Can someone tell me how my drums are worth?

Naffa · 19 Feb 2006 at 19:53

im not sure if this is allowed so delete if im not allowed.

i was just wondering if anyone would be able to tell me roughly how much this kit is worth. payed £300 for it bout 3 years ago i think and all its doing is lying in my messy room collecting dust. i know it maybe difficult to value something just from a picture.. but if you could have a go anyway it would be much appriciated

Kaiju · 19 Feb 2006 at 19:56

You would be pushing £100, probably £75. I had a Hohner kit yonks ago which i bought for £300 and i sold it 5 years on for a tenner!

You can get Pearl Export kits on the cheap nowadays, so have a look around the online market placed to see what you can get for 2nd hand.

Naffa · 19 Feb 2006 at 19:57

id be hoping for more than £100

btw, i did buy it 2nd hand.

Abraham · 19 Feb 2006 at 21:59

presuming theres some other hardware, cymbals etc, then sell as a starter kit, should fetch bit under 200
if that's all there is, then not much more than 100 unless they're in really good nick

SexyGreyFox · 19 Feb 2006 at 22:13

This is my drummers Ludwig kit.
Cost about £4,000.

Pajeh · 20 Feb 2006 at 00:24

I had a 2nd hand kit which I bought for £160 and sold for the same 1 1/2 years later, had some books with it which I think helped it sell.

bcjames · 20 Feb 2006 at 01:01

Does it have any badges saying what model it is? 12, 13, 16, 22? How deeps the bass?

Looks a nice kit.

snedger · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:16

got to get either a 2nd hand dum kit or electronic practice kit for one of my boys birthday in April and am glad to see that used prices aren't as much as I thought - especially the one for a £10'er!

William · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:17

Depends if it is a real ludwig or one of the Taiwanese types.

For example you get:

http://www.rattleanddrum.com/drumdetails.asp?id=18

£300

Or

http://www.rattleanddrum.com/drumdetails.asp?id=13

£Ask us an we order it and take all your money.

Naffa · 20 Feb 2006 at 21:17

well as i not a drummer anymore i dont know much about the kits. theres a little badge on the bass drum which reads:

LudwigTM
COMBOTM
07055
U.S.A

this unfortunatly is all the hardware there is, Bass drum, mid tom, low tom and floor tom. no cymbals.

snedger · 20 Feb 2006 at 21:32

I wish that I'd never got involved in this drum kit research.
I now know about the existence of Arbiter flats and similar kit from Traps.
If only there were just bog standard drums! I'm probably going to mostly spend the rest of month searching out info on drums that are different.

Naffa · 20 Feb 2006 at 21:41

snedger said:
I wish that I'd never got involved in this drum kit research.
I now know about the existence of Arbiter flats and similar kit from Traps.
If only there were just bog standard drums! I'm probably going to mostly spend the rest of month searching out info on drums that are different.

bcjames · 21 Feb 2006 at 10:26

Does the badge look like this?

William · 21 Feb 2006 at 10:38

If its one of them, its a Ludwig Combo kit, which I think is a starter kit, without hardware you are looking at £150-200 if it is in good condition.

bcjames · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:17

Its an old school starter kit too

Kinda cool though.

William · 21 Feb 2006 at 11:20

Yeah you can do a hell lot worse than that for a starter range kit, as I learned.

Naffa · 22 Feb 2006 at 18:12

oh right kool

and yes, the badge looks like the one in the picture. id be happy with £200 as well

cheers for your help guys.