Cheap Drum Kits - Post Pics!

Black "faux Gretsch' kit cost me only $100 (a CB700 'virgin' bass drum, Astro toms). Sounded OK.
Second kit is vintage, but were orphaned drums adding up to only $300..and sound awesome.
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Blasphemy I tell you. Pure Gretsch blasphemy.
 
22x16" White Sparkle Sonor Designer Maple Light kick (12 plies, 8,4 mm) w/short lugs
16x14" Blue Sparkle Sonor Designer Maple Light suspended tom (9 plies, 6,4 mm) w/long lugs and Pearl Optimount
10x8" Piano Black Sonor Force 2007 Birch (9 plies, 7 mm)

I traded these shells for 3 Hardcase cases, and a Pearl 14x5,5" FF Copper snare.

The 14x5,5" Mapex Black Panther Stainless Hammered Steel snare came to me separately.
 

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22x16" White Sparkle Sonor Designer Maple Light kick (12 plies, 8,4 mm) w/short lugs
16x14" Blue Sparkle Sonor Designer Maple Light suspended tom (9 plies, 6,4 mm) w/long lugs and Pearl Optimount
10x8" Piano Black Sonor Force 2007 Birch (9 plies, 7 mm)

I traded these shells for 3 Hardcase cases, and a Pearl 14x5,5" FF Copper snare.

The 14x5,5" Mapex Black Panther Stainless Hammered Steel snare came to me separately.

How does Sonor's high end stuff (except the 2007, which is not all that low end) be considered a "cheap drum kit"????
 
How does Sonor's high end stuff (except the 2007, which is not all that low end) be considered a "cheap drum kit"????

Cheap = does not cost much.

I traded the set for 3 bags and a snare. We can say $ 250 for a drumset is not a high price, in my opinion - ergo this is a cheap drum kit.
 
Cheap = does not cost much.

I traded the set for 3 bags and a snare. We can say $ 250 for a drumset is not a high price, in my opinion - ergo this is a cheap drum kit.

True...in a sense. I think "fantastic deal' would be more appropriate.

I assumed the thread title meant "cheaper line of drums" but whatever works.
 
Custom Classic Pro Hybrid Birch. Six pieces, hi hat, two cymbal stands, snare stand and bass pedal for $499 new. Bought it for a practice kit and because I wanted some "hyper sized" toms but have used it at some small gigs and honestly really like it.

Whoa, that doesn't look like a cheap set at all.

Cool idea for a thread. There's a lot of threads here of stunning high-end, custom and exotic sets. But many drummers play cheap sets and there's nothing wrong with that. Glad to see a thread devoted to this and it makes good drum porn in its own way.
 
True...in a sense. I think "fantastic deal' would be more appropriate.

I assumed the thread title meant "cheaper line of drums" but whatever works.

Yep, you're right. It was a slight misunderstanding... Anyway: it was a cheap kit for me :))
 
True...in a sense. I think "fantastic deal' would be more appropriate.

I assumed the thread title meant "cheaper line of drums" but whatever works.

I am thinking "cheap line of drums" too. That is what I would be hoping to see when I come here. Buying a high-end kit for a killer price just isn't quite the same and those kits get a lot of glory. I'm interested in seeing what people are doing with low-end sets.
 
Pearl, Ludwig, Taye and other parts from 8 different people rebuilt for about 150.00
 

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Mine was £80 off eBay for a secondhand Stagg kit, but with Paiste 101 cymbals including crash and ride. There seems to be a lot at this price range on eBay these days.
 
I love the challenge of making cheap kits sound great! I dragged around a cheap Pearl Forum kit for about ten years-finally gave it away to a young beginner. I have the cheaper Pearl Vision with birch/basswood now that I love to play better than the Pearl Master's kit. Bobdadrummer I just bought a Sonor Safari for about the same price. I thought I was buying a piece of crap to keep in a practice place for convenience but the kit sounds awesome. Surprise the heck out a me. I've played it in a couple of venues now-rather than just a practice kit. I wish I would fair as well with cheap cymbals but honestly that is where I tend to spend the big bucks.
 
Hehe, Harry... I was just correcting that! Didnt want anyone making that mistake.

Sorry I can't recognize it. I know very little about snares and other drums, that's why I'm asking. And sorry if I made an impression like I belittled your valuable snare.

Still with my question (and once again this is because I know very little and I hope some enlightening without offending anybody): why do most cheap kits use thin, steel snare, is it because it's cheaper than wood? Please inderstand that "cheap" for me is entry level, not a low priced, used kit (although it could be a DW).

For example, Tama Swingstar 1st ed (now discontinued), Tama Stagestar (now discontinued), new version Tama Imperialstar 1st ed (2005-2006), Sonor Force 507 (now discontinued), etc....... all use steel snares. Anybody could help enlighten me?
 
Sorry I can't recognize it. I know very little about snares and other drums, that's why I'm asking. And sorry if I made an impression like I belittled your valuable snare.

Still with my question (and once again this is because I know very little and I hope some enlightening without offending anybody): why do most cheap kits use thin, steel snare, is it because it's cheaper than wood? Please inderstand that "cheap" for me is entry level, not a low priced, used kit (although it could be a DW).

For example, Tama Swingstar 1st ed (now discontinued), Tama Stagestar (now discontinued), new version Tama Imperialstar 1st ed (2005-2006), Sonor Force 507 (now discontinued), etc....... all use steel snares. Anybody could help enlighten me?

My version of swingstar came with wood shelled snare drum but to answer your question, It may come down to the fact that most entry level drum kit steel snare are outsourced and come really cheaper than producing them in-house ( another mold - hardware etc...).
 
My daughter, Maddie, rockin' away on our $200 PDP/Sabian B8 kit...
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