First, a very warm welcome to the forum!Welcome It's been said, your drums aren't really ''vintage'', and I'll say this lightly, they are not exactly ''a great intstrument'', but a very good starter kit. I say lightly, because with proper tuning, proper heads, It's really amazing what you can acheive! I'll second that, YouTube is a great learning tool if you use it properly. I highly recommend Bob Gatzen's videos, as they where very helpful for me, and with the right tips you'll be able to get those drums sounding good. Everything else has been said really, check out all the knowledge thats shared here and throughout the world that is the internet, and practice, practice practice! From an intermediate's point of view, (I'm not going to pretend I'm a pro thats been playing for 40 years!) it also helps to learn about the history of the instrument, as well as the great music of the past. The internet will help with that.

I wish you all the best with this journey that is learning to play an instrument. Good luck, happy holidays and rock on!Keep on Pl x-mas3

Welcome to the forum!

You can watch ebay for anything you need or just go to drummaker.com or other various drum suppliers and buy new. New parts are usually cheaper than vintage parts, but yours arent vintage. You should study the hardware section and learn the terminology. The rings your refering to I imigine are rims, the rings with the holes that hold the head down. Pinstripe heads are decent heads, but if you really want those drums to sound fabulous, get ya some evens g2 coated heads for your toms. nother thing you can do is watch craigslist and buy a cheapo drum kit and rob parts off of it. You can also put you an ad there under musicial instruments for sale describing what you want. I bought a very cool tama kit for $50 once and another very killer tama set for 100. Watchh CL and if one stays on there for several weeks then you get it for almost nothing. Another anenue is the pearl drummer's forum. They have plenty of non vintage stuff on there.

QUOTE:HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS

1. Any idea how old these are?

2. How much will it roughly cost to get all the missing parts for the bass?

3. Where is the best place to pick up odd pieces, since I don't need everything?

Welcome both to drumming and the forum both are great resources one for the mind the other for Knowledge Just a bit of advice from a 60 year old drummer who has been playing since 1962 get yourself some good earplugs be careful of overpowering your ears, Tennitis is a seriously crappy thing to develop I know I have it my ears ring constantly please guard your hearing.. and enjoy the drums they are a great journey and will bring you much joy..

Excellent advice. I use earplugs religiously because I am starting to get a bit of hearing loss myself. . . James

Huh? What did you say? I can't hear what your writing...

Hmmm...

Welcome! And the craig's list advice on the mark. You can find most anything you'll need to help you learn the craft. When and if you decide to get a better kit, it's a good resource as well. Last I remember, 'pinstripes' were a bit pricey, and need a particular type of shell to make them sound decent at all. I'm not knocking them, just not sure what an entry level kit will sound like with 'stripes'. Those Evans G2's are indeed the best for those shells, IMHO. And as I mentioned, I'm pretty sure they are cheaper. Have fun! Bang a drum!

I too started with a pacific set and listening to the white stripes! If you get a chance to hit some slingerlands (and other vintage drums as well) you may end up on this forum constantly.

In the meantime I recommend NOT using the white stripes to learn drums. I find that I learn best when I'm outside my comfort zone but not overwhelmed.

Cool story; and I thought Guitar Hero, Rock Band, or whatever it's called, was a waste of time. Welcome to drumming, drums and the VDF. Rock on, sister!

B

PS - I started at age 11, took lessons for a year, then learned more and more from records (remember those), watching live shows and friends who played. Where was youtube in 1974?