That is sweet! I really like blue sparkle. Great deal for 300!

That was a heck of a deal. I bought a very similar set last month and thought I got a good deal at $900, but $300 was a "steal". Congrats.

'Deal of the year' ... so far!

Great score.

John

It was a no picture clist. It was posted as "Old Ludwig but best piece is probably Zildjian new beat hi hat set". I almost went into shock, expecting an Accent or Rocker set. D' Drummer

There are still deals out there...We just need to find them...

Nice score!!

Cheers

Awesome, no brainer. Those toms are begging for some new coated Remos though :)

One of my favorite colors !!

Wow ! Great deal. CL has been exceptionally good to me in my area. Those are some nice drums.

I have a real affinity for blue sparkle...

Now, That deal for $300.00 is GREAT! However, here's a tale of near woe and a save by my wonderful wife:

The kit in the picture below was sitting out front at a yard sale about a mile from our house. It was a Saturday morning. In fact, it was April 25th, 2009. We were going somewhere, for something. Maybe it was groceries, I really don't remember.

Anyway, I was driving, and my wife says: 'look, there's a drum set at that yard sale. It's blue.' I turned my head to look, but not quickly enough. I shrugged, and went ahead to where ever it was we were going. A bit less than an hour later, we were heading back home on the same street. We both see the kit at the same time, and both of us remark that the kit is still there.

Then she says; 'Those look nice, we should go back...'

Okay, so who am I to argue with the blonde-who-must-be-obeyed.

There's a road divider, so I go to the next corner, make the 'U' and stop at the sale. As we get closer, I can see it's not some MIT crud, but I still can't make it out.

HOLY GUACAMOLE! (Actually, I said a few more things under my breath)

I asked the guy running the sale about the drums.

'Yep', the guy says, 'It's still for sale, but I won't take a penny less than sixty bucks'.

Being a bit cantankerous, and cheap, I decided to test his statement (especially as there was no one else at the sale at that moment.)

Forty? 'Nope' he said. Fifty? I've got the cash... 'Nope' he replied smiling. By this time we both knew where this was going, but then he surprised me.

'Fifty five' for the drums, and five bucks more and I'll have my son (a large strapping fellow in his mid teens) load 'em.'

Done, says I.

That night, I surprised my wife and took her to her favorite restaurant for dinner.

Normally, I'd upload the pix, but they have made an appearance on the forum a few times before. So, in a blatant plug kind of way:

http://www.fishwaltz.com/luclas.html