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I am still undecided, but he is only 5 and he's learning on an electronic kit at his lessons so I think it will be ok for him to begin with, but I can definitely see the drawbacks. He had a whale of a time in the shop when we looked at them, so I am pretty hopeful he sticks with it. I did wonder about an acoustic kit with practice pads, but I think if that was to be the way he was to play most of the time then an e-kit is probably better... I don't know though.
I agree completely. I had the opportunity as a kid to learn guitar from my Dad but I was never willing to invest the time or patience. I tried a few times and wrote it off in my teens because “I wasn’t musical” or something. I started learning in 2015 at 35 years old because our older son asked me why I couldn’t play any instruments... I’ve loved learning ever since and have been kicking myself for not doing it when I was a kid.
Both our sons love music and seem to love learning to play too, so I’m hoping to harness that now and encourage them positively as much as I can.
This is the one...
https://www.gear4music.com/Drums-and-Percussion/Digital-Drums-400-Compact-Electronic-Drum-Kit-by-Gear4music/10O6
At what age / size does a regular sized kit make more sense than a little one?
https://www.gear4music.com/Drums-and-Percussion/Junior-5-Piece-Drum-Kit-by-Gear4music-Wine-Red/NZ4
I tried to get him into guitar with a 3/4 size one from Thomann and a Blackstar Fly but he seems to want to be a drummer!!
Anyway, quality wise it was as expected really. A minor bit of tweaking was required to get the lugs to line up but it went together fine and will serve for the next year or two to see if he runs with it or not. If he does, then we may upgrade to a proper sized kit and if not, you'll probably see it on here!!!
Size wise, it fits him perfectly at the moment. He's a skinny little monkey but height wise about normal for 7 I'd say.
It's still boxed up as he won't get it until his birthday at the end of May but he is still talking all the time about wanting a kit, so this seems to be a good decision at the moment. From looking at them built up and online, it appears to be fully height adjustable so should fit him fine from now until he's an adult.. but if he's still playing in 5 years or so, I would imagine we are going to be buying something else by then!
We got a package deal from GAK which includes headphones, sticks and a stool. All of it seems much better quality than the Tourtech ones at a similar price. Although the full mesh Tourtech one (which would've cost us nearly £100 more) looks great. I am still unclear what I need to buy to play out loud though... as soon as I look I get confused.
No probs. I paid £345 for the kit, stool, (basic-ish) headphones and an extra pair of (decent looking) sticks. Looking at the website today that's not exactly a big discount, but better than nothing! The kit itself is listed at £339 and the package deal is £359. It was a better price than I could find anyway.
In comparison, we could've gone for one of the Tourtech ones from Guitar Guitar but it was a mesh snare only and around £280 for the package... or they had one that was all mesh for £399 for the kit only... so I guess getting on for £450 with the stool etc.