What's your latest purchase?

A mint condition, hardly used Ludwig Black Galaxy Acrolite. It came with the stand, a bag, and drum pad. Paid 72 on ebay for it. Brought it to practice and the band fell in love with the sound...my new go to snare! I need to get a pic of it to post.
 
Well I have been using the same Yamaha drum stool for 25 years. It's done a lot of miles and seen a lot of venues.

But alas the vinyl cover got ripped and with multiple tears I thought It was doomed. However rather than spending big money on a replacement that could never match up I just got the stool reupholstered for £20. Good as new, nice subtle brown vinyl, nice thin padding so it fits in my hardware case.

So it's not so much a new purchase as a minor refit.
 
I have a Gretsch Zig Zag maple/walnut stave 6.5 x 14 snare being shipped to me next week from Russo Music. The deal was just too damn good to pass up.

I also have a 13" x 5.5" Craviotto cherry shell snare drum in transit Saturday to me as well.

I am seriously running out of room in my Townhouse. Best take some stuff to my girlfriend's place.
 
Yay it arrived :D

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Sabian Legacy hats & a Meinl Jazz thin ride
 

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This is my second Ming fiberglass snare.
6x14 with black chrome hardware. Super thin shell with rings. Very sensitive, crisp with a nice pop. Loud like my carbon fiber snare but it does low volume nicely. Ghost notes are superb.
 

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Added a 16" Istanbul Agop Signature China. Nice alternative sound.
 

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Paiste 8" Alpha Thin Splash
Paiste 4" 2002 accent cymbal

Before that, 14" A New Beat hi-hat, which are awesome.
 
Got everything you see here for free. Actually it was part of a set with about $700 worth of cymbals that I paid $500 bucks for. Already sold the cymbals and made my money back plus some. I held on to the kit and will just keep it set up in the basement as a practice kit so my gigging set can stay in the bags. The hardware is all brand new with the exception of the pedal. The real score is the Acrolyte. This is my first one and I must say it is everything it is cracked up to be.



 


Missus got this for my birthday a few weeks ago. Walked backwards and forwards banging on cymbals, and this was the one I kept coming back to. This and a nice paiste twenty series, but I wasn't expecting her to fork out $700. Never had any genuine interest in Sabian, mostly due to unsubstantiated bias....never played them but never liked them. I really liked this one and enjoyed giving it a good bash last weekend. Look forward to doing the same again this weekend.
 
... Never had any genuine interest in Sabian, mostly due to unsubstantiated bias...[/QUOTE]

You can't go around owning up to unsubstantiated bias...that's not the way it's done.

You need to wrap up your opinions as though they are equal measures law of Medes and Persians and Papal infallibility.

Nice looking cymbal.
 


Missus got this for my birthday a few weeks ago.

I love those for rides. After I've used it for a while I'll get use to crashing on it. Then I'll have my old Zildjian ( not sure what it is) on my kit and I forget and crash it. It sounds terrible crashing. Omni's are great cym.
 
I traded a 18" vintage Zil. crash for a set of 2010 new beats. I like umm. Wasn't using the crash, but it was nice.
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Got the itch to try out some new sticks in the same basic size range to see if I gravitate towards any of them.
 

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I picked up the Sonor Jojo Mayer perfect balance pedal....single kick. Very very nice pedal. With my larger dogs, it's still not on the level of the Axis Longs for heel toe....but very useable. Great for std heel up playing.
 
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