Rob!

You are so right! Good post! I have three Tama piccolos that I never use. Two fourteen inchers and a thirteen. I love those little babies and although they are not doing me any good, I just can't seem to part with them. This bloody hobby or ours can sometimes be construed as an obsession! Not by me though!!! LOL!

Brian

Yep, i hear ya.. I don't have much of a collection, and even though my possessions are worldly,

i still enjoy them, but i never let it get to my head Mind Blowi.

I am still in the "can't do it" mode. I traded in my first set to buy a special ordered vistalite kit at the time in 1976. It was a standard ruby strata that I traded that my parents bought for me when I was 11-12 and then when I was 15 and saved enough and traded it in and still regret doing it. It was the only set that I have let go but I was young and you know how that goes. That is when my sickness kicked in, someday will have to let go, now that I am in my 50's I thought it would be easier but still challenging. I even still look to see if I can find a Ruby set cheap just because. Thankfully haven't yet because I really don't need another set. I just love playing and looking at all the different drums everyday even thou I can't play them all at once. It is fun to break one out that you haven't played in awhile and say "wow" that sounds nice. I can let go parts that I have collected over the years but can't let go of the original bought together sets and various snares.

Thanks ,great thread, was fun to get that off my chest. Therapy session over.

Wayne

I feel the same, I keep amassing snares and kits and try to use them but alas, you just can't play 7 kits or 100 snares. My wife reminds me that I said when one comes in one goes out . . . . Hummmm well I didn't say when that would happen.

Rob, I would be interested in the 1966 Ludwig DownBeat Piccolo WMP snare drum when you're ready to move it along. I live most times just outside of Montreal in Mont-St Gregoire. Keep me in mind ! Or PM me with what you have and are looking to move along

Michael

I've owned this kit for 5 years, which is the longest held group of drums at this juncture. I was going to sell it in favor of keeping a different one. Oddly enough, I came to the conclusion this very day not to sell it (again). We shall see.

Great thread. Something occurred to me while reading this...

My first "proper" kit was a Tama Swingstar from 1982. I saved my money from working all summer at Cape Cod to get it. That felt like a real achievement. Fast fwd a few years and I needed money for college tuition. So, I grit my teeth and sold them to a nice younger student. Have always regretted that but you do what you have to do.

Now, I'm restoring a Star set that is still in the Tama family line. I'm going way overboard and the loss of that earlier kit may be why. I also own a Tama Rockstar Custom kit, so you can see I'm stuck with the Tama thing. Loss is a funny thing ...

-Doug

Dan, I'd play that kit all day every day. I am having fun just thinking about playing it.

If you sell that, I'd say you might get an offer (or 100)!

This is a very good thread!

I buy and sell a lot of gear. I have multiple kits and the oldest one (in terms of how long I've had it) is 13 years, from 2004. Most of them are under 5 years (that I've owned them). I also have lots of cymbals, and I do regret selling certain drums and cymbals, like we all do.

I video record every gig I play for posterity's sake, which averages about 30 or so a year (2-3 times a month). Sometimes it's fun to go back and watch the gig from 2, 5 or even 7 years ago. Not only to hear how my playing has changed, but also to see if I can identify the drums/cymbals I was using on that particular gig (and whether I still own them or not). I never play the same set of cymbals, I'm always switching things around jazz wise. For rock and pop stuff, I usually use the same "group" that works well together for that gig.

At least once on every viewing I mumble to myself, "Damn I wish I still had that cymbal/snare/kit".

But that's what makes it fun, right? My revolving equipment door is always giving me something new (or at least new to me) to play. And if something sticks in my craw (like that kit from 2004), I'll keep it!

I'm glad you're enjoying the thread, as am I, and as i stated in my original post, it's making for some interesting stories ! What you've stated is so true as well.. It is fun watching our gear come in and out of our lives. In my case, i'm very fortunate to gig with a kit around 8 times a month, and i love switching cymbals, snares, and kits around for the different sized venues, and for their acoustics.. It's part of what makes my gigs so interesting and fun, and i get to learn a lot about acoustics of different rooms ! I'm on a Yamaha binge now, and wishing i had a new Recording Custom in Piano Black in the best gigging configuration there is--20-14-12-10. But for now, I'll have to settle for my natural finish Yamaha Tour Series (8000) in traditional sizes, which is fine by me, and also, i don't have 5 G's to drop at the moment.. :( Violin