42 & like the drums, just getting more valuable with time. & keeping time too!

I'm in the business of "collecting" now but I play them.

55, I like vintage Ludwigs from the 60s.

59 year old body but have thoughts of a 25 yr old! Which often gets me into trouble. My late seventies Ludwig SS kit was purchased about ten years ago not thinking collecting vintage but just thinking playing again.

Now, I see them as collectable which makes me appreciate them (and other vintage drums) even more.

Drummers are Cool1

started 18, 20 now, and I am a player and a collector, doing a little restoration :cool:

I'll be 57 this month and about 10 years ago,I really started collecting and educating myself in a serious manner about vintage and modern drums.I have been playing for close to 50 years on and off.Although I am still educating myself ,I no longer ,with minor exception ,collect drums.I just like to play them too much.I can't see not using these instruments for the purpose they were intended for..and thats to be played.Yeah I know some should be preserved for posterity.I take care of my drums and they are never abused,so i got that covered.Play em' or sell em'..Just my opinion.

Steve B

I'm 36 and all my kits bar one are vintage! (and that one's 15 years old). I just find them more interesting, with more character and in a lot of cases, built better. It's the fun of searching around for stuff too.

Im 34 on Tuesday, playing '69 Ludwigs I restored, looking to collect and play more in due time.

I wont own it if I wont/cant play it.

I went vintage vs. new because of character, soul and experience old drums posses. All things that, to me, play a pivotal role in sound.

The feel I get when playing on this old kit cannot be matched by a "new" set, its an intangible but key element that will keep me looking for the next kit to buy/play.

I just read the entire list of postings and it is really great to read other people's interest in vintage drums & drumming as well as their own history about how they got starting drumming / collecting / using vintage drums.

I personally am not a drummer more of a collector, but I love my vintage drums and enjoy them greatly. It is a hobby / interest that gives me great satisfaction. I got started on collecting and owning vintage drums because I wanted to start a band late in my life (I was 48) now I am 54 and it is a passion that I thoroughly enjoy. Some of the sets that I have are used from time to time at gigs by our drummer (not me), but most of them I keep in my basement and alternate setting them up to practice on.

I love the drums and their history and the way they look & sound.

Close to the same age as the above, but I think the baby boomer generation would be well represented, but when their sons and daughters start to play their sets they inherit, the demographic will start to become much younger.

The tone of vintage drums is really incredible.

I am one of the oldest on this forum--maybe the oldest one. I am 67 years of age, but not yet old.. I played gigs from age 15 to age 35. I began a career as a manufacturer's representative at 35. The company I represented for 27 years made some of the world's greatest drums in our American factory. I knew that I was going to retire at around age 65, and had no real hobbies at age 60. Vintage drums found this vintage drummer when I wasn't looking for them. I happened upon a set of mid 60's Slingerlands that I thought would be fun to have around the house. Fast forward seven years. I currently have nine sets and a few extra snare drums. I should mention that, even though I traded away my last gigging kit for a vintage guitar for my daughter, I kept all of my A Zildjians I had acquired as new from the 50's through the 70's. I also prefer and collect the Rogers, Slingerland, and W&A hardware from the 50's and 60's. In these seven years, I have bought or traded for too many drum sets to count. My collection is limited to the size of the 10x10 foot room that is lined with shelves for seven or eight sets with the other one or two in playing position. I am most comfortable with the drums I know and love. I currently have one Rogers set, two Leedy Sets, two Slingerland sets, three Walberg & Auge sets, and one Ludwig set.