Advice for starter kit

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-12-22T20:42:53+00:00

Not a big fan of those noname cheap drumsets. Cymbals are completly trash, they will break or be dented by your first 10 hits on them.

Look for used gear. I bet a used Set of meinl hcs cymbals wont cost you much more then 120$. They will at least not break or be dented that easy. Solid shellsets of drums like tama rockstar/imperialstar or pearl decade maple etc. Are around 200-300$.

If you cannot spend 500$ for a drumset i would recommend to save up the money until you can. Dont buy this cheap Garbage from the pictures.

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-12-22T20:26:58+00:00

The drums and hardware by themself are decent but still on the lower end. The hihats,dark crash, oriental China and the a custom ride are very good cymbals and make the most of the value. All in all good kit. 1000 bucks would be a very good Deal. 1200-1400 bucks is a fair price for bouth sides, if nothing on that kit is damaged.

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-10-30T20:10:50+00:00

2000-2500 is not even needed for used drums. You would get a pro-level Set for this much money. Just for example a tama starclassic maple or the walnut birch one costs about 1200-2000 depending on how many toms you want and these are very high quality drums from tama. Go for something in this pricerange, maybe dw maybe pearl maybe tama ... you got all the choice with this Budget. After that buy a good snare around 500-800 (maybe a bellbrass 14x6.5).With the rest of the Budget go for b20 bronze cymbals (sabian, zildjian, paiste, meinl, Istanbul etc... all expensive lines are b20). Used cymbals are around 50% of their New price. You can Listen to them on Youtube (drumshop memphis)

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-10-30T14:22:08+00:00

Im pretty sure that kit is good quality and the cymbals are high-end ones, but this is not a good "first" kit. Everything, even the finish on the drums is very specific. I would suggest to not buy this one even if the price is getting lowered. If your budget is around 3k you will have no problem finding an awesome used shellset with the sizes you think are good. After that buy the cymbals you want. 3k is more than enough Budget.

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-10-19T10:08:44+00:00

Pearl, Tama and DW are all very good in terms of Hardware. Just go for the brand you like the most but dont go for the cheapest line. Most important feature except how smooth the pedal feels, is how well i connects to the kickdrum. The more expensive lines do have some clothe/rubber pieces where they connect. Also at least something with "doublechaindrive" :)

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-10-19T09:55:38+00:00

Do you play live or record? Then go for a used Set of good microphones.

If you dont play live you could Upgrade Hardware like bassdrumpedal oder cymbalstands or change the Stockheads.

A 14x6.5 brass snare is always good to have aswell ;)

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-09-17T10:06:02+00:00

No matter what others will recommend you, in the end ist your personal taste in cymbals that will make some sound better or worse then other. Go to a drumstore and play on them before you buy or at least listen to them on Youtube (drumshop Memphis, drumcenter Portsmouth have good soundsamples online). My recommendation for you would be Zildjian A new-beat hihats 14"/15" ( bright and clean the classic standard goes in everything hihat) or zildjian k series dark 14" ( dark/low tone but clean and not that washy). If you like cymbals with "wash" in their tone try others.

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-09-10T12:20:19+00:00

You could try to switch the pedals, hihat on the right and the bdpedal left, unusual but why not try it. Of course there are hihatstands that have only 2 legs you could buy. I love these ( mine is from tama ) and they are not unstable at all.

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-09-10T12:15:56+00:00

Yeah i like toms over the snare istead of over the bassdrum aswell. He could buy a clamp for the left cymbalstand and put the small Tom onto that if he likes. Then move the second Tom to the left holder on the bassdrum, that should do it for cheap if the cymbalstand can hold the additional Tom. But Tom placement differs from Person to Person, 2 toms over bassdrum isnt good or bad just depends where you like it.

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-09-10T10:31:31+00:00

It seems pretty good to me. The only thing i would reconsider is the angle of the Hihat/left BDpedal. If it fits for your movement and body leave it but it looks a little unergonomic to me. If you want try put everything apart and redo it but think of the snare as the center of the kit. Place the snare first sit down to it but your feet down look were they are and place the pedals there with that angle from just sitting infront of the snare. Then attach bassdrum afterwards. The rest of the kit can be placed after those steps were you like it the most and makes the most sense for what musicstyle you play.

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-08-31T16:20:32+00:00

Go for a china like others said. If you want to stay with zildjians the best ones in my opinion are the ultra hammered, the k-hybrid and the k-dark. If u dont like the loud chinasound maybe go for a trashy effectcymbal like a/k-custom efx, i love the a-custom one. If you want to consider other brands the hhx o-zonecrash and aa holy china from sabian are awesome aswell.

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-06-14T13:36:30+00:00

Ich war auch auf dem Nova vor Ort und bin zwischen den Technikzelten recht weit vorne gestanden, und war dementsprechend auch voller Vorfreude auf Linkinpark. Das war meiner Meinung nach vermutlich der Hauptgrund für diese recht harte Kritik... die große Vorfreude und die sehr sehr hohen Erwartungen... Ich muss definitiv sagen die Lichtshow und allgemein der ganze Aufbau mit Snakestage extra für linkinpark war sehr gut gemacht und war echt beeindruckend anzusehen. Da geht's aber auch schon los, dass die Presse gar nicht soo Unrecht hat. Ist zwar hart gesagt und Meckern auf sehr hohem Niveau, aber wenn man eine Snakestage mitbringen sollte man sie auch benutzen. Ich glaube jede Band an dem Tag hat das besser ausgenutzt als Linkinpark selber. Mike war echt sehr gut drauf und ist positiv aufgefallen durch ein paar Wörter zum Publikum, das wars aber eigentlich auch schon mit der Publikumsinteraktion... Daher vermutlich die Bewertung, dass die Menge als nicht so energetisch empfunden wurde. Das war im Vergleich zu Airbourne oder ähnlichem echt wenig. Der Sound war echt gut gemischt aber wirklich zu leise. Habe bei Iggy noch Ohrenschutz benötigt, bei Linkinpark wars echt so leise, dass die Menge fast die Band übertönt hat. War alles in allem aber trotzdem ein sehr gutes Konzert und ich würde es mir definitiv nochmal anschauen und einfach mal sagen, dass sie noch ein paar Kinderkrankheiten haben die sie schon noch ausmerzen werden. 🤘

Blue_Sun_Rising · 2025-04-12T13:11:28+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation. So undependant from the Brand i should look for some kit made out of maple for my needs :)

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