tascam

tascam is who posted the update yesterday, no? Let me get this straight, though- this is what DW is charging to make replicas of the R30 kit? Or it is the very kit that he used, and it just hasn’t sold in 14+ years since the tour ended? I’m confused... If it is THE kit, Neil’s kit that he played, my god, I’d buy it. But if it’s a replica, for close to 100K...ummm, no. This is simply my approximation of what the cost of the R30 drum set would have cost back in 2005...with a 2020 update on all of the 24K Gold hardware. The pricing is for someone to order a "similar" drum set to Neil's back in 2005. This is not the pricing for the R30 replicas that Guitar Center sold for $30,000. I simply took a piece by piece assessment of the original R30 drum set and posted pricing for everything I was able to identify. I'm not sure DW would even consider building a replica R30 drum set today (2020) out of respect to Neil.

*** 2020 Pricing update *** 24K Gold Hardware upgrade from DW is priced at 4X the Chrome hardware price. Chrome Hardware $6899.76 X 4 = $27,599.04 (24K Gold Plated Hardware by DW) So total price goes up by $20,699.28 GRAND TOTAL = $75,157.54 + $20,699.28 ————— $95,856.82 Updated price

This is, BY FAR, the best reply to this post!!! Words that we should all abide by, drgrendel!!! CHEERS!! (I will personally buy you a beverage of your choice if we should happen to meet at any future Rush concert!!!)

After the Tampa show....I'm there!!!

I'm already there!!!

As per Gump's Myspace page... "Feeling for the boss, who is dealing with an inner ear issue. Back on the cans for a while."

The Paragons are EXACTLY as I have listed, Test4Eco23. Please re-read my second paragraph. I listed RETAIL prices only.

QUOTE (CygnusX-1Bk2 @ Nov 21 2005, 05:09 PM) Mics don't count as part of the kit. The prices you listed are retail. For instance you have the Paragon complete set listed as $3,519.00 but the actual street price is $2005.00 (currently at Musician's Friend) and I have seen them for $1900 elsewhere, including case. Anyone who pays $15 for a pair of sticks is getting ripped off. Those sell for around $7 per pair. When I spoke to the DW rep at the NAMM show where the kit was displayed prior to the R30 tour (and recording of Feedback) he told me that the valued cost of the drums and hardware was around $48 k. That includes the shells made by DW for the Roland V-Drums (Roland mesh head triggers installed by Lorne). Neil's toms and bass drums feature newly developed technology that was just made commercially available this year. Also because Neil is fully endorsed I doubt he or the band paid anything for the drums, hardware, cymbals or sticks. Please re-read my second paragraph, CygnusX-1Bk2...it fully explains that the pricing is Suggested Retail Pricing. Please re-read my second paragraph, CygnusX-1Bk2...it fully explains that the pricing is Suggested Retail Pricing. I know, as well as many others that if you are not getting at least a 40% to 50% discount on musical equipment these days...you are getting ripped off by the musical retailers. I was recently able to get a 64% discount on some DW drums that I just purchased. Please realize, my friend, that I listed the "Suggested Retail Pricing" to show a company suggested value of all the things on Neil's drum riser....I am fully aware that Neil Peart didn't have to write a $75K check for the complete list. Also, how do you know that Neil is fully endorsed by Remo, DW, Sabian, Pro-Mark, etc. We don't have access to ANY endorsement information that Neil Peart has setup with any of these companies. Those type of deals are completely 'Hush-Hush' so that other endorsees don't get jealous of another's deal. Although I agree that Neil most deserved-ly lucrative endorsement deal, unless you have seen his actual contract...please don't make a comment that he is 'fully endorsed' by anyone. As far as mics not being a part of the drum set....maybe....but, I was going for a total package price of everything that sits on Neil's rotating drum riser and allows him to sound like he sounds. You can also say that the water bottle holder, the Mallet KAT, and even the Roland Samplers aren't REALLY a part of his drumset...but, they certainly are a part of Neil's current drumming universe of sounds and miscellaneous drum riser items. Of course, Neil's technique, drumming prowess, 40+ years of drumming experience and knowledge is the greatest contributing factor to the 'Neil Peart Sound'.

For anyone who would like to see why Neil Peart's R30 drumset is valued at over $75,000.00 (US Dollars), here is a piece by piece, item by item and part by part breakdown of everything that I could identify on his current R30 drumset. There are certainly 'unknown prices' for items like the custom holographic appliqu'es and red pinstriping on each drum, the custom rotating drum riser, the 24K Gold plating for all of the drum hardware (cymbal and tom stands), the DW Custom Maple Wood Drum Shells for each V Drum Pad, and road cases for transporting everything, so the list isn't EXACTLY complete...however, I believe that it is close. If anyone has any additional items to add that I may have omitted, please feel free to suggest. Believe me, I am certainly not an expert on identifying these items, but...I hope I have come close to accurately pricing each item currently on Neil's R30 drum set. It should also be noted that I listed the Suggested Retail Prices of each and every item, so there would be a considerable discount (depending on where you shopped) on the Grand Total price. Imagine the smile on the Guitar Center employee's face that rang up this list of percussive bliss!!! (In each of the categories, the first price is the price of each of the items, and the second price is the quantity multiplied by how many items. There is a category summary and grand total at the very end.) Neil Peart's R30 Drum Workshop Anniversary Drum Set (Black Mirra Lacquer Finish with 24K Gold Hardware) 7 X 8 Tom $1,030.00 $1,030.00 7 X 10 Tom $1,092.00 $1,092.00 8 X 12 Tom $1,159.00 $1,159.00 9 X 13 Tom $1,375.00 $1,375.00 12 X 15 Tom $1,509.00 $1,509.00 13 X 15 Tom $1,535.00 $1,535.00 16 X 16 Tom $1,880.00 $1,880.00 16 X 18 Tom $1,906.00 $1,906.00 16 X 22 Bass Drum $2,637.00 $2,637.00 3.5 X 13 Inch Piccolo Snare $860.00 $860.00 6 X 14 Neil Peart Edge Snare $1,581.00 $1,581.00 ------------- ------------- Custom Holographic Appliqu'es surrounded by Chinese Red Pinstriping ??? ??? Sub Total $16,564.00 $16,564.00 10% Gold Hardware $1,656.40 $1,656.40 Drums Total $18,220.40 $18,220.40 CYMBALS Sabian Neil Peart Complete Paragon Cymbal Package $3,519.00 $3,519.00 Cymbals Total $3,519.00 $3,519.00 HARDWARE DW 9300 Heavy Duty Snare Stnd $174.99 $174.99 2 DW 9303 Heavy Duty Snare Stand for Piccolo Snare and V-drum Snare $165.99 $331.98 DW 9100 Standard Round Throne $279.99 $279.99 DW 5500TD Hi Hat Stand $265.99 $265.99 2 DW9002 Double Bass Pedal $799.99 $1,599.98 9 DW Cymbal Boom Arm (912) $68.00 $612.00 2 DW9710 Straight Cymbal Stands $148.99 $297.98 DW 4 Inch Cymbal Stacker SM904 (for Splash above remote Hi-Hat) $20.00 $20.00 Bass Drum Mounted Cymbal Holder SM770 $95.00 $95.00 14 Heavy Duty Single Tom Stand $178.99 $2,505.86 9900 Heavy Duty Double Tom Stand $198.99 $198.99 SMMG2 Tube with Adjustable V Clamp for Dauz Trigger Pad $38.00 $38.00 4 SM77 Dogbone Support Rods $55.00 $220.00 2 TACBA Accessory Arms for Mallet KAT $34.00 $68.00 2 SMTB12GD Brackets fo Mallet KAT $36.00 $72.00 DW9909 Percussion Lifter for V-Drum Bass Drum Pad/Shell $119.00 $119.00 Custom Drum Riser with built in flanges for each of the cymbal and tom stands ??? ??? 24K Gold Plating for all above DW Chrome Hardware ??? ??? Hardware Total $6,899.76 ELECTRONICS Dauz 6" Trigger Pad DZPAD6 $59.95 $59.95 DrumTech Fat Trigger Pedal $179.95 $179.95 DrumTech Fat Trigger Pedal $179.95 $179.95 7 Roland PD125BK Dual Trigger Mesh V Pads $395.00 $2,765.00 3 Roland CY14C 14 Inch V Cymbal Crashes $295.00 $885.00 1 Roland CY15R 15 Inch V Cymbal Ride $345.00 $345.00 1 Roland KD120BK 12 Inch V Kick Trigger $495.00 $495.00 1 Roland PD125BK Dual Trigger Mesh V Snare $395.00 $395.00 Roland TD-10 Percussion V Drum Sound Module $2,095.00 $2,095.00 Roland RAD10U Rack System for TD10 $79.95 $79.95 Roland FD-8 Hi-Hat Controller Pedal $125.00 $125.00 Roland VH12 Hi Hat Cymbal Trigger $595.00 $595.00 2 Roland TMC6 Trigger to MIDI Converters $295.00 $590.00 2 Roland XV-5080 Synthesis/Sample-playback module $2,495.00 $4,990.00 2 Glyph Hard Drives $635.00 $1,270.00 Cables for all above electronics $1,000.00 $1,000.00 MalletKAT Express 5.0 $1,499.00 $1,499.00 DW Custom Drum Shells for each V Drum Pad ??? ??? Electronics Total $17,548.80 MISCELLANEOUS 10 Pair of Neil Peart Autograph Series Drum Sticks $15.30 $153.00 1 Bottle Cage Elite Ciussi Alloy Yellow for Water Bottle $13.58 $13.58 2 Grainger "Squirrel Cage" Blower Fans $115.00 $230.00 Leather Dance Shoes $145.00 $145.00 Wireless In-Ear Monitors w/ Transmitter, Reciever & Earphones $2,590.00 $2,590.00 Subwoofer Cabinet Behind Drum set $3,500.00 $3,500.00 3 "Unknown Out of Business Company" Cowbells $25.00 $75.00 LP Large Cowbell $36.00 $36.00 LP Medium Cowbell $34.00 $34.00 Road Cases for all Drum and Percussion Equipment ??? ??? Miscellaneous Total $6,776.58 MICROPHONES 3 Audio Technica ATM 35 Mics (8, 10, and 12 Inch Toms) $350.00 $1,050.00 1 Audio Technica AE3000 Mic for 13" Tom $379.00 $379.00 1 Audio Technica ATM23HEMic for Snare Top Head $235.00 $235.00 1 Audio-Technica AT4051 Mic for Snare Bottom $595.00 $595.00 1 SM98 Mic Used for Snare Cross Stick $395.00 $395.00 3 Audio-Technica AT4050/CM5s (15,15, 16, 18 Floor Toms) $895.00 $2,685.00 1 Shure SM91 Inside Bass Drum $436.80 $436.80 2 AT4060 Cardioid Condenser Tube Microphone Overheads $1,495.00 $2,990.00 2 Neumann KM 184 Mics for both Hit Hats $949.00 $1,898.00 3 Shure SM 98 for Splash Cymbals $395.00 $1,185.00 Wireless In-Ear Monitors w/ Transmitter, Reciever & Earphones $2,590.00 $2,590.00 Subwoofer Cabinet Behind Drum set $3,500.00 $3,500.00 Microphones Total $17,938.80 Drums Total $18,220.40 Cymbals Total $3,519.00 Hardware Total $6,899.76 Electronics Total $17,548.80 Miscellaneous Total $6,776.58 Microphones Total $17,938.80 Total $70,903.34 Approximate Sales Tax of 6% $4,254.20 GRAND TOTAL OF NEIL PEART'S R30 DRUMSET $75,157.54