Eman101
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So this isn't blowing my own horn or anything. It genuinly makes me feel a special kind of happy.
About a year and a half ago i bought a 1970's Premier kit on a second hand website. It was in a bad way. Missing plenty parts and looking rather sad. But the shells were not in poor condition, they just needed some love. So i decided to buy it for R300 ($30 more or less) and see what i could do for it.
I spent about 8 months restoring the shells and sourcing missing parts until the kit was as close to complete as i could get it. I used it for a few gigs and it sounded great, but it was never my intention to hold onto it. So a few months back, one of my friends who lives in a smaller town bought the kit and off she went.
Before i let it go i happened to run into the guy i bought it from in a music store, and i showed him pictures of the restored kit. He then told me that, on the day i came to see and ultimately buy the kit, another guy was planning on coming later. His plan was to buy the shells and use them in a music video - where they would smash the drums up with an axe or something. He was looking for something he could destroy. That kit very nearly suffered that fate.
Today the kit is playing 2-3 gigs a week and going strong. It makes my heart a little warm to know i played a part in giving it a new life.
There's my nerdy story.
About a year and a half ago i bought a 1970's Premier kit on a second hand website. It was in a bad way. Missing plenty parts and looking rather sad. But the shells were not in poor condition, they just needed some love. So i decided to buy it for R300 ($30 more or less) and see what i could do for it.
I spent about 8 months restoring the shells and sourcing missing parts until the kit was as close to complete as i could get it. I used it for a few gigs and it sounded great, but it was never my intention to hold onto it. So a few months back, one of my friends who lives in a smaller town bought the kit and off she went.
Before i let it go i happened to run into the guy i bought it from in a music store, and i showed him pictures of the restored kit. He then told me that, on the day i came to see and ultimately buy the kit, another guy was planning on coming later. His plan was to buy the shells and use them in a music video - where they would smash the drums up with an axe or something. He was looking for something he could destroy. That kit very nearly suffered that fate.
Today the kit is playing 2-3 gigs a week and going strong. It makes my heart a little warm to know i played a part in giving it a new life.
There's my nerdy story.
