I got my snare drum in the early 90's, about 93. I was 13 years old. It was Striker made in Germany. The following year I got a Made in Japan bass drum with pedal and mounted rack 10" tom plus a 12" concert tom and snare stand. I didn't get my first cymbal for another while and used a stainless steel serving tray as a ride cymbal. Later I got a pair of Sabian B8 Pro Hi Hats and a hi-hat stand so as you can imagine I was over the moon. Eventually I got a 16" Olympic Floor Tom and a cracked Paiste brass coloured crash cymbal. I used to muffle the kit with cotton wool and duct tape. I even taped the snare wires to the snare-side head because I couldn't stand how the toms would sound with the snares buzzing.

Nowadays I generally don't dampen my drums and I own some really sweet drums and cymbals, but I started out on a junk kit, much like the drum set from the Fat Albert cartoon. Ha ha! Good times.

You guys brought back a memory of my drum hot for teacher a collage student wonder what became of her circa 1964