Bo Eder
Platinum Member
Well, the DrumCrafts went back to the store the other day. I really liked them and was itching to take them out for a gig - but it's quite a fantastic story that I must share with you.
So, I'm doing my job loading in a band for a rehearsal here at my work, and with all the cabling on the floor of this rehearsal area, I was moving a stage monitor across the backside of this band who haven't started playing yet, but their gear was set up. Well, I slipped on some cabling, and fell forward into the back of a Fender Twin amp that was up on a small riser. The 100-pound Fender Twin fell directly on to this guys' Baby Taylor guitar. The good news: it completely missed his 1964 Gibson Les Paul. The Baby Taylor was literally destroyed (it was quite spectacular from what I was told since I was on top of the whole pile).
Of course, I feel bad, and the company isn't going to compensate him for my mistake, so I felt compelled to replace his guitar (he was sort of upset about the whole ordeal - as he should be).
Well thank heavens that the store I bought from has a 15-day refund policy, and I was only about 8-days into it. I took the kit back, and we laughed about the circumstances, and they let me order another Baby Taylor for this guy and gave me a refund for the rest (the Baby Taylor is a little over half of what I spent on the DrumCrafts).
So I have a little bit of money left over, and am debating shopping for another kit or just staying with my two. The two kits are great. Maybe I'll take someone's advice and get a Gretsch kit or a vintage Rogers kit. But although I'm a little bummed that I had to replace this guy's guitar, I don't know if I feel that bad about not having the DrumCrafts. The few days I played them, I didn't feel the ultimate joy I feel when I play the other two vintage kits, but they sure did look nice.
So now I have to send back the Yamaha tom mount I ordered for the DC kit too. I had contemplated installing that on my Slingerlands, but I didn't want to mess with 'em.
Stupid bad luck, eh?
So, I'm doing my job loading in a band for a rehearsal here at my work, and with all the cabling on the floor of this rehearsal area, I was moving a stage monitor across the backside of this band who haven't started playing yet, but their gear was set up. Well, I slipped on some cabling, and fell forward into the back of a Fender Twin amp that was up on a small riser. The 100-pound Fender Twin fell directly on to this guys' Baby Taylor guitar. The good news: it completely missed his 1964 Gibson Les Paul. The Baby Taylor was literally destroyed (it was quite spectacular from what I was told since I was on top of the whole pile).
Of course, I feel bad, and the company isn't going to compensate him for my mistake, so I felt compelled to replace his guitar (he was sort of upset about the whole ordeal - as he should be).
Well thank heavens that the store I bought from has a 15-day refund policy, and I was only about 8-days into it. I took the kit back, and we laughed about the circumstances, and they let me order another Baby Taylor for this guy and gave me a refund for the rest (the Baby Taylor is a little over half of what I spent on the DrumCrafts).
So I have a little bit of money left over, and am debating shopping for another kit or just staying with my two. The two kits are great. Maybe I'll take someone's advice and get a Gretsch kit or a vintage Rogers kit. But although I'm a little bummed that I had to replace this guy's guitar, I don't know if I feel that bad about not having the DrumCrafts. The few days I played them, I didn't feel the ultimate joy I feel when I play the other two vintage kits, but they sure did look nice.
So now I have to send back the Yamaha tom mount I ordered for the DC kit too. I had contemplated installing that on my Slingerlands, but I didn't want to mess with 'em.
Stupid bad luck, eh?