Bought Some Drums, After Some Advice
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:28 pm
Probably should have done this the other way around (get advice, buy drums) but I've been after some real drums for a while and some came up locally and think I got a reasonable deal.
I'm not a drummer myself, but wanted to have a half-decent set at hand to experiment recording with. As I was dropping my wife off at work at the local conservatorium this morning I met a guy who was dropping in some leaflets to sell his son's drum kit. I dropped around to his place, had a look and bought the following set for $1000 (excellent condition, never been gigged, no rust, everything still looks brand new except for heads):
Yamaha Stage Custom Kit (7 piece, birch/falkata combination shells)
8", 10", 12", 14", 16" toms
14" wooden snare
Single Yamaha kick pedal plus a set of Yamaha double kick bass pedals
Cymbals are all Sabian B8 Pro series - 14" medium hihats, 16" crash, 20" ride
All Yamaha hardware
Yamaha stool, Rock Ridge Rider cowbell with attachments, bag of drumsticks including steel brushes
Just unpacked the drums, pic attached.
Basically, I just want to prep the drums with some new heads for recording. Most of the heads are Yamaha UT BA, the snare has a remo head, kick is Remo Ebony Series pinstripe. I'm guessing by the look the heads are still original (kit is 5-6 years old). When I did some work with David Jones a few months back, he swore by Evans heads (was sponsored by them). Any suggestions there? Also, I noticed that the wires on the bottom side of the snare are missing 3 strands, worth worrying about a new set of wires?
Thanks for any advice (Ps drums will be mostly used for light acoustic stuff, maybe some pop, nothing too heavy)
Steve
I'm not a drummer myself, but wanted to have a half-decent set at hand to experiment recording with. As I was dropping my wife off at work at the local conservatorium this morning I met a guy who was dropping in some leaflets to sell his son's drum kit. I dropped around to his place, had a look and bought the following set for $1000 (excellent condition, never been gigged, no rust, everything still looks brand new except for heads):
Yamaha Stage Custom Kit (7 piece, birch/falkata combination shells)
8", 10", 12", 14", 16" toms
14" wooden snare
Single Yamaha kick pedal plus a set of Yamaha double kick bass pedals
Cymbals are all Sabian B8 Pro series - 14" medium hihats, 16" crash, 20" ride
All Yamaha hardware
Yamaha stool, Rock Ridge Rider cowbell with attachments, bag of drumsticks including steel brushes
Just unpacked the drums, pic attached.
Basically, I just want to prep the drums with some new heads for recording. Most of the heads are Yamaha UT BA, the snare has a remo head, kick is Remo Ebony Series pinstripe. I'm guessing by the look the heads are still original (kit is 5-6 years old). When I did some work with David Jones a few months back, he swore by Evans heads (was sponsored by them). Any suggestions there? Also, I noticed that the wires on the bottom side of the snare are missing 3 strands, worth worrying about a new set of wires?
Thanks for any advice (Ps drums will be mostly used for light acoustic stuff, maybe some pop, nothing too heavy)
Steve