Hey everybody, checking in because you guys are the bomb at what you do from what I've read. And I needed some serious expert opinions. I am a huge gear noob, but NOT when it comes to playing.
I'm currently playing on a PDP Mainstage (already know y'alls opinion on it lol), it was one of the worst buying decisions I've ever made as I started out with $700 I had earned and just looked up a kit on google with no research or playing put into it. and obviously it is sounding pretty shitty by now as I have learned to seriously play drums and have a skill set much beyond my medium. Feels like I'm hitting cardboard to be honest. I have spent much time learning on this kit, trying to tune it etc, and mostly keeping the stock heads on so I don't ruin any new ones during my learning process. I can never get the sound I want out of this kit, perhaps its my tuning, perhaps its the heads, but I hate it. The feel is degrading to my art form.
The good news is I may be able to resell it soon (at as much as $600), which blows my mind as I've been held back by my gear for years! and it is embarrassing how little I know about it to be honest.
I also own a few other drums including a really old Yamaha Stage Custom bass and two toms (they even have an old stage custom logo on the bass). I have ignored these pieces since I got them as they sounded so bad then. After doing some more research on here, I've heard Lots of good things about these, only problem being they have been kept in hot garages and not taken care of for 5-10 years before my friend gave them to me (and then in my hot garage for another 5 lol). I knew nothing about drums at the time and didn't even realize it is missing hardware on the bass drum when I played it LOL (6 lugs and bolts for the batter side) and still has stock heads, not tuned at all O_O
I also own a Roland TD-10 drum module and a horrible rubber kit setup (3 toms, snare, 3 cymbals, hi hat all rubber). I never got anything I wanted out of this and some of the cymbals were even unresponsive, so I bought the Mainstage thinking it would be a "step up" back in the day.
I am extremely confident in my abilities, even going as far as to say that I am better than many people who have nice gear setups the first time I sit at their drums. The only problem is I have no idea where to go from here as far as getting the best bang for my buck. I will most likely have $600 soon, if I do manage to sell the PDP beater kit. Is there any use for the Roland kit with the rubber crap? I kinda just want to get rid of the whole thing, and the PDP too. I am ready to get a pro-level kit to be honest, or at least a reallllly high end intermediate one. Wish I wouldn't have sat on my ass this whole time with the research.
I was wondering if there is any hope in my existing kits at all -- I was considering buying the hardware needed to work the Stage Custom but at this point didn't know if they were worth fixing. I guess pictures are a better idea, but these drums are by no means broken etc just haven't been maintained.
TL;DR: I own a PDP mainstage and it's crappy stock cymbals and hi-hat. I also have a truly old school, out of commission Stage Custom three piece (bass and two toms). And a rubber 5 piece Roland TD-10 setup with 3 rubber cymbals. What is my best bet for this current array of crap, and how can I best capitalize on the extra pieces?
My thought was to sell the PDP for as much as I can (someone might even pay up to $600 with cymbals and hi-hat!), but then I would have no cymbals, bad hats and little hardware (a Yamaha hi-hat stand and kick pedal being it, along with some low-end cymbal stand). I could also sell the Roland TD-10, with the drum brain being at least $350 on ebay and the whole setup going for as much as $750 but would take longer. I also have a pair of DW7000 pedals that are not being used, and a lower end $150 Mapex double pedal that I use on my PDP (the DW pedals don't seem to reach the drum.)
So basically I have the ability to get at least $950+ out of the PDP and drum brain alone (not counting the other possible ~$400 if they wanted the full Roland kit) -- all of this would go towards a full drum upgrade. Not to mention having some $150 double kicks laying around that could be sold.
I know that's a shitload of information to go through just to help me out, but you pros can make this gear noob's year (life?!) by giving me any sort of guidance here. I am reallly hoping to step up my drumming to the next level, as I have gigged a few times on other people's nice kits stunning myself with the difference in feel.
THANK YOU AND MUCH LOVE FROM TEXAS!!
I'm currently playing on a PDP Mainstage (already know y'alls opinion on it lol), it was one of the worst buying decisions I've ever made as I started out with $700 I had earned and just looked up a kit on google with no research or playing put into it. and obviously it is sounding pretty shitty by now as I have learned to seriously play drums and have a skill set much beyond my medium. Feels like I'm hitting cardboard to be honest. I have spent much time learning on this kit, trying to tune it etc, and mostly keeping the stock heads on so I don't ruin any new ones during my learning process. I can never get the sound I want out of this kit, perhaps its my tuning, perhaps its the heads, but I hate it. The feel is degrading to my art form.
The good news is I may be able to resell it soon (at as much as $600), which blows my mind as I've been held back by my gear for years! and it is embarrassing how little I know about it to be honest.
I also own a few other drums including a really old Yamaha Stage Custom bass and two toms (they even have an old stage custom logo on the bass). I have ignored these pieces since I got them as they sounded so bad then. After doing some more research on here, I've heard Lots of good things about these, only problem being they have been kept in hot garages and not taken care of for 5-10 years before my friend gave them to me (and then in my hot garage for another 5 lol). I knew nothing about drums at the time and didn't even realize it is missing hardware on the bass drum when I played it LOL (6 lugs and bolts for the batter side) and still has stock heads, not tuned at all O_O
I also own a Roland TD-10 drum module and a horrible rubber kit setup (3 toms, snare, 3 cymbals, hi hat all rubber). I never got anything I wanted out of this and some of the cymbals were even unresponsive, so I bought the Mainstage thinking it would be a "step up" back in the day.
I am extremely confident in my abilities, even going as far as to say that I am better than many people who have nice gear setups the first time I sit at their drums. The only problem is I have no idea where to go from here as far as getting the best bang for my buck. I will most likely have $600 soon, if I do manage to sell the PDP beater kit. Is there any use for the Roland kit with the rubber crap? I kinda just want to get rid of the whole thing, and the PDP too. I am ready to get a pro-level kit to be honest, or at least a reallllly high end intermediate one. Wish I wouldn't have sat on my ass this whole time with the research.
I was wondering if there is any hope in my existing kits at all -- I was considering buying the hardware needed to work the Stage Custom but at this point didn't know if they were worth fixing. I guess pictures are a better idea, but these drums are by no means broken etc just haven't been maintained.
TL;DR: I own a PDP mainstage and it's crappy stock cymbals and hi-hat. I also have a truly old school, out of commission Stage Custom three piece (bass and two toms). And a rubber 5 piece Roland TD-10 setup with 3 rubber cymbals. What is my best bet for this current array of crap, and how can I best capitalize on the extra pieces?
My thought was to sell the PDP for as much as I can (someone might even pay up to $600 with cymbals and hi-hat!), but then I would have no cymbals, bad hats and little hardware (a Yamaha hi-hat stand and kick pedal being it, along with some low-end cymbal stand). I could also sell the Roland TD-10, with the drum brain being at least $350 on ebay and the whole setup going for as much as $750 but would take longer. I also have a pair of DW7000 pedals that are not being used, and a lower end $150 Mapex double pedal that I use on my PDP (the DW pedals don't seem to reach the drum.)
So basically I have the ability to get at least $950+ out of the PDP and drum brain alone (not counting the other possible ~$400 if they wanted the full Roland kit) -- all of this would go towards a full drum upgrade. Not to mention having some $150 double kicks laying around that could be sold.
I know that's a shitload of information to go through just to help me out, but you pros can make this gear noob's year (life?!) by giving me any sort of guidance here. I am reallly hoping to step up my drumming to the next level, as I have gigged a few times on other people's nice kits stunning myself with the difference in feel.
THANK YOU AND MUCH LOVE FROM TEXAS!!
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