gary if your like most of us big is just too overwhelming ....gary

> the drums I bought new at the Niles plant in 69.

Don't make me have to put shoes on over my bunion and come over there just to slap you upside-down your head!

Sell? Break up the set? You're just kidding right?

Please don't do it. It's a one-of-a-kind kit. Do you know of any others out there like yours? More than 1... less than two? Maybe?

Sell your golf clubs, your coin collection, those old Playboy's and Hustler's you keep hidden in the basement, whatever... but leave the kit alone. It's in the best home it can be in and should never be separated.

John

gary i know your dilemma its space not money right so we are local maybe we should get a rental SPACE / PRACTICE SPOT AND SOME OF US LOCAL VDF RENT IT, GARY just thinking out loud

They need to stay together, Don't breakup the family.

Now I'm thinking about what happens after I leave this world, what will happen to it, it would be sad if they dont end up somewhere who will appreciate it, (my wife is clueless and could care less about drums honestly) I sure as hell dont want them to end up at some garage sale, which could happen. My sons dont play, however perhaps I should have a talk with one of my more "practical sons" and maybe educate him a little, and maybe his kids or his kids kids could inherit it at some point. thanks for the feedback guys

Just will these beauties to someone you love here on VDF on the condition that they are never sold.Clapping Happy2

Don't do it... you will regret it in the long run I know I have regretted selling my big Rogers lit for years and I will never have a chance to get it together again... keep it just as you have built it if you have to borrow against it but keep it...

Plus .. How could you possibly sell something that you have "personalized" with your very own name branded all over it ???

Cheers

Ditto. When I was 15, my first brand-new set was a double bass Rogers (22-22 12-13-14-15-16FT) which my father drove me to White Plains NY to pick up. When the big sets fell out of fashion, I sold one the basses (virgin at that!) for $100 to help pay for books at college. I regret that to this day! I've since acquired an almost identical 1974 bass with close numbers, but it's not that bass. My first set will never be whole again, and there's no undoing that.

Keep that beautiful WMP set together. It invokes memories of your excursions to the Niles plant, memories far more precious than remembering the day you orphaned them out. You can't unring a bell.

Mike C.

ITS just a drum another will come by just not that kit