on this kit.
Cymbals: The ZBT's are long gone!
Zildjian A's:
15" New Beats
17" Med/Thin Crash
19" Thin Crash
21" Sweet Ride
And a 7" Sabian Radia Cup Chime