Hey Kromberg, welcome to Drumchat! I have had a Roland TD-8 kit for the last couple years. What kind of price range are you looking at? A good starter would be the Roland TD-3 module, but I would spend the extra $100 to move up to a TD-6 or TD-7. They have room for 5 drums, 2 cymbals, and hihats, plus room to add 2 more triggers. The tom sounds are totally tweakable, so you will be able to get them to sound any way you want. For the bass trigger, go with a KD-7 instead of the KD-8. They are known to break. Roland modules will accept Roland and Pintech triggers. Roland pads can be switched out of phase so they can go to any module. The Yamaha DTX series kits are very similar, but the mesh toms from Roland feel a lot more natural.
As far as finding a good used kit, I would check Ebay or Craigslist for a complete kit. I just sold my kit on Craigslist for $1000. You should be able to find a complete TD-6 kit or Yamaha DTX kit for less than $800. You could also go with an old Alessis module and put just about any triggers on it.
I hope that helped a little bit. Good luck and let us know what you come up with!
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