My Goal To Pursue: Put Together A Ron Tutt Ludwig Kit But...

SYMBOLIC DEATH said:
What I'd suggest you do, if you are at all handy, is get the kit piece by piece and then rewrap it to match that kit $5000 is a lot to drop on a kit all at one time Spread the cost out buying orphans that are the right size and play layup, and you won't feel the pinch as much.
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beatz808 said:
Good advice. I lost my kit in a flood recently and money is tight. Piece by piece building up is exactly how to do it without feeling overwhelmed at the cost.
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SYMBOLIC DEATH said:
Also the likelihood of finding a vintage kit that size, in that configuration is pretty slim. I'm sure there may be parts that may take a while, but it's a Ludwig kit, so there's plenty of vintage drums out there.
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It looks like that's what I'm going to have to do - but, even with money as tight as it is and me not in the best of health and no gigs coming in (that's the only way I get to spend any money is from the money I make doing gigs -well, that and around $50/month to do whatever I wish to do with it - I reckon I'll start saving - and my monthly check - SSI - goes towards my living expenses & such, it's still going to be a huge mountain to climb to get this done. I've thought about asking my pastor if the church where Mom & Dad attend would help out but - I don't want my mom getting pissed at me (long story but.....let's just say that she wasn't blessed with a good temper and I don't have the option of getting out on my own). But, I promised myself that if this was the last thing I ever did during my lifetime, I wanted to make it a reality.

EDITED TO ADD: I just sent a PM via FB to the guy who bought Tutt's 1974 COV drum kit if he would somehow help a brother-in-need out that doesn't have the financial stability he does (he does a "Highwaymen" tribute gig as Willie & also acts as Tutt for the TCB Experience band. And he's a damn good drummer!!!

I'll let ya'll know what he says......he'll probably reject me. :(
 
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UPDATE:

I sent Michael a PM via FB last night explaining my situation with my finances and the fact that there's no way I could ever borrow $5,000 to give to him to have a replica Tutt blue sparkle Ludwig kit built and asked him whether he would consider just doing this one for me for free? He at first said, "No", but when I explained that it doesn't have to be next week or next month - just whenever he has time - he relented and said that he would. I thought about it last night some more and I came up with the thought that, if I can, I'll cover shipping costs for him for the kit (I'm sure most of ya'll have seen it and know that it's a big kit).

I know this probably isn't the absolute correct way to go to get this done but - it's the only way I'm able to do it.
 
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