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You make a great point. And hey, I get it, credit is a necessity in some instances — my credit card bills are proof of that. Many of us don't have the income to drop on new gear whenever we feel like.
Ideally, you finance full sets, though a 22” Signature is close to $600!
I'd like to know how that snare works out.
Awhile back, I paid the $3.27 (or whatever it was) Amazon 2 year extended warranty for a bass drum head, only to see if it would be honored. The head is still in service but I don't remember which drum it's on. I guess I could try to post a claim when one of them goes south.
Tempting but I'm probably tapping out for now.
So update - I kept the Pearl Utility, pulled the snare sides off and the shell was fine (it looked splintered with the snare side and hoops on. Snare side hoops were a little warped but I think that's something that's come to be expected with Pearl's 1.6mm hoops, the quality on these things are really bad. I'm just going to replace them with 2.3mm.
Man, I could use an 8x14....don't think I'd like the 1.6mm hoops on it though.
2.3 hoops are $12.41 each. Not a big investment!
www.drumfactorydirect.com
Same hoops I got to replace all of my Pearl drum hoops.2.3 hoops are $12.41 each. Not a big investment!
14" 10 Hole 2.3mm Triple Flange Drum Hoop, Chrome, Brass, Black [S-2314-10] - $12.41 : drum parts, sticks, drumheads, cymbals, stands, drumfactorydirect.com
14 inch 10 hole chrome brass black chrome 2.3mm triple flange drum hoops, rims for snare drums snare and batter side drum rims by World Max aka WorldMax
I think every companies low line stuff now days are low quality. Out of curiosity, where is that drum made?
It was made in China and I agree with you, there seems to be a big shift toward lower quality stuff - but I knew that before I ordered it. It's still ok, I'm replacing the hoops with 2.3mm, the rest of the hardware and throw-off seems ok and it sounds fine for what I'm doing. Just played it a bit today, it does sound ok but I'm still fiddling with the tensioning. I have a 3m snare head on order along with 20 string better snares, still using the cheap snareside that it came with but put an Ambassador on the top.
Cool! By changing it all up you'll make it sound good. A couple years ago I bought a Sonor Bop snare (brand new) for $50 from a guy on Craigslist that bought the whole kit but didn't need the snare. It's bottom of the barrel Sonor but for $50 I figured why not! It's also Chinese made. I got it solely so I could put it on a stand for practice. I got bored of the crappy sound about 2 minutes after I first played it and decided to change everything out. Heads, snare wires etc... It sounds great!!
Right, I think almost anything will sound ok with proper fitting. I'm kinda buyers remorsing for not getting an Export kit instead of the Decade I have now but I'm married to the Decade now and it wasn't that much more TBH and it's fine, I'll stick with it.
I can't get past the name and the logo. I know that's superficial, but I just can't. I'm sure they're as good as any of the handmade Turkish cymbals being produced today, which are awesome.
