I give stuff to good causes. Also about once a year I look for some student about middle school age that needs a snare drum and their family can't swing it for some reason. I make sure they get a nice drum that looks and sounds good. I only give away stuff that I don' t have any emotional attachment to.

Most of my parts I give to members who need them, dont even ask for shipping, but I also receive parts from members, a great little trading game. A few years a ago I gave an entire kit with hardware, throne and cymbals to a young man, felt good to help him out.

I tried to donate my lightly used (mostly snare) heads and no one wanted them. Perfectly serviceable for a school... If you know who might want a pile of used heads, please let me know.

I'm with you, Jeff! So many members have helped me out that I enjoy giving back!

Brian

I believe most of the guys looking for drum equipment are younger guys, just starting a career and family, so they have little cash to throw around and are looking for the best possible deal.

That said, I'm a poor, unemployed older drummer with very little resources to fund my passion. So, if anyone wants to throw me a bone, I'm wide open.LoLoLoLo

I need some gear, anyone out there with a superglide/4 transmission for a small block Vortec,...I wont complain.

I loaned a pretty nice set of assorted cymbals to a friend's son about five years ago. I made them his high school graduation gift last year. He, his parents, and I all felt pretty good about that.

Al