People out there are usually clamoring for the latest gear, the newest products, or even that rare vintage gem that is well sought-after. I am not one of these people when it comes to gear. My favorite gear has always been the gear that is unappreciated, forgotten about, or even bad by some people's standards.
When I get a piece of gear like this, I usually spend some time with it. I fix it up, I make it my own somehow, sometimes in little ways, other times in big ways. My favorite drum set now is an old made in Taiwan Ludwig Accent Combo that I picked up on Craigslist for $100.
I am not saying that I paid $100 for everything you see here, once heads, hardware, and cymbals, and the metal snare I added I would say total was around $500. This is still very cheap by today's standards for a drum kit that looks and sounds as great as this one does.
I've made two videos on this kit, but I need to make a third one because I made a couple more changes since the second one.
The second one was just a few weeks ago, but I've since made a couple changes to the cymbals as well as got some amazing old Ludwig Smooth White Silver Dot drum heads for it which you can see in the first pic.
All of the hardware I am using with the kit is vintage Ludwig and very lightweight, except for one Dixon new flat base stand that matches very well. What is really great is all of this hardware fits inside my vintage Japanese canister throne that I got on Ebay many years ago.
I've been recording with this kit on both my own solo music, as well as drums for the new Echoscape EP that will be released next year.
I think my point of this post is to say that you don't need to have the latest and greatest gear in the world. Make whatever you have your own and you will sound more like yourself and less like the typical masses out there.
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