Ok here goes,

I have had a few good recent deals IMHO that is.

I got a 4 piece blue Vistalite kit in perfect condition off of craigslist for $200.

This girl was selling all her ex boyfriends stuff. he left her owing a bunch of bills. I also bought a DW 9000 Kick pedal for $100 from her. . She called me a few days later begging for the pedal back. I told her I'd trade her for the Tama iron Cobra double pedal she had for sale for $200. She came got the dw pedal and gave me the tama. A friend of mine got this load of drums off of Cl.

A Zicko double bass acrylic kit, some WFL stuff, a 64 luddy ft and some black panthers, all for $250. I was sick, I emailed the seller and he never emailed me back. I ended up buying the blk Panthers for $400. They cleaned up nicely. All I had to order to restore them was heads and tension roods and t rods and claws. He later gave me the floor tom. it was WMP spray painted black. I cleaned off the paint and it look fabulous. BTW he netted about $3,000 for all the drum stuff. The WFL was a 20" bass drum and a 20" floor tom. Oh and he had 2 supraphonic snares, a wfl wmp snare and lots of parts.

Still makin me sick!!!!!!!!!! I hate that guy!!! LoLoLoLo

I got over the weekend in a Ludwig standard in a unusual [COLOR="Blue"]Blue strata [/COLOR]finish. [COLOR="Sienna"]No brown[/COLOR] Cool1 and a very open pattern not the usual tight rings of thin stripes. 13 16 22 14sn. This guy happened to be minutes away from meeting another guy who came down from Schenectady. [I went up to Newburgh NY from South Jersey]

From him I got a [COLOR="Red"]psycho red [/COLOR][[COLOR="Green"]ALL GREENS PRESENT[/COLOR]] clubdate 20 14 and a 12 [classic lug] an add on 13 classic lugs [no green]. About 7 cymbals 2 camber,paiste sound formula 10" splash Wuhan 12" mini china, Tosco Sabian, Paiste Stanople [swiss] and an old 14" heavily hammered Istanbul K gongy crash. Tama Drum stool 3 60's Luddy stands 4 newer Sonor 3K Stands BD mounted "L" arm both pieces box o parts.

Then Swung down to a fellow collector in North Jersey and picked up much needed parts. . Before I went I was able to secure a 12" clubdate in sacramento Ca to finish out the clubdates.. . . WHEW . GREAT DAY !!!. . . . Joe

Oh I forgot to mention. I bought 3 cymbals from the same guy that I hate for $20 each. A pair of 15" zildjian hats and a 16" crash.

I dont really hate him lolololo

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=11619

LOTS. Picked up a 14 Luddy floor for 100, a Peavey 1000 series snare for right at 100, 14 Luddy Supra for about 75 (NO pits or damage! very clean), sweet Luddy gold strata snare for a buck thirty (my fave purchase as of late), and several other items that were pretty cool.

I picked up a hemorrhoid from driving around looking at overpriced junk and finding nothing.

Gosh..I'm loving all this stuff guys! As, of right now I have a couple deals I'm waiting to pounce on in a month or two(65 Sliver sparkle Super Classic Project Set and a 1962 rogers 20, 12, 14 set)

For what I have actually jumped on in the last couple months. Includes.....

-A 1966 mint supraphonic, early 60's goldtone cowbell, and a model 1400 stand($200)

-A 1963 Red sparkle Hollywood with matching super classic snare, wfl bass drum pedal, Ludwig mid-60's L-arm($500)...still in the process of completing it and cleaning it up.

That's all I got right now. Hopefully I'll have another vintage set in my hands by the end of the month if I'm lucky.

Ebay is amazing huh!??? Sometimes something your looking for seems high, but you can almost always find what your looking for on ebay. Sometimes its cheap too!

Last month I got this 20s NOB heavy 2 piece with back soldered edges. $75 on CL.