L-Dude.......you're alive??!! ;)

Good to see you back again, thinks its wise to come back with both pistols drawn, at least let some warm up to your sense of humor.

Good to have you back

Yes, I was on an extended tour of Europe, Scandinavia, and the sub-continent. x-mas3

Seriously though, I did need a break from the forum, as it always seemed to be of the same questions by newcomers over and over and over. "How much is this worth?", "Anyone ever deal with this guy?", and my favorite: "what the heck is this?"

All of which can usually be answered by research on the main VDG page and out on the regular internet itself. Its called using a search function, reading and not being lazy. Not all of us drummers are dumb gorillas with sticks bashing away on our tubs you know.....although if you read 98% of the drums (etc) for sale ads on craigslist, you'd think otherwise.....LOL! Use the brain you were given to do more than count to 4 and quit looking for the easy ways out newbies! Do your homework, and THEN if you get stumped, then ask the questions. Then I will be glad to put my knowledge out there.

Another reason I took a break was that I would get pounded with PMs from "members" that I never even conversed/interacted with here on the forum. Usually with the "whats my stuff worth?" questions. I am not a vintage drum appraiser, nor have I ever claimed to be. I just plain think its rude to PM someone on the forum that you have had no interaction with and ask them an arbitrary question like that. I don't know you from a hole in the wall. Why would you listen to my opinion on drum values anyway? Doh!

Ok, I'm off my Soap Box again.......:D

The Band

Back from the dead again,... !!

Gunning down the newbies and lash`n the hasbeens. Gotta love it. Hope ya got those X problems solved, That`s just too much to do daily !!

I was a newbie once, never used that search thing much cuz I`d type in things like,...what is this?,...or how much is this ?,... and what`s this thing do,..or How much is this worth? and all I`d get is a hardrive felt appology say`n search resulted in nothing !! Thing doesn`t carry a conversation well !!

I must say though,..the How much is this? question is prolly the easiest thing to find out and if you know what you got,...asking that is annoying not to mention obviously a loaded one.

The crooks and scamies are showing up alot lately partly because, vintage drum searches on the net lead ya here. The good news is the fire for effect order isn`t given anymore,...it`s now realised after the fact !!

Anyway, nice to see ya back !!

Good to hear your voice ... so to speak.

It's been interesting here over the past year. Some have arrived, some of departed ... some have taken a piece of this with them.

Hey, did that guy ever contact you about the Black Panther kit? He's on here and is looking to rid himself of it. I suggested he PM you.

yes good to see you back how was Europe? hope you had a blast

I had turned off PMs a while ago, so I never heard about them. Not a big deal as I really have no room for more than the 2 kits I currently have, and yes, one is still the black panther kit.

Hahaha! Mike, I never actually was in Europe......it was more of a Blues Brothers reference....:p

Really nice to have you back on board! How doest it feel having your Black Panthers back? Could you share some pixs with us?

Thanks VDB.......Panthers back? Actually I did try and sell them at one point, but ended up yanking them. I couldn't bear to part with them after all, so in reality, they never left me again. (Parted with them once back in the 90's and was fortunate enough to get them back. Decided that this would be a bad plan once again.)