Advice on new drum kit.

[Bawls1800]

Hello all, I'm Sean, I've been a drummer for about four years now, in that time I've used several Yamaha kits, and while they've given me good mileage it's time to move on. So now that poses the question, what type of kit should I get? I'm open for suggestions.

I play everything from rock to funk, so I need a versatile kit. My biggest concern is wood type, along with kit quality, please share your past experiences and advice. My price range is from 900-1500, though I'm willing to pay a little bit more depending on the kit.

Thanks
- Sean

[Bawls1800]

Hehe, yes well I have most of my hardware, plenty of cymbals, boom stands etc. What I'm mainly looking for is a 5 piece kit, though I'd also take a 4 piece into consideration.

Thanks for your advice, I will take all of the sets/advice into serious consideration, if you could think of any more please feel free to post them.

Thanks again
- Sean

[Randy walker]

I like Yamaha, but for the price new.........DW/Pacific Maple kits are the bomb. Maybe I am bias, plus I have 3 of these kits, but they sound and look great.

[ladanny]

I think you would be very happy with a top of the line Pacific kit. You could also get a pretty decent used kit in the price range, like a Pearl SRX sessions. And the Mapex Saturn Pro is really coming along too. I think with any of these kits, you would be good for quite a while.

Good luck!

[Derek DeFields]

In that price range, I'd certainly recommend buying used stuff. I am assuming that price is for drums only; no hardware. How many pieces? You should be able to get a great 4 piece for that. (3 toms and a kick)

Yamaha is certainly my recommendation in that range. Used Recording Custom or Maple Custom would be ideal but may be slightly above that pricing. Used Absolute series would be more in-line with that $$.

DW's show up on occasion for somewhere near the upper end of your price range also.

I personally would stay away from new drums in that price range; not that they're bad, but you could do MUCH better used IMO.

Maybe something like this. (though 24" kick which I do not recommend at all)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...718384644&rd=1

or this. (though 2 14" toms?!?)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...718983790&rd=1

That's my vote. Keep in mind btw I'm a gear whore. [img]redface.gif[/img]

[fromistanbul]

hi everybody..

ı am from istanbul-Turkey ..ı am 36 years old ..ı am working some pop stars concert and tour..

ı am using many kinds of drum set(starclassic,maple custom,recording custom..vs)

last ı buy Gretsch renown maple drumset..with snare..

renown set its wery good price and good sound from live performance,ı am using 2 different drum head(remo coated ambassador in my studio..ann remo emperor in live performance..)

ı am very happy ..if you decided to buy renown maple you will very happy for great gretsch sound..(this is my advice [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Blue Tav]

Also check out the 'TAYE'(Ray Ayotte) kits, the studio maple kit kills ! Basically every big drum company has excellent quality/affordable kits now on the market, maple and birch drums, simply because they're fabricated in Asian countries therefore making them inexpensive compared to U.S. or Japanese or any independant companies.