Thanks for this. What does this look like to you?
Bundle offer comprising Roland TD-02KV V-Drums Kit E-Drum Set Drum rack with 4 legs, cabling and drum key, Required surface area approx.: 120 x 80 cm Set configuration: 1x PDX-8 two-zone mesh-head snare pad, 3x PD-4 Mono tom pads, 1x Crash pad...
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Includes throne, headphones, sticks, pedal and mesh. Seems quite good? £449.
It will get her practicing.
The snare is mesh - so that will give the best starting point for ghost notes and rimshots etc.
I always find the cymbals a little weird feeling to real ones but that's not surprising. I see one of the cymbals has a stop so she can practice that (although it's not entirely the same feel as a doing it on a real one. The bigger kits simply add things like multiple zones and stop on each cymbal etc.
The toms are pads but given I've not used the rimshots on my mesh toms they will do for 99% of music.
The sounds from the controller will be good enough - later she will want an upgrade (I have a TD-6KX and that sound processor isn't as good as the upper models). In the end it will get her practicing with timing. If she can plug in her iPhone/pad/music and jam along then that's even better to get her using it in addition to the inbuilt metronome.
Throne looks good and adjustable. The only negative is the kick drum - it's a pedal rather than a real kick pedal onto a pad. Quieter but she may find there's some adjustment to a real pedal if she takes lessons. Good for quiet and a good starting point - although you may find she wants to upgrade with the kick pedal... it may be possible to add a bass drum pad at a later date (so you could look at that).
I paid a load more for my TD6-KX at the time to get the mesh snare (it was all or nothing), and I quickly added another cymbal. It's good that this has a mesh head for the snare.. it helps a lot with the nuances of snare playing (as much as an ekit can).
Personally it would get her moving. It's a known brand (thus spares and often kit can be upgraded within reason) and should be a good starting stepping stone.
As Macy has said - used would get you more.. a better processor (but older), and all mesh however in the end - it will be a stepping stone.
The other point - back in the day I remember taking this around to a mate with a xbox and connecting it up (he had a MIDI to xbox interface) so playing some of the games there with the real kit was fun! Now it's possible to connect to iPad apps etc to help learning etc.
