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Haha yeah, Im a guitarist, not a drummer. Though the new place ive moved into recently has a nice electric Alesis kit that I can learn on, and I am getting on quite nicely with it now (luckily, the owner is also left handed so its beein set up properly! :p )

Unfortunately I havent got any vintage stuff :( though my university did have some nice old Marshall valve amps i wishI had got a pic of.

Then why haven't you posted in the guitar thread yet? :Angry-Tongue:
 

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Rob, were they the old Plexi Marshalls? Plexi as in Plexiglass? When those work they are great!
 
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Ok, as promised, the only picture I have of my original Pearl kit, not a great pic sadly. I was 15 or so here (hence the typical picture on the wall), and don't knock the "fashion" it was the 70's.
Anyway, sizes were 12, 14, 16 toms, 24 kick. The cymbals were cheapo Olympics and Hama's. I had a Premier 252 pedal though, my pride and joy it was, saved for ages for it.
The kit was second hand, but I remember it cost £400 at the time with no hardware, which is an awful lot cosidering what £400 will buy you now. I do also remember that they were a 7 ply shell, but can't remember what wood. Nice steel Snare too (a 5.5").
I wish I'd kept it, but I gave up playing for 27 years.

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ha, that's awesome, the boob, the threads, and the old pearl kit.

I think that looks just like the pearl kit we had in highschool. Forst school I went to had a black oyster pearl set of capri's.
 

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Rob, were they the old Plexi Marshalls? Plexi as in Plexiglass? When those work they are great!

aha i dont remember what it was exactly, i dont think it was that old. I think it was a hybrid amp. Sounded awesome though :)
 
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LOVE plexis. First time I heard one, didn't know what it was (such a drummer), in the white the guy had one, and I was blown away how after 2 hours of the set, his amp suddenly sounded like 3. I thought he turned it way up or biamped or something.
 
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maybe this one should go in the music forum?
 
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i have a vintage fender bandmaster amp in my basement, but it needs some $400 repair work done, so it has to wait a little longer till it can blast some nice sounds again :)
 

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i have a vintage fender bandmaster amp in my basement, but it needs some $400 repair work done, so it has to wait a little longer till it can blast some nice sounds again :)

What all is wrong with the Bandmaster? $400 sounds like a lot, but I know good tubes are quite expensive these days. I used to repair Fender and Marshall amps for a living and still fix the occasional Fender amp.
 

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