I bought this new, but even though I was used to practicing with a Tama Iron Cobra, when I used the DW5000, it was much easier and felt great without much practice. I'm sadly selling it because I can only bring cymbals and a snare to jazz gigs. I used it at home on a carpet with new sneakers for about three hours. I lost the tuning key, so I'll throw in a little something extra. I'll be selling it with a Pearl snare case, so thank you.