While I've never come across a house kit that's looked like the lone survivor of a nuclear attack, I have seen some poorly maintained ones in my time. I've never aired complaints though. I think a confident player can sit behind any rig and make it work, as long as it isn't held together by bubble gum and cake icing.
It can be somewhat refreshing, in fact, to strip drummers of their customary status symbols. Remove their elite badges and lofty logos, and you see what they're really made of. Everyone looks good in a brand-new Ferrari, but in a dilapidated Ford Focus, you'd better know how to drive.