Drummer question? Old drums??

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They sound better, IMNSHO. I played some sweet old Ludwigs.

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Really???

You just never seem to hear about it like you do with guitars.

Even acoustic guitars you can go back to the 50's for better and better sound. Never hear about drums and drummers talking about it like you hear about a "77' Les Paul" or a "1958 Martin" as examples pulled out of my arse.

I guess wood is wood (unless plywood or melamina or whatever), but I think some woods are better than others.

The big thing, is the wood sound next to the plastic polymers, etc.....IMO. They sound ´tinny´ and vapid.

I think us drummers are, in large part, a different breed. For example, every guitar player I know enjoys each new scratch and ding he gets on his guitar.

Conversely, us drummers tend to freak out over the tiniest nick, which lends itself to vintage kits being locked away so they don't get damaged.

Having said that, I know a few drummers who regularly gig on vintage snare drums and with vintage cymbals. Also, Sam McCandless (the drummer for Cold) plays a vintage kit (Slingerland, I think) and he beats the bloody hell out if it...

I'm more of a guitarist than a drummer, but I'm pretty good at both. Have been playing both since I was a kid, and just turned 24.

The scratches and stuff on a guitar, I do like to an extent. It adds character to your guitar. I have a strat that's chipped and scratched from being dropped and hit. I think it looks cool. I received a crack in my Taylor and freaked out, good thing the guy fixed it and made it hardly noticeable.

For my drums, everything is vintage outside of the snare and two splash cymbals. My hi hats and crash ride are super old. The drums do look kinda worn, but I like the look of them. The Pearl Whit they oroginally were has basically turned into a smoky tannish color. I also beat the shite out of the drums, I play them really hard. I get pissed off when cymbals crack, but that vintage crash/ride will not.

Gotta be a Zildjian.

I also had a Pearl and Ludwig kit, (the Ludwig was my first back in the mid 90's).

The Pearl kit had a sweeter sound to it, and was about 15 years newer, but the Ludwigs were visually more appealing.

As far as snares go, my Pearl free floating head I used for competition in solos was the sweetest, cleanest sound ever produced by a drum.

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I'm ready for my cymbals to get that lovely patina.

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My old Paiste 602 ride is finally getting a few of those green oxidization splotches...

It's a zildjian. It's hard to see the engraving, but all it has is avedis zildjian engraved.


I'll try to get a picture.