Electric drum set recommendation?

[haisuli]

I've noticed that there are many musicians hanging here in VF-forum. So I thought if you could help me and give some advice..

On last Sat I was in a party where were some instruments (el.guitar, el.bass and el.drums), we played several hours and it was fucking great! I felt myself most familiar with bass and drums and singing. Saying familiar doesn't mean I could play them well, but it felt nice Guitar is great instrument, but I thought that maybe I could start with drums. And I could guess that my 4-year old daughter would also like to play drums.

So now I'm dreaming to buy electric drum set. Acoustic isn't possible because of neighbors. Ok, might be that this dreaming doesn't lead anywhere for a long time because of prices.

I guess that e.g Roland and Yamaha are ok? Are there some other decent manufacturers? New sets cost much but I've seen some lightly used TD-6V set in 700 € (~$980), Yamaha Dtxplorer's are somewhere round 500 € (~$700) here in Finland. Are these sets ok for beginner or should I also look for something else? I couldn't buy much more expensive ones at the moment..

[KC Masterpiece]

Yes, Roland and Yamaha are the only two brands you should consider investing in. Yamaha's will hold up as well as the Rolands, but Roland is really king of the e-drum world. Both of the models you mentioned are great for beginners, but I would go with a new kit rather than used--e-kits can be damaged significantly more than acoustic sets and if you're not familiar with what you're looking at, you might not notice a problem in an e-kit that would jump right out at you in an acoustic set. A new, entry-level kit for both brands is around 500 Euro (in the US at least. I can research int'l shipping methods on sites that offer them at that price here in the US).

To that extent, if you can set up an acoustic set, I would highly recommend that. Getting the feel for the sticks and the way they respond to an acoustic kit is extremely important, IMO. Learning from the start on an e-kit isn't the end of the world, but your playing overall would benefit greatly by learning on acoustic drums and cymbals especially.

It's comparatively easy to "sound proof" a room to accomodate an acoustic kit and I can give you some links if you can do something like that. It pretty much requires that you don't live in an apt building or otherwise shared space though...

[vegan hal]

i'll second KCM's advice to consider an acoustic kit and do some sound proofing. you'll learn more about dynamics playing a real kit. i once played a show with a drummer using an e-kit and i only did it as a favor to my best friend (the singer). I like loud hard-hitting drummers, but a great drummer can play quiet as well. it's all about the technique.

i guess i'm a traditionalist, or maybe a snob Acoustic drums, 4 string basses (no 5 +). full tube/valve guitar and bass amps... preferably guitars made by either Gibson, Fender or Gretch. and unless the bass player is a complete badass, they must play with a pick. Even J. Mascis made Mike Watt (who is a baddass), play with a pick. haha.

sorry I can;t give specific advice on the kit as I'm the worlds worst drummer. but I've played with some incredible ones over the years.

[haisuli]

Thank you for good advices, you great guys!

Yep, I guess it's true that there's a risk when buying used set. At least it maybe should be so new that warranty is still valid... Or then buy it from some known person or from some proper store that sell also used instruments...

I think too that acoustic set would be best, it would be nice KC if you could put some links here for making some room more neighbor friendly Could be one option, if it's possible to build in reasonable way in our apartment. I guess one challenge is caused by room doors, those are accordion type...

So, options so far are: acoustic set if silencing is possible or Roland/Yamaha e-kit, let's see how this ends

About worst drummer: I got now a video clip taken by cell-phone. Clip sound quality is very bad but so is the drunken drummer too . Maybe someday I'll have courage to show it here.