I keep one of my drum kits at a bar, where the band that I'm in rehearses. I sit at the kit the other day and notice my tom heads are severely dented. Somebody has been really hard on these heads. In contrast, my home kit has no dents on the heads. So I'm wondering, when to change the heads. And...
I bought a pair of Sabian b8 14 inch Hi Hats. I think it was $ 40. they came with a cracked Meinl HCS 16 inch crash cymbal that was drilled. Seems to work OK. It's for a practice kit that I keep at a bar.
You guys are gonna hate me. I don't even get paid. The venue is 25 miles away. I spent about USA $ 400 on a used drum kit, cymbals and pedal. We still don't have a throne. But I keep doing it, hosting jams, because I like it. Sounds awful most of the time.