I don't feel old...I don't feel anything 'til noon. Then it's nap time[COLOR="Red"]....Bob Hope[/COLOR]

I'm 28, and my father-in-law is aproaching the big 60. D' Drummer

I love your command of the english language, Gilnar. Do yourself a favor. Look around in your general area, look at the trade sites, the listing places like ebay, or craigslist, whatever you have, and look into some older Star and Pearl. The very early stuff has the real thin shells with re-rings. You can afford these, and for your first sets of vintage drums, and restoration experience, these will be great to learn on, and will sound great, if you listen to somebody that knows how to tune and tweak them...Ralf, Lissy, myself, we all know how to do it. The thinner shells will give you an approximation of the early 60s Slingerland drums sound. And if you want to venture on further and do something really interesting, veneer the insides with a maple ply, and they will sound amazing!

I am 30 and I collect for the sound you get out of old drums. I was 15 when I started.

Isaac

I may very well be one of the younger ones on here, I'm in my mid 20's, been playing for almost 20 years, have been collecting & restoring drums since I worked at the local music over 12 years ago.

However, I have relatives in my family who worked in the Slingerland facility in Niles, and other relatives who worked for Ludwig in their Chicago offices. knowing that history gave me the vintage bug in high school and it hasn't gone away since.

I've been alive forever...

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But do you "write the songs"??

"...that make the whole world sing...."

Wow, I guess I'm one of the "older" guys here at 57. I was infected with the "bug" when I realized my Pearl and even my Yamaha drums just didn't sound the same as my Ludwig Blue Oyster Pearl kit did back in the 60's. One of the stupidest things I did in the 80's (well maybe NOT the stupidest, it was the 80's) was trade in my Ludwig 26,13,14,16,18 mahogany stained kit on a Yamaha Recording Custom kit. Don't get me wrong the Yamaha kit is a great sounding kit and I only recently got rid of it but it had that 80's Steve Gadd sound. Great for what I was playing at the time but I missed something in their sound. The first vintage kit I bought was a 1964 Rogers 20,12,14, and matching wood Power Tone in Hot Springs Ark. at Banjo Dan's Music Shop. They are red glass glitter and cost me a whopping $150. When I played those drums I instantly knew what I had been missing and I haven't looked back. 8 Rogers, 4 Ludwig, and 2 Slingerland kits later I haven't regretted any of it. Even the "modern" kits I own have a vintage sound and vibe. I have an early 2000's Fibes kit 26,14,16,18 with maple Jasper shells and an Ayotte maple kit 22,12,16 with wood hoops. I love 'em all.

Na, na, na... that's the other guy, the other accordionist with all the hair, and I don't mean this one:

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I've always thought that if I wrote a song and showed you the words and they were "I've been alive forever, and I wrote the very first song... I am music.. etc..." that you would have every right to look at me and do the classic Steve Martin "WELL EXC-U-U-U-U-U-SE ME!!!".

Now if you'll excuse me I have an engagement at the Copa... they're still hiring vintage drummers! Cool1