No, Kevin is helping me with my set to sell.

Its a Blue Sparkle 5pc setup

24 inch bass with a 13 and 14 mounted tom

Floor tom is 16x16

Snare is 6 1/2x14 in blue sparkle

I bought the set complete in Nashville in 69

when I graduated from school.

Tony

Magnum - to respond to your original question: For gigs; I mic the snare and bass drum with dedicated mics and then I use two overheads to catch the entire kit. The four cables go into my mixer and out to whatever; PA, board, etc. I place the two over-heads together on a 'Y' stand and point them in an 'X' pattern over the kit. They pick up the brass and the toms perfectly. With rare exception (depends on the room and sound system,) I always get a well-balanced sound coming out the other end. For recording, everything gets mic'ed individually with the snare drum getting two mics, one over, one under the drum. For gigs, two to four mics will do the trick.

Don't worry about 'coming back' after a long lay-off from doing gigs. I went through the same thing two years ago. I was nervous enough to puke before that first gig, but it really is like riding a bike. As long as you're prepared as far as comfort zone with the material... it all comes back to you. I relaxed during the first number and it's been fine ever since. That first gig was a bee-atch on my nerves though. I have to cop to that. I was scared $hitless until we got on stage and started playing. After that... cooley-cool.

Break a leg. Best of luck with your sale.

John

That set should sell fast in those sizes. Seems like everyone wants a 24" bass these days ;)

I mic with either:

SM57s on snare and toms, AKG D112, AKG C1000S for overheads = more of an airy, open sound.

-or-

Audix I-5, Audix D-2 on rack tom, Audix D-4 on floor tom, Audix D-6 on bass drum, AKG C1000S for overheads = more of a punchy rock sound

I don't have a separate mixer I run my drum channels through. I usually provide the PA for my bands, and the mixer/amp is right by the drum kit anyways.

Same here in about the same time frame... If I were you, I'd get bags / cases for your old Slingerland's and get a throw away kit, like those Pearl's or whatnot for the gigging kit. A lot of folks will argue that vintage kits should be gigged, but I'll only take my old wood out to very controlled venues. I mean the old kits have lasted this long, why put them in harms way. That being said, a player quality kit, something repaired or a sieve drum (bunch of extra holes) I'm fixing one of those up to gig even as I type. You hang out around here long enough and the old orphans seem to kind of end up in your garage. Either re-wrap it or play 'em as a jellybean kit.

Oh yeah, and welcome to the nuthouse!