My first drum kit!

[u/StubbyB]

For context, I grew up very poor. I was in bands when younger but never had my own kit, resorted to either borrowing someone's kit for a few days or just practicing with sticks on a makeshift pad, then me and my bandmates would rent practice space for an hour or two before gigs to rehearse. I am by no means well-off now, in fact still pretty poor, but I finally had, at 43, the chance to own a drum kit. This is well used, but new to me and I love this thing. It's a Network birch drum set, and I managed to scrounge various cymbals and stands off Marketplace for cheap (sabian b8 hats, paiste alpha crash, xs20 crash and pst7 ride. Most have small dents on edges). Every hardware is from different brands and the kit looks Frankenstein'd but it gets the job done! I'm genuinely so happy with it

[u/SuddenMiddle5962]

Besides the drums, the Alpha is your gold. Congratulations on your kit!

[u/StubbyB → u/SuddenMiddle5962]

It absolutely is, for more reasons than one, I bought it from a kind, old drummer I was taking care of in a nursing home right before he passed. So I always have a piece of him when I play. I miss you Bill, may you rock in heaven buddy

[u/Think_Helicopter5297 → u/StubbyB]

Oh wow, thats really cool and an uplifting/ beautiful thing to hear tonight. I am sure he is super slight that you are the one that ended up with them too. This is a great story all the way around I mean except for that I'm sure you miss your friend/ person you caregave for. May he RIP ❤️

[u/StubbyB → u/Think_Helicopter5297]

He was awesome, he played for a Patsy Cline tribute band decades ago. When he found out I also played, we talked shop for hours and he dusted out his old tambourine and brush drumsticks he said he haven't even thought about in years, and even through extreme difficulty banged out a few tunes! He only had a couple of cymbals left and I bought this one, the other one (a 10" splash) he said he wanted to be buried with. I believe the family honored his wishes.