I hope I don't start a fight by saying this, but pretty much every company now has a line of drums that falls into (or close to) this category.
Personally, I don't understand it. I mean....I do, but I don't. I know it's all about the bottom line, but these kinds of things seem to add more to the overabundance of flotsam in the world. In all honesty, how long can these drums last before they are discarded? And when they become discarded, then what becomes of them? Certainly, they aren't re-sold....are they? And then what? Is there a big bonfire somewhere? Chewie:
I really feel that drums (and products in general) need to get back to a place where the companies are offering fewer 'lines' of low-end drums and more of a 'professional' product. Kids should be taught to work and save up for a set of drums so that they will appreciate them and have respect for them.
What Hayman is doing is likely the desperate response to try and stay alive. Not many people recognize Hayman as being a legit drum brand (outside a few vintage aficionados). And yes, the biggest example of this type of decline, historically, has been Rogers.
Also, I don't feel that drums should be cheapened to make them more accessible to just anyone.
I learned to play drums on old tin cans and pillows and furniture. The difference, then, was that all those things that became 'drums' still maintained their function as something else. You can also cook food in pots and pans. You could sleep on a pillow. But what can you do with a cheap set of drums once they're outgrown?......
....BONFIRE!!!
:2Cents: