Over ten years ago I purchased a great drum kit made by Premier. I’ve used it at live gigs and for studio work, always receiving compliments on the greatness of its sound. Not that I haven’t heard better sounding kits, but as I’m fond of saying, “it doesn’t suck.” What does suck is the fact that parts have proven to be somewhat difficult to get in a crunch. I did a recent demo session for my latest band, Redwood, and had a considerable amount of tuning issues with my snare. A couple of weeks following this session, I was re-tuning a new batter head and one of my tension lugs went loose. The mounting brackets had broken.
It wasn’t hard to find a parts source and distributor (San Jose Pro Drum), but getting the replacement quickly will cost me the price of the replacement parts. I can truly say that I really like my kit, but the moral of my story is to consider replacement part availability when purchasing a drum kit. Better yet, be one of those guys who has at least two snare drums, just in case.
~r
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