Ludwig BackBeat Complete 5-Piece Drum Set With Hardware and Cymbals Wine Red Sparkle

I am 47 and have played drums since 4th grade. I have had the chance to bang around on one of these for the past few years. The kit itself is well built and sound great with upgraded heads. I've been pleasantly surprised with how well these play and feel. The kick drum sounds deep and has a satisfying punch when you add dampening to it. The snare is serviceable too, again with an upgraded head. I swapped out the kick pedal for a Tama iron cobra double which is obviously a significant upgrade but the stock pedal has a nice response and smooth feel and was completely fine for rehearsing. The one big negative for me is a common theme across the review board. The cymbals are REALLY bad. Unless you are a complete newbie, you will want to replace these immediately. I play hard rock/metal and use 5B sticks. After a few hours of playing on these the metal on the HH and ride was completely warped, bent and basically useless. All in all this is a very solid package for the money, is a quality choice for a first time drummer, especially young people, and can be upgraded and used by those with more experienced percussionists. If my son decides he wants to play when he's a bit older I'd look at this kit.

Just set this up and the drums aren't too shabby. Def work well for a beginner. BUT the cymbals are so bad. The crash sounds like a toy and has a definite "trashy" sound like a very poorly done china cymbal. In hindsight I should have bought a kit and got my own cymbals.

...I am an 80 year ole DRUMMER...I seen The BEST of The DRUMMERS in my Life...99% of Them are no Longer here, but their GREAT playing drums in on The Internet...I brough this Drum kit as a THERAPHY and MAN..I was so HAPPY putting this ENTIRE TOGETHER,,,LUDWIG did GREAT producing a DRUM KIT, for ALL kinds of Drummers...Beginner..Middle..and RETIRES of DRUMS...The Quality of This KIT, goes beyonds WORDS....EXCELLENT for the MIND..keeping Elderly focus. on .Coordinations....Four things at ONE TIME....RIGHT HAND..LEFT HAND..RIGHT FOOT..LEFT FOOT.....Boom Chick..Boom chick.FEET....the right hand one beat..The Left hand..off beats....I Love this Drum Kit...Vietnam Veteran Tony Guardino..Thank you LUDWIG DRUM CO..& The GUITAR CENTER,,on Long Island N.Y...and THANK you UPS for GREAT SERVICE!!!

I'm using it for school soon but it sounds great. If you're able to get this kit in the "midnight purple color," it's the best looking on stage lights/ wherever you use it! I haven't even gotten any heads yet, but the stock heads sound great (if you tune them right). I thought this kit was going to be a pocket kit, but I won't need to get any kit for a long time!

Bought for my son to learn and they are a great set according to his teacher lol they have great customer service though. The set I bought went on sale 2 weeks later and they honored the new price. Would definitely go back and buy here again

I use it about 50% of my day and it is amazing. I started playing drums about three days ago and it has been nothing but great to me. I don't know much about drums yet, but this is definitely a very good starter set for people like me trying to start their music journey. I would definitely recommend this.