Funny thing is in the dollar space between the reissue and the Maxwell adapted reissue someone can purchase an original Convington Headliner. One would then have a $3600 budget to find/make a 14x14 FT.

Plus $799 for a matching snare Total=$5399, but shipping is free!

Some people just want the next best thing to a time capsule vintage kit. These days, it's almost a given that any vintage kit that comes up for sale will have some kind of issue....because all the really nice, clean, matched kits are already in collections. All that's left is a bunch of scrapped together "player's" kits (which might not even be applicable again since there isn't anywhere to play). People want matched kits in one of the cool, old-style finishes -maybe to display in their rumpus rooms or whatever.

Steve Maxwell is no dummy. He knows there are people out there who will pay for "the next best thing to the real thing" if it means they get a matched set of drums that look and perform close to an original, vintage kit, instead of settling for a bunch of orphaned Frankensteins that sound good but look like poo.

The price reflects the fact that this is a new fad where not a whole lot of kits like this will be manufactured for very long. -2 cents

Ya, because no one will buy them, not for $4,000 plus. I think anyone who has that kind of money to blow will be patient and look for a mint condition vintage kit.

I don't agree there are no nice vintage kits left to buy, go check out Reverb, there are a lot of very nice Rogers for a lot less than this copy crap.

Yep. And, some people like to buy one of those very nice drum sets to keep for about a week, and then get rid of it to buy another one. If that is a person's hobby, who am I to criticize what I don't really understand?

Show me a matched Rogers kit on Reverb in a cool retro finish with all the matching hardware. I'd like to see it.

It's a high price to pay, no doubt, but I assume Steve Maxwell knows his audience well enough. If not, then oh well....back to the Craviotto kits again, I guess.

By the way....What does a top-of-the-line, custom wood DW kit or a Craviotto kit go for these days? I know they must be expensive (even though I wouldn't be caught dead behind a DW kit). If it's anywhere near $4600, then I'd rather have the Rogers kit. -3 cents

Here's one I'd rather shell out a few grand for than the copy kit.

Btw, the new Rogers don't even have the correct legs, what's up with that?

https://reverb.com/item/32836956-rogers-holiday-3-piece-drum-kit-12-16-20-with-matching-rogers-canister-throne-white-marine-pearl

Oh...wait...the swan leg cymbal stands don't come with the kit? Ok.....too much money, then.

Nice kit for sure! I'm not partial to WMP, but that looks like a very pretty kit. I just noticed the floor tom legs on the new kits, too...DO NOT LIKE!

Look, if you're willing to spend that much on any new kit, then go for it.