Awesome! I just joined because I want to get and fix up a vintage kit. I was thinking Ludwig, but I am also thinking about a Gretsch. How did you get all the toms? eBay?
Hey, welcome! You might want to start a new thread asking everyone on this forum how they do it, and maybe you'll come across some new channels, but everyone over here basically does it the same as we described it over at Drummerworld--eBay, pawn shops, garage sales, craigslist, etc...
I got THIS kit as a package deal, all orphans with various levels of disrepair. They only let me post 2 pictures per thread here, but if you go back to Drummerworld, I have a whole thread, complete with story and tons of pictures of the process. In fact, here's the link to that thread: