Interitus
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Well, I've been playing drums for about 6 months now, playing on a mapex 5 pc Q series kit. I've had a lot of fun on my acoustic kit, but I can never seem to get it tuned right. And I went cheap on the cymbals, so I'm just not happy with them. I havent had a whole lot of time to go play, so if I get a chance to sit down and play for fifteen minutes or something, I get really discouraged playing on a badly tuned kit. I think to myself that I need to tune them, but I dont really know what I'm doing. I dont have enough time to play past it and get into a groove, so I'm playing badly as well. The whole thing leaves me frustrated and discouraged.
During my drum lessons tho, we play on some roland v-drums, and every time I play them I want a set more and more. Always in tune, and lots of sound options without spending a bazillion dollars on new heads cymbals and hardware to get the different sounds. The cymbals will always sound good, and there's always the fun electronic sounding kits. I listened to the salesman at Axe play on the kit and go thru a bunch of the patches, and I just wanted to knock him off the kit and play myself.
So, the question I want to ask... What would be the pros and cons of switching an electronic kit? I'm looking at the Roland v-drums TD-9, for about $2k cdn they're affordable if spread out over a couple month payment plan. Would you suggest this kit, or should I think about another kit?
During my drum lessons tho, we play on some roland v-drums, and every time I play them I want a set more and more. Always in tune, and lots of sound options without spending a bazillion dollars on new heads cymbals and hardware to get the different sounds. The cymbals will always sound good, and there's always the fun electronic sounding kits. I listened to the salesman at Axe play on the kit and go thru a bunch of the patches, and I just wanted to knock him off the kit and play myself.
So, the question I want to ask... What would be the pros and cons of switching an electronic kit? I'm looking at the Roland v-drums TD-9, for about $2k cdn they're affordable if spread out over a couple month payment plan. Would you suggest this kit, or should I think about another kit?