Cheap drum set advice.

Tiltsta

Tiltsta

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Here is a question for those of you who know about drums.

My 8 year old daughter has been taking music in school and she really wants to play the drums. My wife and I met with the music teacher at her school and got her a practice pad and some books. She has been practicing and playing for about 6 months. She wants a drum set for Christmas. I've been shopping around, and it seems to me that a junior kit would be too small, and she could grow into a full sized set. So a full size set it is. It will also be fun for me and the wife to play as well.

I found what looks to be a decent PDP set at Best Buy. Comes with cymbals and hardware and 5 shells. It is a wood set from their ZW5 series. I attached a picture of it from their page below. I think it is on sale for 359.00, which is abut the max I would want to spend on this gift.

My question to you all....is this a decent beginner set?

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Pdp sets are good, excellent value for the money.
The cymbas will probably be entry level crap, but those are easily upgradeable later on if she gets serious with the drumming thing.

Also, I'm really pleased with seeing young girls picking up drumming. :)
That's definitely one area where there's way too few of them represented. :thu:
 
Thats probably a pretty good starting point.

The nice thing about a drum set like this is that you can upgrade the cymbals, pedal and whatnot as future holidays/birthdays occur :)
 
Thanks guys, these were my thoughts as well. It makes sense to spend a tiny bit more to get shells from a company I have heard of over the no-name store brand stuff. If interest continues, we can upgrade it...if not, I can keep it as a 'house' set for my music room.
 
...when you decide to upgrade, I would suggest the Sabian B8 series...there entry level, but miles beyond the other companies entry level cymbals...
 
I had the Gretsch Catalina Club set a few years ago. A really good sounding kit and it is a smaller kit. It is a bit more expensive than the one you are looking at, but it may be a nice upgrade in a few years if she sticks with it.
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Gretch is good drums, Walter.

Mrs W has a Gretch snare that I got her for a birthday many years ago...
 
Those Catalina Clubs are great kits. That could last her for years and years, and they retain their value pretty well, as opposed to the cheapy kits, in case she doesn't stick with it.
 
The Gretsch kits look really nice, but they are 2x the price....without cymbals. Not sure I want to spend a grand for a kit for a little kid, as the odds are 50/50 that she will play with them as drums or turn them over and make them into pools for Barbie.
 
Tralfaz said:
I don't play drums, but I was eyeing this one for awhile just to have a set around the house:

Ludwig LR1125RC Accent Combo Drum Set
http://drums-percussion.musiciansfriend.com/product/Ludwig-LR1125RC-Accent-Combo-Drumset?sku=500403

I have no idea if it's good or not. Doesn't come with cymbals.
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I can't say I'm familiar with the cheapo Ludwig. I know their top lines are good though.

Like I've mentioned probably a hundred times before, for a good price/quality ratio, Yamaha is a brand often overlooked, and often can't be beat. Their Stage Custom line are really good drum kits, and the same thing goes for both basses, acoustics and electric guitars. If nothing else, check them out.
You might be surprised at how good they are. Unlike Fender, Gibson and so I've never come across a downright bad instrument from them.
 
Dexter Inferno said:
I can't say I'm familiar with the cheapo Ludwig. I know their top lines are good though.

Like I've mentioned probably a hundred times before, for a good price/quality ratio, Yamaha is a brand often overlooked, and often can't be beat. Their Stage Custom line are really good drum kits, and the same thing goes for both basses, acoustics and electric guitars. If nothing else, check them out.
You might be surprised at how good they are. Unlike Fender, Gibson and so I've never come across a downright bad instrument from them.
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Yamaha is what Tyler plays...great sounding drums. Our Noble and Cooley uses the same hardware....good stuff.
 
Looked at a few sets at the local GC last night. Wife is convinced we need to get a junior sized set and then upgrade if needed. FAIL. I'm still working on her about a full sized kit...as the junior set will be too small in a couple of years, and also NOT fun for me to play.
 
Dexter Inferno said:
Pdp sets are good, excellent value for the money.
The cymbas will probably be entry level crap, but those are easily upgradeable later on if she gets serious with the drumming thing.

Also, I'm really pleased with seeing young girls picking up drumming. :)
That's definitely one area where there's way too few of them represented. :thu:
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Drumming seems to be pretty popular with the girls around here, the percusion instructor at the local place I take lessons actually has more female students than males. Pretty cool to see young people still having an interest in playing real insterments.
 
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