The photo below is very close to matching my first drumset.
On my 11th birthday, my Dad bought me a used (late '50s vintage) black-and-gold du-co Slingerland set.
The bass drum was a single-tension lug set-up........meaning that, when you tightened the heads, they both got tighter simultaneously...........they were not independent.
I taught myself the basics on this kit, playing along with simple pop songs; a 4-pc. with matching snare and no hi-hat :
Gretsch USA & Zildjian(What Else Would I Ever Need ?)
1965 gold 4 piece Kent, with Zin cymbals.
Premier XPK Drums
10, 12, 13, 14, 16 Suspended toms
22 bass drum
5 x 14 snare
Premier Hardware
Offset Double Pedal
Sabian, Meniel cymbals
Tama Metalworks 6.5 x 14" Black Nickel snare
Ahead Drum Cases
An old garage sale kit. Can't remember the name but some off brand. I loved em!
4 piece Kents
Still have the '67 Ludwig 3pc kit I bought for $350 back in '83. It came with a set of vintage Zildjian A 15" thin jazz hats, vintage 20" Zildjian A ride and a Zildjian A 16" thin crash. Added a 14" Rocker tom and a set of roto toms when I started jamming with my buddy a year later:
1983-1984 with sparkle green wrap:
Re-wrapped in candy apple red 1985:
Re-wrap started peeling back 2009:
Stripped off the wrap and left the kit unfinished as a "player's kit" rather than a full restoration back in 2010.
Today:
Last edited by late8; 10-23-2014 at 12:32 PM.
Late, that vintage pic of you is pure coolness.
6-piece set of Tama Rockstars (early 1990s). While here is the standard 4-piece, you can see the other two toms in the background.
PDP EZ. I think I got it in '05 or '06.
Matt
My first drum kit - I don't remember what brand it was or what happened to it but it had steel drum heads. I was about 7 years old when my parents gave it to me. How do parents live with the noise?
An old Black Sonor kit from 1985 I will see if I can find some photos
Pacific EZ in wine red. Still have the snare drum.
"The chances of being attacked and killed by a terrorist are less than the chances of being attacked and killed by your own heart"
Carrying the message to Garcia. Today and everyday.
Temple Beth Snare Buzz-Head Rabbi
Two maple and three birch tree stumps.
Signature here
1976 Ludwig Pro Beat (13,14,16,18,24, Supraphonic) in Sky Blue Pearl. Got it brand new my sophomore year in High School.
Still hate myself for selling it, but it was HUGE! I'm not sure I could gig with a kit that size.
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Ayotte Custom "Ray Era" w/Wood Hoops Copper Sparkle (10,12,14,16, 20)
DW Rack
1964 Ludwig Downbeat Black Diamond Pearl (12,13,14,16,20)
ALL of its Original Hardware
Ludwig Stainless Steel "Bop" (12,14,18)
Ludwig 1947 Standard Deluxe w/Art Gold hardware 3ply Maple 6.5 x 14
Ludwig 1959 LM470 Auditorium 3ply Mahogany 6.5 x 14
Ludwig 1959 LM908P Jazz Festival 3ply Mahogany 5.5 x 14
Ludwig 1964 LM400 Supraphonic 5 x 14
Ludwig 1968 LM410 Super Sensitive 5 x 14
Ludwig 1969 LM404 Acrolite 5 x 14
Ludwig 1976 LM400 Supraphonic 5 x 14
Ludwig 1977 LM401 Lacquered Brass Supraphonic 5 x 14
Ludwig 1978 LM405 NYC Bd of Ed Acrolite w/factory Imperial Lugs 6.5 x 14
Ludwig 1984 LB552 75th Anniversary Engraved Bronze 6.5 x 14
Ludwig 1990s LM404 Black Galaxy Acrolite 10 Lug w/Silver Monroe Keystone 5 x 14
Ludwig 2010 LB417BT Engraved Black Beauty 6.5 x 14
Ludwig 2017 LB402B COB Supraphonic 6.5 x 14
Ludwig 2020 LC662KTC Hammered Copperphonic w/all Copper Hardware 6.5 x 14
DW Collectors 3mm Cast Bell Brass 5.5 x 14
DW/Craviotto 2000 Steam Bent Solid Cherry 5.5 x 14
Zildjian As and A Customs
Sears 5 piece Silvertone kit in blue sparkle wrap, brand new, Christmas, 1974.
A 60's 4 pc. champagne sparkle Beverley (I believe bop sized kit?) with Beverley cymbals. My Uncle gave it to me in 1972. I wish I still had it.
Last edited by Olimpass; 10-23-2014 at 06:18 PM.
An Apollo 5 piece with crappy Sears cymbals. Still have the snare. It was a silver satin flame. I was one happy kid. Learned a lot on that kit.
1976 Tama Imperialstar Saturn 12+1 Platina6,8,10,12,13,14,15,16 concert toms, 16, 18 floor toms, 2-22x18 Bass drums.
1971 5x14 Ludwig acrolite snare
Tama metalworks snare 13x6
DW collectors Maple Blue Glass7x8, 8x10, 9x12 rack toms, 11x14, 13x16 hanging toms, 18x23 bass, 8 and 12 timbale toms, 5.5x10 Ten and Six All Maple snare, 5.5x14 Supersolid snare, DW 9000 rack system, DW 5002 Double bass pedal, DW 5000 Hi-Hat stand, DW 9000 Snare stand.
Sabian Xs20 cymbals: 16 & 18 crash, 20 ride, 14 hats, 8 splash, 18 china.
Zildjian cymbals: 21 ride, 15 hats. All '70's era.
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