Most Expensive Drum Kit
Written by: tom Filed Under: Collectibles, Music on March 26th, 2007by Hunter Davis
Becoming popular in the late 1800’s, drum kits were revolutionized by the invention of the bass drum pedal that allowed a drummer to play on several percussion instruments at once like the snare, bass, and cymbals. Drum kits were popularized in the roaring twenties when their deep sounds and bright tones became a necessary staple on the New Orleans jazz circuit.
The introduction of new drums and accessories like the tom-toms and high hat cymbals during the late 1920s and 30s made drum kits more expensive and helped revolutionize drumming techniques for many of the most recognizable names in music.
Standard drum sets include a bass drum, a snare drum, several cymbals and tom toms. Drummers will often include other percussion accessories like woodblocks, cowbells and electronics to customize their sound. Like most everything else, the more you customize our kit, the more expensive it will become.
If you are shopping for new drums, prepare to spend at least $500. Or even up to $5000 for the most expensive custom drums. Or perhaps if you like vintage instruments, then you might be interested in “Moon the Loon’s” custom made 1968 Premier drum kit. Keith Moon’s aged drum kit luckily survived his antics on and off stage and now is the most expensive drum kit in the world. In 2004, Christie’s London auctioned the drum kit for $252,487 or £139,650.
Keith Moon is often regarded as one the greatest all time rock and roll drummer. His unique style was most likely attributed to the fact that he was not always relied upon to keep time while playing with The Who. This allowed him to improvise and further develop his own style of drumming.
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aren’t Danny Carey’s cimbal-recycled drums more expensive? O.o I heard he paid them around 300000$…
moon is not the drum god neil peart is, so 80s Rush kits would be worth far more.
i think that you are wrong in saying that pert is god of drumming, with out Moon and many others, pert would not be a drummer . Moon’s the best drummer to ever walk this earth!
First of all Keith is dead. Peart continued to influence and rule the world of rock drumming. Do a google search and you will see his name and obsessed followers everywhere. This is not 1976. Come back to the 2000s for a second.
I think that moon was the coolest drummer but peart overall was a better drummer. moon had very impressive skills that set the bar pretty high but obviously more people think that peart was a better drummer
Pert was, i guess you could say, a drum “god” but danny carey is not far behind pert or moon. Ever consider that?
That makes sense. Moon’s kit is worth that price becaue he was a lengond. Even though he did do drugs, he stilled played like he ment it. I pretty sure that it must have costed Moon alot just for the kit alone. I know drum kits get expensive denpending on what kind, what kind of cymbals, how many, plus any extra features that go with it.
… Just to add more cymbals start at $100 each, if you already have the cymbal pack and thoose start at $200 for good ones.
I would argue that Terry Bozzio would have it. He has about 70 drums, and on top of that they are all custom DW drums, which are all $200+ each. Then on top of that all of the custom Sabian cymbals, and then the rack. Not to mention the 9 DW9000 pedals he uses.
hay thanks for this folks this is a real help for my music project that im doing on the history of drums.