the best sound of an 80's drums is when you turn on the triggers D' Drummer Laughing H

I have a couple of friends who are both big time vintage Rogers guys. They've each checked out my '80 Pearl Maple kit, and on both occasions I just about had to help them pick their jaws up off the floor... I was blown away the first time I heard them too. It's a sleeper kit for sure. Doesn't bother me that they don't get the same respect as some older MIA drums do. That just means I can afford to have more of them!

sorry for my playful tone ... but a drum released exactly in the 1980 for reasons of developing and assembly time inevitably must have still built in the late 70s, the end of everything was about to begin soon !

I specifically sought out an 80s Tama kit. Found a Superstar in 14/18/24...it was exactly what I was hoping for! I'm curious to try an "All Maple Shell" Pearl kit from the 70s. I hear great things about them.

That's awesome! I'd love to find some '80s Superstars myself. I can confirm the late 70s and early 80s Pearl Maple shells do indeed sound great!

I just thought of some modern drums that may have that future collectabilty, Austin era Fibes. They made some great drums and since they are no longer in production, at least not like they were, I can see them being collectable.

So many pages and not one mention of A&F drums, which I believe will either retain their value or increase in value over time. Lord knows they are already expensive, so how long it takes to increase their value is anyone's guess.

I would also say the same for Q drums, Masters of Maple drums and a small handful of other companies.

I think the same about pretty much any boutique company with notable players that are actually making drums and not just putting hardware on Keller shells.

No crystal ball , to see the future but how many Ringo’s are there going to be in the world to come . that’s the meter to measure everything by , the 60’s reflect that era I don’t care what drums you bought the idea was to play like ringo

So that era is behind us , and to forsee the new phenomena, your guess is as good as mine . maybe in the year 2525 or so there wont be drums at all , man will play them from his mind .....

The instruments, as actual tools of music, will change over time and become less applicable to whatever "contemporary" music becomes. Much of the now-valuable collectible drum stuff, will become like Grampa's old trumpet in the attic, in most cases. But, on the other hand, collectors of beautiful functional art objects (like the drums in Mike Curotto;s collection) will remain to be beautiful things to LOOK at -even if they become irrelevant as musical instruments.

the items with more certainty to collect will be the small objects with the brand, such as the tunes key, etc, to see the prices of the current vintage that also sell at 30$, I am not a collector, but I would probably do that ... of course, tomorrow's vintage market will be much more saturated by supply, no comparison can be made with today, easy investments are never assured