hi! new to the forum. new drum kit.

[Danger Drummer]

hi people! im new to the forum and i have been playing drums for about a year and a half. i consider myself decent in the time that i have been playing. im looking for a new drum kit.

my first one isnt that good and its a bad begginer kit. i have zidjian zbt cymbals (14'' crash, 14'' hi-hats, 16'' crash and 20'' ride).

i have a bid dog double pedal and Gibraltar boom stands and a stock hi-hat stand with my crappy stagg beginer kit.

i have my eyes on a pdp 805 series in white on white or black on black with a 24'' bass drum maybe.

i want something that is pretty good for playing rock music and this is supposed to be a good set for that. i also like the way it looks and is suppossed to be good quality for the money.

any other suggestions of intermediate drum kits for around 500 - 700 pounds?

thanks.

[Sopranos]

Go used and get more for your money?

But also check out Pearl, Gretsch and Tama as well as the rest to be sure you know what you like. I had a PDP FS series birch and loved it for the money.

Rock on!

[eddiehimself]

Go used and get more for your money?

he's right y'know. I managed to get my kit which is an old mahogany/birch TAMA starclassic performer, a premier resonator floor tom and a santafe custom snare (same sort of price as a mapex black panther is new) for less than £700. You can do well for yourself if you know where to look used.

[Drifter in the Dark]

Old Pearl drum sets from the 80's and 90's such as the World and Export series actually sound really good. All you need are some pro-quality heads, and they're good to go! The same goes for Tama's old drums like the Artstar and Imperialstar.

[Danger Drummer]

yea i was thinking about getting a used one. but i would really accually prefer new, i dont like gtting stuff that other people have used, im just like that (:

but i now have completely changed my mind have have my eye on a 6 peice pearl vision vbx kit in concorde fade, and to get evans heads and remOs for it (:

i think it looks nice and its suppossed to sound really nice aswell for about £720.