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Plec said:
Do you do drum rolls when dinner is about to be served? :)

*And what kit is that? I'm considering a small/electronic kit for myself as i've always wanted to learn (they seem practical/less annoying for neighbours). I have the room now - and would need to buy soon before i fill it with more guitars.
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Yes, and I do them during dinner :D
It's actually an older model of Roland V drums, the TD9. It's my practise kit but I gig on acoustic drums. Definitely go for a TD9 or later, like the TD11. And try and get the white mesh pads if you can, they feel much more natural than the standard black rubber surfaces.
 
Merlin5 said:
Yes, and I do them during dinner :D
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Dare you to do a 'Ba Dum Tsh', when dinner is next over cooked :D (So i don't come a cross as a complete chauvinist - I do cook at weekends, with the help of my Sioux Chef called Budvar.)

Merlin5 said:
It's actually an older model of Roland V drums, the TD9. It's my practise kit but I gig on acoustic drums. Definitely go for a TD9 or later, like the TD11. And try and get the white mesh pads if you can, they feel much more natural than the standard black rubber surfaces.
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Appreciate the informed feedback - especially from an enthusiast/pro(?).

I've looked at some Roland kits/mesh pads (online) - but yet to try them out thanks to covid, and didn't want to buy blind - and have reservations buying second hand. From my limited reading they seem to be the go to kits for electronic sets (look quality too compared to other sets). Is the TD9 set still going strong? One of my reservations was durability/reliability with electronic kits. But the kits you mention seem a 'cut above' some of the others i've been looking at - is TD-17K series the TD11 successor/equivalent? (probably a bit overkill for a beginner). And, i was going to limit my spending as i'm buying the new Yamaha digital piano when released later this year (or wait for price drops of present model) - but from experience, with other musical instruments, paying for quality is always worth it (as long as you use it).
 
Yeah they are adjustable, i have cheap short ones at the minute that look pretty nice but wanted to go adjustable and a bit higher quality but not shell out for ASV levers or similar.

I also wanted to add a bit of colour to my bike since it's almost all Black.
 
khemist said:
Yeah they are adjustable, i have cheap short ones at the minute that look pretty nice but wanted to go adjustable and a bit higher quality but not shell out for ASV levers or similar.

I also wanted to add a bit of colour to my bike since it's almost all Black.
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Makes sense for sure. Should be a good little offset against the black without being much of a shouty colour. I went with some MadDog levers which are red but feel a lot better than the random cheap short ones that came on the bike, also provide a bit of a contrast albeit against a blue bike.
 
Marvt74 said:
That to rival the Dewalt Flexvolt range?

Not seen them before.
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Aye... I've got tonnes of Makita gear, but not sure their pricing is quite right on the XGT, seems like the flexvolt range from DeWalt is pretty good VFM.
 
Kol said:
Aye... I've got tonnes of Makita gear, but not sure their pricing is quite right on the XGT, seems like the flexvolt range from DeWalt is pretty good VFM.
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I expect the prices will drop a bit. You do get a free second battery at the moment so there is that.
 
Plec said:
Dare you to do a 'Ba Dum Tsh', when dinner is next over cooked :D (So i don't come a cross as a complete chauvinist - I do cook at weekends, with the help of my Sioux Chef called Budvar.)


Appreciate the informed feedback - especially from an enthusiast/pro(?).

I've looked at some Roland kits/mesh pads (online) - but yet to try them out thanks to covid, and didn't want to buy blind - and have reservations buying second hand. From my limited reading they seem to be the go to kits for electronic sets (look quality too compared to other sets). Is the TD9 set still going strong? One of my reservations was durability/reliability with electronic kits. But the kits you mention seem a 'cut above' some of the others i've been looking at - is TD-17K series the TD11 successor/equivalent? (probably a bit overkill for a beginner). And, i was going to limit my spending as i'm buying the new Yamaha digital piano when released later this year (or wait for price drops of present model) - but from experience, with other musical instruments, paying for quality is always worth it (as long as you use it).
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I've not kept up to date with the latest Roland kits but I would imagine the TD-17K is a later model to the 11. You can definitely find TD9 kits on ebay but it depends on your budget as they can range from £600 to over a grand. I bought mine second hand for £600 in 2016 through Gumtree and got myself a good deal because he threw in some extras. Yamaha have done very good electric kits for years and you'd be able to pick up a basic DTX kit with rubber surfaces for about £300 and they're absolutely fine. Alesis also do very affordable kits and some with mesh heads. Don't worry about buying second hand, as long as you speak to the seller check it all out you should be fine.

Some recordings of me at home to drumless tracks. Oh and if you're ever interested in lessons and are near london, I'm happy to oblige. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1vjNh8H-J4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h98hyDl-US8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb94jboyAnw
 
Merlin5 said:
I've not kept up to date with the latest Roland kits but I would imagine the TD-17K is a later model to the 11. You can definitely find TD9 kits on ebay but it depends on your budget as they can range from £600 to over a grand. I bought mine second hand for £600 in 2016 through Gumtree and got myself a good deal because he threw in some extras. Yamaha have done very good electric kits for years and you'd be able to pick up a basic DTX kit with rubber surfaces for about £300 and they're absolutely fine. Alesis also do very affordable kits and some with mesh heads. Don't worry about buying second hand, as long as you speak to the seller check it all out you should be fine.

Some recordings of me at home to drumless tracks. Oh and if you're ever interested in lessons and are near london, I'm happy to oblige. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1vjNh8H-J4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h98hyDl-US8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb94jboyAnw
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Thanks, @Merlin5 - appreciate your experienced feedback regarding surfaces and second hand advice.

Oddly enough i had ~£600 in my head as a limit and have come across the Alesis mesh sets but was wary, again, of durability/quaility - but they review well depending on where you read (for the money).

Appreciate the offer of lessons but I have moved from the city to the country - but having watched your funky linked videos, and some of your other offerings - i would have probably taken you up on your offer of lessons (shame). Especially, as my closest tutor looks like he's only recently cut his his milk teeth - and although his drum skills are good his ability to translate his evident talent to a novice, is a skill he's yet to master. I've never heard so many needless 'like' and 'you know what i mean' in a handful of sentences. (Perhaps when he's fully weened off his mother teet he'll have more time to practice his communication/teaching skills. *I'm getting old...). I could teach myself, i did with the guitar and piano, but would have preferred to get some experienced guidance, right from the outset, this time round. I would have considered TEAMS but i'm absolutely sick of the medium as it's been my 12 hour working day for weeks now :/ Plus, there's no substitute for decent one-and-one tuition to get a good grounding in a new instrument.

And, i've already used some of my allotted space and bought another guitar, a mid 80s Japanese Tokai Goldstar Sound Strat (Sunburst) - has a brighter sound than my Fender equivalent and, well, it needed a home... (will put a pic up once i've got it properly it set up, serviced and given it some TLC.)

*This Covid isolation is proving costly...
 
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