Poast drum kits, fellow drummers of 4chinz

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>>72425620

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Gretsch catalina maple kit
-22 inch bass drum, 16, 14, 12, 10 toms, 14 snare
-20 Sabian HH medium ride
-19 Sabian AAXtreme china
-18 Meinl Byzance medium crash (super dark for some reason)
-14 Meinl souncaster fusion hats
-17 Zildjian K custom dark crash
-16 Zildjian A custon medium crash (not pictured)
-6 ZilBel
-8 Paiste alpha splash
-17 Paiste pst7 china

All DW hardware, DW 4000 double pedal, remo ebony heads, aquarian superkick 2

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>>72425926
2/4

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>>72425946
3/4

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>>72425983
4/4

what are the most important things to do to maintain a drum kit?

Damn..

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>>72426287
there's not much to it. if you have really wonky technique you might end up damaging the hoops and lugs after years of abuse. whenever i swap heads I wipe down all of the shell, make sure no stick shavings stick around etc.

here's my kit. it's alright. i want a george h. way set so fucking bad and some 602's but i'm poor. thinking about putting some fiberskyns on my kit
1/2

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>>72426480
fuck me of course it's flipped.

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>>72426511
2/2

gear is:
Keller maple shells I finished.
Some Tama hardware I got with a Swingstar.
14" New Beat hi-hats
22" Zildjian cymbal that's from the early 60's
20" Paiste Giant Beat Multi
and I use Vater Power 3A's because it's fun playing quiet with big sticks.

Buying my first drumset today, what should i look for?

>>72426649
what's your budget.

If there's anything I'd tell new drummers it's quality over quantity. A single 20" crash/ride that sounds good and some nice hi-hats are infinitely better in my opinion than getting a bunch of garbage starter cymbals.

as far as a kit goes, the best lower end kits I've seen are definitely Gretsch and Tama. I'm not really a fan of their high end stuff but they knock it out of the park in the beginner-intermediate market.

>>72426649
Check craigs, 400 can get you some nice drums, maybe 100-150 for hats and 100 for a crash, 100 for a decent ride.

What basic rudiments are the hardest for everyone?

>Double strokes are a struggle for me, my right stick always moves up my hand until it just falls. Paradiddles took a lot of practice but I've gotten pretty solid at em.

>>72427016
Yeah, paradiddles took me a while to get

stick control is really helpful for that

>>72427530
What's your best bpm? I just started drumming back in January so i'm pretty low at like 160-180.

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This is my current set up but I'm planning on moving to a Gretsch New Classic Bop kit or some vintage Ludwigs soon.