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Brand New Drums

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My 1st drum kit was a slingerland jazz kit. I learned to play from my brother's drummers. The all had hollywood kits, i enveyed that other tom. lol

I have bought several used kits and had my favorite one give to me. My sonors. This week I bought my 1st brand new drum kit, ludwig cs accent nomad kit 18" bass, with hardware. I had already bought a cs accent snare and a few toms and thought they were fine. I got this kit in and 1st thing I noticed was they had no badges on them, They have stickers instead of badges. If that aint bad enough, the stickers had tiny dimples underneath like a few grains of sand got under the decal. It looked like sh*t! I am so disappointed. The hard ware would be perfect for my kids drum project, but I already have that covered.

I shoulda got the grestch, without hardware for a little bit more. I was wanting a jazz kit.

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 15 years ago
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Posts: 2212 Threads: 95

Take em back! I got the gretsch and couldn't be happier. Great drums for a cheap import kit.

Posted on 15 years ago
#2
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I just sent george's drum shop an email. Are your gretsch catilina club with 18" kick? what color did u get?

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 15 years ago
#3
Posts: 2212 Threads: 95

Yup, kick kicks a#%. I got the natural wood finish.

Posted on 15 years ago
#4
Posts: 683 Threads: 96

I got my kid a set of Accents to start with then I ordered a set of Gretsch Catalina Maples. I got them for $420 (Musicians Friend) bucks with the extra floor tom included. I put new heads on the day I got them and I'll tell you what, they sound awesome for $400. This is the Catalina Maples in use. The snare in the video is a Krupa COB that we picked up off of Ebay for $135 a few weeks ago. The stock snare sounds nice too.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JObgbpV8_MI[/ame]

30's Radio King - 26, 13, 13, 16
49 - WFL Ray McKinley - 26, 13, 16
58 - Slingerland Duco
58 - Slingerland Krupa Deluxe
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 20, 12, 14
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 22 (need), 13, 16
And some others..
Posted on 15 years ago
#5
Posts: 2237 Threads: 272

How old is that boy? Hes awesome! which one of them ole coots is you? I love blues, we play lots fo blues. I want to get into jazz though.

From GoneDrumming

I got my kid a set of Accents to start with then I ordered a set of Gretsch Catalina Maples. I got them for $420 (Musicians Friend) bucks with the extra floor tom included. I put new heads on the day I got them and I'll tell you what, they sound awesome for $400. This is the Catalina Maples in use. The snare in the video is a Krupa COB that we picked up off of Ebay for $135 a few weeks ago. The stock snare sounds nice too.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JObgbpV8_MI

1960's SONOR 12-16-20-14 blue slate pearl
1968 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14Sky blue P
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14BlueVistalite
1972 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-(14 impostor)BlackPanther "SOLD"
1964 Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl 22-12-13-16-14Supra "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG 12-13-16-22-14 Citrus Mod "SOLD"
1969 LUDWIG Sexto-Plus 8-1 0-12-13-14-15-16-20-20-14 Silver Sparkle
60's Majestic Delux 12-13-16-22-14 red pearl
2009 Homemade Kids 8-10-13-16-12 Orange Sparkle
24 kits, 80 Snares, 65 Cymbals
Don't tell my wife!
Posted on 15 years ago
#6
Posts: 683 Threads: 96

Hey Poppy,

Thanks, he just turned 12 in April. I don't think he had ever played that song before, just played it off of feel. None of those guys is me, I'm pretty much Ben's roadie and drum tech..LOL. I'm sitting at a table with my wife ejoying a cold one in the top right of the screen, my little one can be seen but I'm just out of view. The older guitar player is Anson Funderburgh ( http://www.ansonandtherockets.com/index2.htm ) and is a legend and great guy. All of the guys up there are full time musicians except for Ben. Ben is really getting into Jazz also.

Cya,

Mike

30's Radio King - 26, 13, 13, 16
49 - WFL Ray McKinley - 26, 13, 16
58 - Slingerland Duco
58 - Slingerland Krupa Deluxe
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 20, 12, 14
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 22 (need), 13, 16
And some others..
Posted on 15 years ago
#7
Posts: 2628 Threads: 40

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Tama Stagestars are also a much better 18" rig than the Ludwigs.

Birch interiors...just sand 'em down to 220 grade inside, and hit with Tung Oil, and they sound pretty darn good for a $400 set (comes with decent hardware, too).

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[COLOR="Red"]BTW, GD...did you make your kid a fake ID for that gig ?[/COLOR]Eye Ball

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Posted on 15 years ago
#8
Posts: 683 Threads: 96

Jaye - LOL ...and he made $ that night too. There is only one place here that wont let him play.

30's Radio King - 26, 13, 13, 16
49 - WFL Ray McKinley - 26, 13, 16
58 - Slingerland Duco
58 - Slingerland Krupa Deluxe
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 20, 12, 14
70 - Ludwig Champagne Sparkle - 22 (need), 13, 16
And some others..
Posted on 15 years ago
#9
Posts: 443 Threads: 10

From Jaye

Birch interiors...just sand 'em down to 220 grade inside, and hit with Tung Oil, and they sound pretty darn good for a $400 set (comes with decent hardware, too).

How did it change the sound if you don't mind me asking?

Posted on 15 years ago
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