Your first drumset ever.
Come on gang! Lets take a trip down memory lane and find out about our first kits. The bad points, the good points (if there were any), share your stories of that first musical punching bag.
Mine was a 4pc Power Beat kit with stage 14" hats. 22, 12, 16 and 14x5 snare. Oh it sounded apalling. It still had stock skins on the snare and bass and pearl skins on the toms. This thing was so flimsay, when I took the heads off the bass drum I could dribble it like a basket ball.
One of the legs was falling off the bass drum.
The foot pedal fell apart under the weight of its own spring within 2 weeks.
The top hat had three cracks in it and would pop inside out if you put any pressure on the pedal or hit it too hard.
It didn't come with a stool so I had to use an old chair from my shed with cracked vinyl that pinched my legs.
It cost me only $250 which I had to sell my Sega Megadrive 2 to raise.
And it was enough to fuel my unrelenting thurst for drumming, at least until I could scrape a grand together for my second kit.
So come on everone, spill.  |