Decisions....

[Talos]

After my birthday I will have about £700-£750 to spend on a new drum kit.

Do I...(a) Buy a decent drum kit and buy loads of cymbals and accessories
(b) Buy an excellent drum kit which costs £750 and have no money to buy accessories
(c) Buy a very good drum kit with a small amount of money to replace cymbals, heads, etc. ?

And also, I live in the UK and I would buy all of the drums sh!t from Musicians Friend, however, they do not ship to the UK. My dad said " UPS will collect it in US and then ship to the UK ", he also added " It wll cost alot ". So any deas on how much this will cost or any alternative ways ?

Any help will be greatly appreciated

Thanks alot guys

[HeLLmO]

what kinda set cymbals etc do u have now?

[Talos]

I sold my decent ones. I now have one crash/ride that came with my kit

[Cocaberry]

Just save up some more money and buy an excellent drum kit and excellent cymbals all at the same time. If you buy a very good or decent drum kit then you might want to upgrade again later on to an excellent kit. This way you save money by skipping those steps.

[Talos]

What would be excellent cymbals? I was gonna get a Tama Superstar EFX with Zldjian A Customs. What is the Superstar like?
Oh, is there any Tama kits that come in Sparkly White, kinda like Lars Ulrichs?

[Cocaberry]

By saying excellent cymbals I mean pro cymbals. A customs are pro cymbals. Why do you have to get a kit that looks like Lars kit?

[Jezen]

Get a second hand Premier kit from eBay, some nice Istanbul Agop cymbals from http://www.drumshop.co.uk , and buy my 12" Jezen snare (Birch + Beech) for your aux snare.

That's a killer kit straight away.

[Talos]

By saying excellent cymbals I mean pro cymbals. A customs are pro cymbals. Why do you have to get a kit that looks like Lars kit?

I dont but I like the way it looked.

[Talos]

Get a second hand Premier kit from eBay, some nice Istanbul Agop cymbals from http://www.drumshop.co.uk , and buy my 12" Jezen snare (Birch + Beech) for your aux snare.

That's a killer kit straight away.

Whats a good Premier mate? Theres plenty around on eBay and on Drum Shop theres a used Cabria

[Jezen]

No, not Cabria or Olympic or anything like that. Go with some of the vintage Premier lines, or perhaps APK or XPK.

If you wanna get some really good drums, try and find some Premier Signias.




..Oh, and buy my 12" Jezen snare drum too. It's Birch with Beech re-rings. :)

[Talos]

How much are you selling it for? and pics please

[Jezen]

I'll sell it for 100, or perhaps 80. Not that I get any profit or anything.

Here's a couple of pics. Don't see the colour too good though.

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10263454&postcount=20

I think this shot complements the finish a little better.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/BritishBoy1990/26.jpg

[CasB]

If you look for Premier, also check out the Artist series.

[Jezen]

He won't be able to afford Artists series.

[Talos]

He won't be able to afford Artists series.

Whats the pric difference between the artist and £700? Ill probably get at least another £160 - £320

[Jezen]

Oh with 700 you could get an Artists, but I was under the impression that you wanted cymbals.

[Der Meister]

that logo is in a bad position

[440561]

I'll sell it for 100, or perhaps 80. Not that I get any profit or anything.

http://www.musicianforums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=10263454&postcount=20

I think this shot complements the finish a little better.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v731/BritishBoy1990/26.jpg
Wow British Boy, did you make that yourself? Does it sound good?

I would choose option (a), you could probably find a good kit for about £500 couldn't you? then you would have enough left over for decent cymbals and hardware. your choice, see what deals you can find

-440561-

[Jezen]

Yeah it does sound decent. Low, but not tubby.

[440561]

is jezen your name or something? It looks kewl, the whole logo thing. You should go into production. stuff DW, everyone buy BB!

[Talos]

Ive kinda decided that im gonna get a PDP kit. The LX shell pack and then with the £100 or so ill buy either a meinl cymbal pack with hats, crash and ride or just hats and a crash (maybe a ride) and then get some more cymbals for xmas.

But I dont know what colour I would go for either

Natural - You can hav a 20" bass drum instad of the default 22"
or
Cheery-Black Fade - I will post pics up shortly but i cant right now.

What do you think of my plan guys?

[Talos]

Here are the images. Th first one is natural and the second is cherry black fade (obviously)

http://www.pacificdrums.com/images/LX/Natural-LX-l.jpg

http://www.pacificdrums.com/images/LX/Cherry-Fade-LX-l.jpg

Cherry Black With Addons. I wouldnt get it but it looks awsome !

http://www.pacificdrums.com/images/LX/Cherry-Fade-LX-add-l.jpg


I think both of those kits are really cool but is the LX btter than the CX?

[Jezen]

is jezen your name or something? It looks kewl, the whole logo thing. You should go into production. stuff DW, everyone buy BB!

Lol yeah man, Jezen is my first name. Thanks. :)

[Aaron]

Hey BB, if your willing to wait, i might buy your snare off you when your next my direction; come down to thirroul!!

[440561]

Lol yeah man, Jezen is my first name. Thanks. :)
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Here are the images. Th first one is natural and the second is cherry black fade (obviously)
I prefer the first one. Natural looks good on some kits, this one being one of them.

[Jezen]

Hey BB, if your willing to wait, i might buy your snare off you when your next my direction; come down to thirroul!!

That will actually be quite soon. I'm comin down to Bundo for Easter, so I can come to Thirroul too.

Oh and i'm comin alone. Without my mum. Oh yeah!

[drummer172]

Hey BB, if your willing to wait, i might buy your snare off you when your next my direction; come down to thirroul!!
I remember the last guy who sold custom snares...:rolleyes:

[Jezen]

^^^
Not to scratch my own back, but I think I have earned a little bit of MX's trust.

[440561]

Was it you that made a thread about everything you did to make your drums. im sure it was you. It was an interesting read!

[Jezen]

Most likely. I did make a thread like that.

[Aaron]

^^^
Not to scratch my own back, but I think I have earned a little bit of MX's trust.
yeah, plus i'll burn down your old blue house if i dont get it ;)