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Building your own drumset... worth it?

BR3TT	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 11:57 AM Hello drum forum. I've been drumming for about 3 years now, and I also do some electronic music on here. My kit is just a Ludwig Accent 5-piece and I want to upgrade to Maple. Now, maple kits are very expensive, in like the 1,000 dollar and up range. If I were to buy the shells, hardware, and wrap do you think that'd be better than just buying one or not? Because if I do that, it's only going to cost me about 500 dollars instead of a grand or more. Give me some feedback.
tsand19151	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 12:12 PM "do you think that'd be better than just buying one or not?" ......only you can answer that. If the end result is what you want then sure go for it. Guitar players can easily go out and buy a body, neck, pre-wired electronics, bridge and tuners...bring it all home with a set of strings and be quite happy with the results. I suppose drummers could do the same......keep us posted.
GeneHilbert	Date: April 21, 2006 @ 12:17 PM not knowing about actual cost, maybe. But I'm willing to bet it would as much, or more and you have to do the work....... Could be fun, could be a major pain in the ass...... Keep us informed…..
ericzankowski	Date: August 8, 2006 @ 2:40 AM hey.. ya, i just recently built my own maple keller keller drum kit. there are various drum sites where you can buy the shells andd hardware for cheap and do the staining and finishing by yourself. I bought my snare shell off of ebay for 120$ and its a 12" x 7" 40 ply and i offset my own lugs, which is pretty sweet. Another thing about making your own drums is that you can choose all of your own sizes.. which is really awesome, i have a 22" x 22" bass drum that i am inlove with. here are some pics. http://www.geocities.com/manaka4live/finished1.jpg http://www.geocities.com/manaka4live/finished2.jpg i did all of my finishing myself with a few coats of polyuerothain for each drum and a different finish on the snare drum. making your own drums is fun but is also a hell of a lot of work, you haver to be patient. i hope i helped out.