Hello everybody. I have been craving to get a drum kit for awhile but have paralysis of analysis and haven't gotten anything yet. Yesterday I saw someone was throwing drums out so I threw them in my truck. They are just the shells. I calculated out how much it would be to get semi decent parts, hardware, cymbals and it came out to around $380. This is basically like buying a complete kit of a known shells and which would probably be better taken care of.
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Is this worth keeping? The shells are heavy, repainted, and badgeless. The bottom nut boxs were removed and holes were closed. Even the insides were painted so I had to scrape and sand some paint off to determine what the shells were. It looks clear all the way through, I can't tell if it is acrylic or fiberglass. I think it was painted because the 18" tom doesn't fit with the others. It has no bearing edge and looks definite fiberglass, even without paint removed.
22" x 14" 8lug
18" x 16" 8lug
16" x 16" 8lug
13" x 9" 6lug
12" x 8" 6lug
I am guessing it is Pearl because there is the tom mount that says it. I can't rule out that someone added that after.
Before this I was thinking about getting a MIJ Starlight, because I heard with good heads they are awesome. Are these anything worth working with or should I just go with the Starlight. I'd hate for any instrument to be thrown by the roadside.
What I've posted above is the extent of my percussion knowledge, I don't really know anything else about drums.
