Drumming

I must do something.

All of the following words in this post are based upon the requirement that I need to prepare for the future event of not having my son's Yamaha DTX500 set in the den. I need to do something. As with most purchases, there is a typically a choice: buy new or buy used. I will go through each of these options below. It is unacceptable to not be able to practice drums.

Currently, I am considering the Yamaha DTX950K ("Used Drums") that are for sale on the Craigslist > Iowa City > Musical Instruments for Sale page. This same ad is also available through Facebook Marketplace but it has a $2200 price on Facebook Marketplace. I have also looked at the most current model of Yamaha electronic drums - the Yamaha DTX10K-X ("New Drums") - and have that on my mind as well. When my son takes his Yamaha DTX500 to where he lives (currently, in West Des Moines), I will no longer have any drums easily available for practicing. As a result, I would set up my acoustic Ludwig Vistalite set that I have stacked under the basement steps and not be able to practice when someone else is home, which reminds me of when I lived in my parents' house, prior to marrying Karen.

Here is my brain in words as I process this decision. There is no final decision as of right now so this is just a list without a conclusion.

1. Without a doubt, if I were to buy the Used Drums, I will have solved the future event upon which all of this post is addressing. It is the simplest & cheapest solution.
   
2. The Used Drums are an upgrade to my son's Yamaha DTX500 set. There is a scenario where he would decide to attempt to "sell" the drums "Santa" brought to him for Christmas, but I will not agree to buying my son's Yamaha DTX500 set. Santa doesn't pay for things twice.
   
3. The Used Drums have a cool feature that I really like, which are knobs on the drums. These knobs would allow me to change the tone of the drum sound on the fly, a feature not available on my son's Yamaha DTX500 set.
4. The Used Drums include a double bass drum pedal. I have flirted with playing double bass since playing with Assume in the summer of 1989. With two acoustic bass drums, I don't like playing double bass, but with a double bass drum pedal, I think I would like to play more double bass.
   
5. The Used Drums ad referenced the following video, which I have watched multiple times:
6. The idea of buying the most recent electronic drums from Yamaha is a possibility. This would mean purchasing a Yamaha DTX-10K-X ("New Drums") model. I found these drums online for the price of $5169.00, which is definitely more than $2200. More on the financial aspect of what I am pondering is coming up in this list.
   
   
   
7. I authentically do not care for neither the appearance of the New Drums.
8. Financially, it makes sense to purchase the Used Drums.
   
• The current / most recent Yamaha electronic drums can cost between the list price of $6853 and $5169. For the following calculations, assume that the cost is $6000 because the $5169 price above probably does not include shipping & tax.
• The Yamaha DTX-950K has a price of $2200.
• New drums price - Used drums price
• $6000 - 2200 =  $3800
  
• There has been some extra income in recent months:
  
• On December 25, 2020, I received $100 from Lou & Jean.
• In the month of June (or July), I received $100 from my father.
• On October 11, I received a $200 payment for Megan's saxophone that we sold to Brian Rock.
• On October 23, I received a $1300 payment for the Jayco Jay Feather camper that Karen and I sold to my nephew.
• While I won't include the actual dollar amount, one of my kids owes money to us. Let's just say it's $500.
• Doing the simple math: 
• Yamaha DTX 950K calculation:
• Extra Income is $2200
• Price of used drums is $2200
• Extra Income - Price of Drums
•    $2200
• - $2200
•   $0000 
  
• Yamaha DTX 10K calculation:
• Extra income is $2200
• Price of new drums is $6000
• Extra income - Price of Drums
•   $2200
• - $6000
•   -$3800
• The used drums have a net cost of $0; the new drums have a net cost of $3800.
• To be fair, the camper that we sold to Danny had a cost of $6000 so yes, I could use the entire extra income from the sale of the camper to cover the cost of the new drums. However, I remain convinced that would be a tough call to make.