NouveauCliche
Senior Member
You folks ever sell a piece of gear then regret it?
I was told a long time ago - by someone's wisdom I'm still trying to catch up apparently - to never sell an instrument.
I was looking at a new more tour friend kit and thinking about selling some gear to off set then ended up like deep in my head about past sales that I've regretted while I'll list below as therapy haha:
1. I had an old HUGE Slingerland 7 piece 70s kit in a rootbeer finish - HUGE concert toms - 12,13,14,15,16 "Rack" toms with an 18" floor tom and 24" kick with some kind of metal snare. It was huge - hard terrible hardware but I'd love to play it again haha.
2. My snare 3.5 X 14" brass floater snare - this was a gift from my grandparents and that was genuinely a great snare.
3. My Yamaha Maple Custom - this was back in the glory days with the gold lugs in that amazing amber honey vintage finish - had the YESS mounts - that was a killer kit. Lives in a studio now though so I know it has a good life at least - fusion kit - 22, 10, 12, 14, 16 kind of thing.
4. My gretsch renown 57 - I had a 6 piece '57 in blue - I sold it to pay for my first endorsee kit - but every time I see one I miss it. Those gretsch renowns are amazing drums for the price.
5. I had a full set of killer zildjians - again dumped them to pay for a new set with a different endorsee company - 15" k light hats, 21" special dry ride (the original release), 18" con crash, several splashes various A and Ks, 18" custom made K flat ride from like 97, 21" K hybrid ride, 15" crarsh, 13" A quick beats (still some of the best hats ever)
6. I had a hand hammered black beauty that I sold purely for $$ purposes - that was a beautiful snare.
Anyways - any cool gear you've sold that you miss?
Let's share! haha
I was told a long time ago - by someone's wisdom I'm still trying to catch up apparently - to never sell an instrument.
I was looking at a new more tour friend kit and thinking about selling some gear to off set then ended up like deep in my head about past sales that I've regretted while I'll list below as therapy haha:
1. I had an old HUGE Slingerland 7 piece 70s kit in a rootbeer finish - HUGE concert toms - 12,13,14,15,16 "Rack" toms with an 18" floor tom and 24" kick with some kind of metal snare. It was huge - hard terrible hardware but I'd love to play it again haha.
2. My snare 3.5 X 14" brass floater snare - this was a gift from my grandparents and that was genuinely a great snare.
3. My Yamaha Maple Custom - this was back in the glory days with the gold lugs in that amazing amber honey vintage finish - had the YESS mounts - that was a killer kit. Lives in a studio now though so I know it has a good life at least - fusion kit - 22, 10, 12, 14, 16 kind of thing.
4. My gretsch renown 57 - I had a 6 piece '57 in blue - I sold it to pay for my first endorsee kit - but every time I see one I miss it. Those gretsch renowns are amazing drums for the price.
5. I had a full set of killer zildjians - again dumped them to pay for a new set with a different endorsee company - 15" k light hats, 21" special dry ride (the original release), 18" con crash, several splashes various A and Ks, 18" custom made K flat ride from like 97, 21" K hybrid ride, 15" crarsh, 13" A quick beats (still some of the best hats ever)
6. I had a hand hammered black beauty that I sold purely for $$ purposes - that was a beautiful snare.
Anyways - any cool gear you've sold that you miss?
Let's share! haha