Impossible to evaluate without photos. If you don't know how to post photos to the Internet, round up someone who does. We'll be able to give you an honest, accurate appraisal of your kit, but we need to see it.

John

yep.need pics. do they have center lugs or seperate lugs for each tension rod? it should be a 8x12 tom and a 14x14 floor tom. not sure about the depth on that 20 bass drum though. those dates refer to march/april of 1965.

mike

Thanks. I'll figure out how to post pics.

http://www.youtube.com/user/VintageDrumForum

http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=1713

John

Here's a link to pics....

http://photo1.walgreens.com/walgreens/reprintsphotoselector/u_=a_xfcc_xfco_xfcd_xfce_xfcREVTK007V1lJL04sKUwhJlg4MD4rUFYwMCYmKVdENk8wOlEuRzVSLDJaLzc4Xic4TFI7PFw1WjUhQDM2PlA7RTAKTUAqXFwiR0hXU18yI1VOXlwmVD4mSUQxIiIiSi46QVErQjwiPSg3YEVGLy5HUzFMQipDLUUxKjxXITRVTwomLygxPltOPzUKYAplbmQK/ticket=7482c73a0003a96020285988457e0958/#

$1100.00/$1200.00 - Get a couple of guys in a bidding war for it and it'll go higher.

I 'wish' I had the cake. I'd scoop that little drum-treasure of a kit up for myself. I love keystone Club Dates.

John

I would agree with Purdie. The club dates have picked up in popularity lately and the price for them has gone up. Nice kit by the way!

Thanks. It's helpful to know. I set the kit up after taking the photos and played a while. I got it when I was 10 years old and hadn't played it for a few years. I hate to admit it, but I've been using an electronic kit, mainly because I can control the volume. I love the Ludwig kit 'cause I grew up with it, but dang it's loud! I don't if it's my imagination but seems a lot louder than other kit's I've played. Am I nuts?

No, not at all. Club Dates used the same quality shells as the top-of-the-line Classic kits from that era. The only difference between models was the hardware. There was less metal/mass on the shells of the club dates and a lot of drummers think that, that is what accounts for the clubbies being such resonant drums. More so than the Classics. Another factor which figures in is the fact that many drummers tune the club dates in the middle to high range. The smaller drums lend themselves better to the higher tunings for jazz. A higher pitched drum is going to 'cut' better than one tuned low.

There's some physics involved. The volume is not your imagination. I've done a bunch of Blues gigs with Club Dates and they held their own (mic'ed) against, 2 horns, keyboard, bass, harp, guitar and vocals. The first time I played them out, I was afraid they weren't going to be up to the task. I was wrong. The band loves the way they sound too. Clubbies have great tone when tuned right.

Offer two package deals if you sell them. Offer the kit complete with stands and cymbals for one price, then offer the drums and cymbals separately in case someone is only interested in one and not the other. Offering it that way will increase your chances of finding a buyer for them.

Unless you really, really have to sell them... I'd keep em! It'll be a long, long time before you see another one like it. And when you do... you're going to pay out the nose for it.

Had it since 10 years old you say? Give selling it a second thought. 2cents

John