Jupiter tarts
Junior Member
Greetings everyone! I'm rather new here and new to the world of drumming. I'm coming from a guitar background and was looking more into getting into drumming for the good of the group. Since our drummer recently moved away, we've been rather rhythmless . Now I never had a chance to have a good talk with her about kits so I do still have a few burning questions about the gear.
Biggest question is how does the quality of a drum kit improve with price point? I know that with acoustic guitars, in the $100-$300 range you were probably getting mass produced made in china, some better than others with plywood back and sides. From $300-$600 you could do a little better with American or Mexican made guitars with laminate back and sides or all solid one piece chinese made guitars. $700-$1000 starts cracking into the all solid wood guitars. By the time you were getting into the $1000+, you could probably get a high quality, all solid wood instrument from the manufacturer of your choice and not experience diminishing returns in quality until around $2000.
So with drums, what changes over various price points? Is there a noticeable increase in quality after a certain price point (better woods in snares, higher quality construction for cymbals, etc) and likewise, at what price would you say you start getting diminishing returns and the upcharges are a matter of preference? Is there a certain price point that gives "best bang for buck" range?
Perhaps a slightly less related question but, is it common for a drummer to put together a kit out of individual pieces of gear from different brands? I was possibly also thinking of doing this and getting individual used pieces rather than buying a new complete kit. Any help is appreciated thanks!
Biggest question is how does the quality of a drum kit improve with price point? I know that with acoustic guitars, in the $100-$300 range you were probably getting mass produced made in china, some better than others with plywood back and sides. From $300-$600 you could do a little better with American or Mexican made guitars with laminate back and sides or all solid one piece chinese made guitars. $700-$1000 starts cracking into the all solid wood guitars. By the time you were getting into the $1000+, you could probably get a high quality, all solid wood instrument from the manufacturer of your choice and not experience diminishing returns in quality until around $2000.
So with drums, what changes over various price points? Is there a noticeable increase in quality after a certain price point (better woods in snares, higher quality construction for cymbals, etc) and likewise, at what price would you say you start getting diminishing returns and the upcharges are a matter of preference? Is there a certain price point that gives "best bang for buck" range?
Perhaps a slightly less related question but, is it common for a drummer to put together a kit out of individual pieces of gear from different brands? I was possibly also thinking of doing this and getting individual used pieces rather than buying a new complete kit. Any help is appreciated thanks!