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.