In March I ordered a ludicrously expensive amount of gear (drums, cymbals, hardware) because I'd hit an early midlife crisis and figured that if I didn't now, I never would. Been playing for 15 years, so it's a hobby that's important to me and I've always wanted to do it properly.

6 months down the line, I have received all but one of the cymbals (they sent the wrong hihats initially; tried to get me to keep them because they were worth more than the ones I ordered, but I returned them because they were literally not what I ordered.), and the drums finally arrived today.

I ordered a 3-piece kit - a 22"x18" kick, 16"x14" floor, and a 12"x8" rack tom.
I received: a 22"x14" kick, a 16"x16" floor, and a 12"x8" rack tom. 1 outta 3 aint bad, right

I can't even get angry at the people at these companies who make these mistakes and ignore my emails - all I can think is to blame capitalism for these problems. The culmination of pressure, overwork and underpay.

Anyways, spending lodsemone on musical instruments makes me bourgeois scum, so I guess this is me reaping.

    • Dyno [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I will eventually. 😁 Its a good thing I'm not a session drummer or something cause these delays and hiccups would feel so much worse

    • Dyno [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I have been using a second-hand Roland td-12 for 10 years. It's feels decent enough, and with a lot of tinkering about with running it into studio one on my pc and triggering midi kit samples, the sound quality depends pretty much entirely on my audio production skills. It is fairly small as well, which is good for small practise spaces but not so good for emulating the scale of a real kit

  • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Did you order from a big name instrument reseller? or straight from the company?

    • Dyno [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Big reseller based in europe - in fact especially with getting cymbals, it seems like I'm dealing with a conga line of middlemen - the store I paid orders from another third party in Europe which then orders from a supplier in the US etc

      • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        That's really annoying. 6 months is a while too. Even worse that they don't reply to your emails.

        There is a point where a company is just screwing you, but one does feel bad for the poor person at that support desk receiving all the hate for their boss's cost cutting.