Timeline for Beginner drum, with very low budget - stainless steel, fiberglass, wooden drums?
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| Mar 31, 2016 at 8:04 | vote | accept | bdutta74 | ||
| Mar 27, 2016 at 16:36 | answer | added | user27439 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 22, 2016 at 16:12 | comment | added | Kellen Stuart | Different types of wood is what defines a drum kit. For $200 the shells will most likely be poplar - the cheapest type of wood drums are made of. Just get crappy wooden shells and look for nicer cymbals. You can always tune a drum but not a cymbal. | |
| Jan 25, 2016 at 2:56 | answer | added | Baratier ErebusDuHalm | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 5, 2015 at 3:45 | comment | added | aparente001 | @icarus74 - I bought a used trombone on Ebay and it worked out great. I don't think you need to limit yourself to what's available locally. | |
| Nov 3, 2015 at 6:23 | comment | added | bdutta74 | @Tim, while I can see absolutely well the wisdom in your recommendation, the problem is 'where I am', I just don't come across 'used equipment'. I've been looking for used set for the past month, but haven't come across anything yet. | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 13:23 | comment | added | Tim | I keep recommending that beginners buy used equipment. For your $200 you should pick up a kit that was 400-500 new. That way you get some quality, at least. If it's a kit that is 5, 10, 15 yrs old, and still works well, there's your quality. Wooden shells are commonest, and the fittings are morte likely to break than the shell itself. Renew if necc. And the bonus is when you come to sell, you won't lose lots! | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 13:02 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | I doubt they will break much more easily, but otherwise they won't sound very good and won't tune as well, and I doubt it's worth figuring out if one is better than the other. At $200 (USD, I'm assuming) for a whole kit, you're getting the lowest price I've ever heard of, and probably the lowest possible quality. | |
| Nov 2, 2015 at 12:57 | history | asked | bdutta74 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |