How to Buy Used Drums & Cymbals

Hear are some pointers on buying used drums and cymbals.

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[sam_klotz]

I bought a used, no name, 3 piece home-wrapped kit for $75 off this sketchy guy who didn't know much about drums.  22x14 kick, 12x8 rack, 15x14 floor.  Took them to my local drum tech, he had no clue what they were, but he estimated they looked 40+ years old.  So I stripped it down, sanded down the insides, cleaned the lugs out, put it all back together with new heads.  I swear I don't think I ever want to use anything else, the sound is unlike anything I've ever heard!

[allanmalloy]

I would recommend having a light cloth for the edge test, the fibres on the cloth tend to catch on every little detail. So if a crack just started the cloth will catch on it, where as your fingers may pass over it.

[calumcooper]

"if it's a sabian cymbal, but it has a zildjian stamp, it's probably fake" yeah. probably

[emmanuelortega]

I play the guitar, I'm not even a drummer. I just like your videos

[billmatthews]

When I was in high school I was given and old cracked Zildjian marching cymbal that had been dropped. It still sounded good and I wanted to use it on my set. So, I drilled a small hole at the end of the crack to keep it from growing and then I made it into a sizzler. Great sound and I used it for years with the crack never growing.

[patrickkilduff]

I won a set of Pearl Export drums from playing fantasy football! It was missing a bunch of hardware and this channel helped a lot! Thanks!

[grammurnaughtzi]

"ad looks like this, show up, and it looks like this" Crossed out zildjian with marker, I'm dying.

[jamy]

i bought my kit used, it belonged to the drummer of a pretty big band and was used and abused! its covered in scratches and dings and is in generally poor condition. but the bearing edges and runs where still perfectly round. it sounds amazing and i saved hundreds (if not a grand) on it!

[andrewlees]

Bought my kit used for 1600 New Zealand Dollars. Got myself a Pearl 6 piece VSX limited edition Graffiti Graphic kit with Zildjian ZBTs. What made it better is the guy I'd bought it off had used it 3 times and he'd had it bought new and shipped over from Europe (because the kit was only limited to a European market). So I basically got a limited edition, brand new pearl kit for the price of an entry level pearl or Tama.

[slingerlandrox]

I've owned 6 used drums sets in my 35 years of playing. Thanks for the tips. Nice job!

[CLoi]

I have never bought a whole kit second hand, always new for these reasons but I can say I have gotten a number of snares and cymbals through Australia's equivalent to Craigslist and also an Australian drum sell/buy/swap page on Facebook. Tricky thing is that most of them were interstate and I had to rely on blurry photos of the gear. I am possibly selling my giving kit and I have a guy interested in another city. I rang him up and explained every detail of the kit and was honest with everything about the kit. I'm going to take tonnes of photos and send it to him and he is super grateful for it. If I did not do any of this I guarantee he wouldn't be interested. Quite different doing deals not face-to-face.

[carperfjord]

I bought both of the kits I've used over the past two years used, and, bingewatching your channel, you've inspired me to give them a new wrap and hardware and life! :D

[RubensASMR]

I just recently bought a used yamaha kit for 250$.
And I checked the price and it was about 1250$ of value, huge find!

[kailiw.]

I got my kit from an uncle who couldn't play it because of their dog. It came with a China cymbal for the ride and a splash for a secondary crash. For some reason, it still sounded pretty good for what it was, a cheap rockwood kit. I was able to get my hands on some old zbt+ cymbals that I loved and now I modified the kit to fit how I play and now it's my favorite kit that I've ever played on in my 1 year of playing drums.

[markdrum]

This series reminds me of "Car Talk". Somebody who really loves and knows their subject going all "shade tree" on it. My favorite channel on YouTube!

[jakeklossing]

Bought a used PDP for 150 bucks, it already had Evans G2 coated heads, which were in great condition. I replaced the stock resonate heads with Evans G1 clear, and bought a $50 dollar meinl crash, $65 Sabian B8 hi hats, and a $125 Sabian AAX china (all used) Kit sounds amazing now! sounds like an 800 dollar shell pack now!

[absolutelyfilthy]

My parents found my drum kit on the side of the road for free so they just threw it in the car and put it in my bedroom

[metalknight]

I bought my kit used. It's a 6 piece Tama Superstar Classic (yep! the old good stuff!) in sizes 10x7, 12x9, 14x12, 16x14, 22x18 and 14x5, 5. It's in a bloodred to a deep deep red fade finish and it is beautiful! It also came with hardware (mostly tama road pro series) which was a big plus. I bought it used from a music shop here in Sweden which is kind of unusual, but it has some history (f. example a couple of gigs/a tour) which I think gives it more character and feel. It's a beast of a kit and I could not be happier. Btw, you're awesome! Just found your channel and I just love it! Keep up the good work!

[coryroberts]

I started with a new alesis electronic kit that I like a lot, but I knew I wasn't gonna become truly proficient without a real acoustic set, so I bought a pretty cheap used pdp kit with decent cymbals and hardware and I replaced all the heads. Your videos have been a huge help. Grateful for all you do!

[ChefBrownSauce]

I always peel those stickers off. Then again I don't sell my old cymbals, there's always a use for them