NOT Neil Pearts’ R30kit for sale

[Skyrm]

Neil Peart R30 Custom Built Kit | Reverb

I started this when the Pandemic started. Needed something to do. It took me about 2 years to figure out how to make this as cheaply as I could, but over-all still very expensive, but turned out great. Combination of DW and PDP drums. Drums are wrapped in an automotive vinyl piano black. All symb...

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[Rivot]

Nice.

 

[flatwins]

There’s the definition of an expensive hobby.

 

[mkelley]

$23k for a vinyl wrapped PDP kit. Hard pass.

 

[Houndog]

Been watching for a good opportunity for this pic ….what the heck …

 

[Rivot]

$23k for a vinyl wrapped PDP kit. Hard pass.

I agree mate its a very hard pass.

 

[10thMtnDivCpl]

Kudos to the guy for making a cool replica. PDP shells tho. Yikes. I believe the DW's Collector's Series R30 full replica kits cost almost that much when they made a limited run of them back in the day.

Makes me feel a lot better knowing I'm having the guy who actually worked on NP's kits helping me with the Counterparts snare replica. If you're going to spend the money replicating something, why not do it the proper way?

 

[UptownShakedown]

Honestly, I don’t really even understand the idea of a replica kit - a drum set is such a personal thing. A Ringo or Charlie Watts tribute kit makes sense maybe because they’re classic and minimalist but some mega Rush kit just feels too individual to be a good match for someone else. Love Bonham, have a set a vistalites but when I sat at the orange tribute kit? Wasn’t into it.

 

[CC Cirillo]

Honestly, I don’t really even understand the idea of a replica kit - a drum set is such a personal thing. A Ringo or Charlie Watts tribute kit makes sense maybe because they’re classic and minimalist but some mega Rush kit just feels too individual to be a good match for someone else. Love Bonham, have a set a vistalites but when I sat at the orange tribute kit? Wasn’t into it.

I feel the same.

 

[Tommy D]

You got to be a big Peart fan to spend all the time and money on a kit like this, but you have to be an even bigger Sweetwater fan to plaster their name on every drum head. Yowza!

 

[mydadisjr]

Wow, what a hobby... and what a mind-numbing mish-mash of Chinese PDP and DW (looks like design series?).

Plus an 8 lug bass?

Reminds me of the phrase... "More dollars than sense"

He could have saved some bucks if he just would have bought this wall hanging design thing for $55...

 

[MrDrums2112]

I'm buying them. Seems like too good of a deal to pass up. Hopefully, I can get him to pay half the shipping. Fingers crossed.

 

[Vistalite Black]

A bit like this tribute to the Ferrari Enzo built from a Pontiac Fiero ... You can barely tell the difference from 50 yards away.

 

[wflkurt]

Why on earth would you go to all that trouble and work to do this and then turn around and sell them? Seems a little nuts IMO. That's also a lot of money for those. You would need to find some mega Peart fan that lives close buy with a large truck that would be willing to pick these up. I will say that he did a good job though on making this.

 

[Drdrumdude3009]

This would simply tick ZERO boxes for me. Wrong drums, wrong hardware, so many wrongs. If I were to spend the dosh, I would have DW make that kit, not buy a half-detailed kit that I would pick apart every time I looked at it. I am not a Peart geek and could see the glaring differences.

 

[Drdrumdude3009]

There were some much nicer, high-end kits that cost a LOT less money to buy. Neat Gretsch kits, a cool 80s Yamaha Recording kit. It’s the glaring omission of copper plating on the hardware that is unforgivable, more so than anything else. Since he was using car wrap instead of lacquer, he could have painted the lugs and hardware a clear copper coat. This was just a lazy attempt, IMO.

Sorry to urinate in this dude’s Corn Flakes, but if he honestly thinks he could get HALF the money, I want what he’s smoking!

 

[flatwins]

Y’all are missing the subtle nuances:

“Each panel around drum stage has 3,4, and 6mm prism dots that I hand placed.”

Not applied by soulless robots on an assembly line or by cheap, unskilled labor but HAND PLACED!

 

[Drdrumdude3009]

Y’all are missing the subtle nuances:

“Each panel around drum stage has 3,4, and 6mm prism dots that I hand placed.”

Not applied by soulless robots on an assembly line or by cheap, unskilled labor but HAND PLACED!

I can pick my nose by hand, and I think it’s about as big of a deal.

 

[Phoenician]

Why on earth would you go to all that trouble and work to do this and then turn around and sell them? Seems a little nuts IMO.

Exactly!

 

[Drdrumdude3009]

Exactly!

Maybe his significant other said to sell the kit or live under the stage?