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My daughter , has just become full time professional singer songwriter
She is experimenting with different instruments. She writes on piano and gigs with guitars. She is experimenting with my bass , and now wants to try drums.
The session drummer she recorded her first album with gave her a go on his kit and she has the bug.
I know nothing about drums...
But you can't go wrong with an old pearl export from gumtree
I saw Gretsch and wondered about them. Looking at prices maybe we can get a mid range s/h for £300 to £400. Guess people upgrade . Anything I should look for other than obvious damage when going s/h...
So long as the shells are good and are a decent wood - I always liked maple but birch is nice and warm too, you can replace skins - which unless they are decent you'd want to do anyway) hardware is all upgradable - look for double braced stands and a decent bass pedal (pearl, yamaha, tama, dw)
Cymbals are a minefield - and where people stint the most and that's a real false economy. Our drummer has a shitty 50£ car boot sale purchased Olympic kit in his studio and because he's put good skins on it and tuned it properly, it sounds epic, but he has an endorsement from Dream cymbals. They are astonishing value for money And if I was still playing that is what I would play over zildjjan, sabian etc. They are simply incredible - if I was starting with £400 I would be looking to split that down the middle £200 on kit £200 on cymbals.
eBay is a good place to buy drum sets as folks won't post and if your prepared to drive to collect I have seen real quality kits go for absolutely silly money
Oh, also check out PDP kits (Pacific) they are to DW what Squier is to Fender and they make brilliant kits