Are we all here for history, or here to learn how much history is worth?

[COLOR="Blue"]Im here for the history of what I have, what I want and what I dont know about (yet)[/COLOR]

Are we all here because this is a hobby, or is this a business?

[COLOR="Blue"]Hobby all the way, the few things I have sold I have tried to NOT make money on, but simply break even or in some cases just to help folks out I ship stuff out for free.[/COLOR]

I am doing a speech for my Comm 220 course and I want to talk about the Vintage Drummer Culture.

[COLOR="Blue"]Awesome, please post the finished work for us.[/COLOR]

From what I can gather we collectively

-Answer questions about vintage drums of all brands and models.

[COLOR="Blue"]Yup, I came here after an old ludwig set found me, havent left since.[/COLOR]

-Buy and sell parts and whole drums

[COLOR="Blue"]Yes again.[/COLOR]

-dislike ebay, but will occasionally use it to buy and sell

[COLOR="Blue"]I'd rather go through a forum member then evil bay, but sometimes you have to.[/COLOR]

-don't have respect for users (like leecountymusic, ebayer) and if given the opportunity would hit them with a lead pipe.

[COLOR="Blue"]Not a lead pipe, but a stripped down drum shell they've already sold all its parts off of.[/COLOR]

-show off our restorations

[COLOR="Blue"]Yes! This forum is SUPER supportive and we all love drum ****[/COLOR]

But why do we do this, (see above questions)

For Money?

[COLOR="Blue"]no, if I break even on stuff Im happy, I believe in Kharm and what you put out you get back.[/COLOR]

For History?

[COLOR="Blue"]Hell yes! I have learned more then I could ever imagine from this site.[/COLOR]

For Fun?

[COLOR="Blue"]If you're not having fun here, you have a problem.[/COLOR]

What drives us to spend hours on craigslist, ebay and the for sale section?

[COLOR="Blue"]Up until recently it was the search to find all the bits I've wanted to own or needed to complete something. Now I am content....exept for a single ply snare drum.[/COLOR]

Are we here to pay bills?

[COLOR="Blue"]Not me.[/COLOR]

Is it addicting?

[COLOR="Blue"]Drums and cymbals make a crack addiction seem like a vague craving for something salty.[/COLOR]

Is it greed?

[COLOR="Blue"]For some it is.[/COLOR]

Is it our human nature to know and want to know what we don't?

[COLOR="Blue"]An old adage I live by is " if you didn't learn anything today, you wasted the day.[/COLOR]

Would we still enjoy this if instead of a radioking costing hundreds or thousands it was less then $100 bucks?

[COLOR="Blue"]Yes, I'd have a radio king or 2.[/COLOR]

I am here for one reason to talk with and about music and the drums that were the very best ever made , a era of music never to be seen again and to talk with people who lived it and were there like myself... It is not about money, it is about a time when we were living life in a more simple fashion and the creativity that came from that...

Yes.

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:)

I've ranted on this before. I was a drum junky years ago, and during that time in my life I played professionally. My life took a turn, I got married and raised a family (all grown & gone now -- except the wife, of course!). Got laid off my job in 2008 and got into this vintage drum thing.

NO regrets! I not only enjoy the history, knowledge, and "fellowship" that VDF brings, but am given a tremendous amount of personal satisfaction when I "refurbish" and bring back to life drums that someone else left for dead!

Not to mention that this has ended up being a very good source of supplemental income, and like an earlier poster have ended up with a registered business name, tax ID numbers (Fed. & State), etc. BUT -- unless this economy tanks even more AND/OR if our beloved "hobby" is just a flash in the pan, I feel I have truly found what I needed to carry me into and through a VERY HAPPY retirement!!

BTW -- altough frustrated with eBay at times, I'm not necessarily an "eBay hater." From where I live, I have very little "market" without it... so it's admittedly a "necessary evil" I guess!

Bill

We are here for the inexplicable primal love of feeling a vibrating 5B hickory stick hitting a single ply membrane on a shiny old drum.

Or a 5A N..... :)

Yeah, I was thinking 5A's too... with nylon tips...

I have recently become a huge fan of 5A's with nylon tips. I got 3 pair on accident one extremely hung over morning and never looked back.