What is the best drum kit for a beginner?

I would preferably like to stay around $250-300 for a set that will get me through the beginner stage. I've tried eBay, craigslist and all that but nothing has come to fruition. SO! Something new, from a store, from a website, whatever. What's the best beginner drum set for the price?





Thanks for any help....|||OK, beginner kits eh, well let鈥檚 see. What I would advise would be the pearl forum series (great beginner kit) or the Mapex QR. Pearls forum series is probably your best bang for your buck, but the Mapex line of beginner kits has always been solid and the QR, which replaced the V series a while back, is a good kit at a good price. And as for good websites to go through, I suggest www.interstatemusic.com for all your drum needs, but also www.musiciansfriend.com and www.americanmusicsupply.com carry a lot of stuff and would be good for you to check out. Usually though, I stick with interstate music because I have never had a problem with them and they seem to have everything you could ever dream up.





Hope that helps|||I have seen people on the street drum on buckets and they were a lot better than some people i have seen with pro drum kits, go to a music store that sells used drum kits and get you any drum kit you can find for the money you have to spend and practice on those until you can afford a set of pearl drums.|||I would recommend an electric drum kit such as the Yamaha DTXplorer. If you don't want an electric drum kit you should go with a second hand one from a music store.|||get the most expensive drum set you can find at toys r' us. they're not half bad and they're all less expensive than the price you just mentioned.|||Take a look at the Traps drums.|||Get an old drum set, like a Sonar, from craiglist or eBay. It's cheap and sounds good.