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So I know this is guitar thread, but lets talk about drums a bit.... So I have a yamaha stage custom kit I bought in the 90s. The kit plus all the hardware and cymbaks (z-custom dry) set me back about $2500. Been playing ever since the late 80s myself. Never in real gigs just people I know and got to know throughout life and shit. Garage type stuff, you know.
Anyway, my older kid (17) has been showing a real interest lately. Hes got some beginner chops and ive been teaching him here and there what to work on, rudiments, shit like that... etc..
So he got a boat load of cash for xmas and had me buy him an electronic kit so he can practice and play whenever without botherin the whole house... So he bought an Alesis Nitro Mesh kit..
And let me tell you what. For $400 or so the thing is bad ass. Last time I played on a electronic kit was in early 2K when my buddy bought one and this is like night and day. I remember his old kit having a sort of lag to it. Not only that the pads sometimes would not register. But this Alesis kit is fucking solid. All mesh pads that have a feel like the real thing, which is huge so you get thet bounce back for stick work and shit, and it has absolutely no lag, or if it does its not noticeable. Man I was on that thing for hours myself just fucking around. Also ordered a Cheap $120 set of double bass drum pedals too and they work like a champ with the kit.
Anyway, my older kid (17) has been showing a real interest lately. Hes got some beginner chops and ive been teaching him here and there what to work on, rudiments, shit like that... etc..
So he got a boat load of cash for xmas and had me buy him an electronic kit so he can practice and play whenever without botherin the whole house... So he bought an Alesis Nitro Mesh kit..
And let me tell you what. For $400 or so the thing is bad ass. Last time I played on a electronic kit was in early 2K when my buddy bought one and this is like night and day. I remember his old kit having a sort of lag to it. Not only that the pads sometimes would not register. But this Alesis kit is fucking solid. All mesh pads that have a feel like the real thing, which is huge so you get thet bounce back for stick work and shit, and it has absolutely no lag, or if it does its not noticeable. Man I was on that thing for hours myself just fucking around. Also ordered a Cheap $120 set of double bass drum pedals too and they work like a champ with the kit.
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