Old Dog new Cans
Senior Member
I've owned 3 kits in my life.
Crestline 5-piece vintage. . .this baby had to be late 60s early 70s I would guess? Possibly a little older. I don't really know much about Crestline, and have Not owned it for over 20.
My 2nd was a Peavey Radial 6-piece in a black/grey marble finish. HUGE bass drum. LOVED this kit. Had to sell it. Still makes my stomach turn.
And now, I own a dDrum Journeyman Gen2 Player. Red sparkle. I started inexpensive. Been outta the game for a long time. Pieced together some vintage Zildjian cymbals--20" ride from the 60s, 16" thin crash-probably 20-30yrs old?, an 18"crash--probably a medium or a crash ride from the 60s, and some 14" new beats from the 70s. I added a couple cheapy Wuhan splashes 10" and 6" on stackers. . .not sure about that yet, but I wanted to experiment.
And I think my favorite piece is the 13x7 snare. The dDrum hardware looks "skinny" compared to the old Ludwig and Pearl and Peavey hardware I was used to seeing and using. But, they have memory locks and feel sturdy.
I had to purchase a boom, decided to stay with dDrum and picked up an RX version. Same quality, with some stronger add-ons.
I will post up pics hopefully later today.
Crestline 5-piece vintage. . .this baby had to be late 60s early 70s I would guess? Possibly a little older. I don't really know much about Crestline, and have Not owned it for over 20.
My 2nd was a Peavey Radial 6-piece in a black/grey marble finish. HUGE bass drum. LOVED this kit. Had to sell it. Still makes my stomach turn.
And now, I own a dDrum Journeyman Gen2 Player. Red sparkle. I started inexpensive. Been outta the game for a long time. Pieced together some vintage Zildjian cymbals--20" ride from the 60s, 16" thin crash-probably 20-30yrs old?, an 18"crash--probably a medium or a crash ride from the 60s, and some 14" new beats from the 70s. I added a couple cheapy Wuhan splashes 10" and 6" on stackers. . .not sure about that yet, but I wanted to experiment.
And I think my favorite piece is the 13x7 snare. The dDrum hardware looks "skinny" compared to the old Ludwig and Pearl and Peavey hardware I was used to seeing and using. But, they have memory locks and feel sturdy.
I had to purchase a boom, decided to stay with dDrum and picked up an RX version. Same quality, with some stronger add-ons.
I will post up pics hopefully later today.