My DW kit

Waifer

Waifer

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I bought this kit in '97, brand new. But in '04 I had to sell it to keep my house. And for only $2,000, for everything (plus cases and a few things not shown)!!! Several years later, I got my finances straightened out, and bought a Pacific kit. Really wasn't happy with the sound. So I put up a picture of my DW kit as my desktop pic. to manifest another DW, and looked every day on eBay and Craigslist. This went on for about 8 months. Then, I saw my kit for sale again! The rack, cymbals, and cases were all gone, but the drums themselves were all there. I knew for sure it was mine when I saw the same pouch I had used to keep the extra gold hardware. The person I sold them to hadn't kept them up very well, so I went home and took off every piece of hardware and scrubbed it all clean again. Right down to threads on the lugs.

Anyways, here it is in it's original form...

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And here it is "rebuilt"...

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Looks pretty nice to me. I just don't understand why someone would buy a high end kit and then not take care of it. I bought mine ten years ago and have gigged out with it plenty and it still looks brand new. I did nothing more than be carefull with them and transport them in their cases.
 
Fuzrock said:
Looks pretty nice to me. I just don't understand why someone would buy a high end kit and then not take care of it. I bought mine ten years ago and have gigged out with it plenty and it still looks brand new. I did nothing more than be carefull with them and transport them in their cases.
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Yeah but he only paid $2,000 for what should have gone for about $5,000. He didn't even put them in the cases when he left. He just took the rack apart and shoved everything into his van. I couldn't watch...
 
That's nice that you got a second chance to own your drums. I wonder how many of us have regretted selling a kit only to want it back. At least you got yours back!
 
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