Here are the drum kits I’ve owned throughout my life:

1964: Kent 4-piece in Mother Of Pearl Finish
1968: Premier 4-piece in Mother Of Pearl finish
1972: Hayman 5-piece in a Metallic Blue finish
1974: Sonor 4-piece in a Blue wrap finish
1976: Sonor 5-piece in a White wrap finish
1981: Tama Superstar 4-piece in a Black Wrap finish
1992: D’Amico 4-piece in a Blue Sparkle finish
1994: D’Amico 4-piece in a Red Sparkle finish
2002: Yamaha Club Jordan Cocktail kit in a Silver Sparkle finish
2002: Pork Pie 7-piece in a Red Sparkle Fade To Black finish
2003: Yamaha Al Foster Hip Gig Kit in a Jaguar Pattern wrap
2004: Roland V-Pro electronic kit
2005: Pork Pie Pig Lite 5-piece with red acrylic shells

Wow. 13 kits. Sounds unlucky to me! I’d better buy a new drum kit!

My kits throu the years

1988. Shiro 5.piece (goldwrapped)
1991. Pearlexp 5.piece (wine red)
1993. Wesper 4.piece (red)
2006. Ludwig “67” 4.piece (whitemarin)
2009. Tama Starc.performer 5.piece (white marin)

Has sold the Wesper and shiro kits-kept the rest

Snares:
Mapex: maplepiccolo + Blackpather (brass)
Pearl: ord.steel + Marvin Smith sign (copper)
Ludwig: Supraphonic 400 + Coppersnare
Tama: Starc.performer snare
Pdp: “10” effectsnare

Kept them all

I’ve never heard of Shiro or Wesper. Are they European brands?

I think Shiro was a cheap japanese brand in the 70´s/early 80`s
Wesper I don´t know-know there are some at sale on different salespaces here in sweden from time to time

I just bought my first set this year. Gretch Catalina Maple - Rudy Fade

I have an old Ludwig 20” bass and 13” tom in my attic - Cherry sparkle. I plan on restoring them and getting a new custom floor tom and snare to compliment them.

Almost finished restoring an ‘84 Reuther snare. Just need to sand and stain it for the final coat and put everything together. BTW I still need new snare wires for the Reuther, what kind do you suggest?

So much to list- I’ll make it simple:
I have a ‘68 Slingerland double bass set w/22” ers and 12, 13 and 14 rack single headed toms with 2 16” floors recovered (unfortunately by me) in turned aluminum- probably bad for the value but look cool
-/ an electronic 5 piece Gretsch set,
-/ a small Yamaha club set w20” bass 10 and 12 racks, 14” floor in white pearl
-/my main set of Ludwigs with 26” bass, 13 rack, 16 and 18 floors in white marine pearl

Lotsa cymbals but mainly Zildjian: 21 Ping and 21 A Sweet rides, 13, 16, 18 thin crashes, 18EFX, 18 China,8 and 10 splashes, 14” Rezo and New Beat Hats,.....etc.  I’ve got a bunch and switch them up depending on gig….

A BUNCH of snares by Slingerland, Ludwig, DW, Pdp and Yamaha….  6, 8 , 10 and 12 Roto Toms, timbales, conga and many hand drums…. 5 homemade tube style Octobans in 6”  and Ludwig, Yamaha, Pearl and Gibralter hardware

AND MY LATEST just purchased: The LUDWIG Amber Vistalite Zeppelin reissue w/ 26"bass, 14” rack, 16” and 18” floors and I just LOVE this set! ( If anyone has any tuning tricks for the acrylics let me know- )the bass is tremendous but the floors have a little bit of a (weird) metallic sounding ring- not bad but of course not like my birch shells. I think I just need to tune up resonants a bit. I want a deep slightly resonant rock tonality without too many overtones but NOT flat. Thus far I have no dampening and they are VERY live yet still punchy. I think this is the set I will gig with alternating w/other Ludwigs as I like the larger sizes for the stuff we play…

Very nice! Congrats on the Vistalites, too!

1) A 7 piece Ludwig Custom Accent (Red Wine Lacquer) (first kit I owned)
2) A 6 piece Mapex Saturn (Green Apple Burst Lacquer)

Cheers ... Bill

Hey everyone !
Here’s my list.
The years are only an aporoximation and may not be accurate.

1985) Striker 3 piece
1989) Premier 5 piece (Unknown Model)
1990 ludwig 5 piece ( Unkown model)
1990) Red Pearl Export 5 piece
1991) Black Pearl Export 7 piece
1993) Pacific Blue Pearl Session Elite 6 piece
1995) Black Mist Lacquer Pearl Masters 6 piece
1995) Argyle Blue Lacquer Ayotte Custom Drums 6 piece
2010) Blue Ice Lacquer Mapex Pro M 7 piece