Used drum kits in Adelaide typically sell for A$230 to A$1,150 (about $160 to $810). Kits are sold as bundles of parts, and what raises the price is completeness rather than the shells alone.
Selling a drum kit in Adelaide
Adelaide is compact, affordable and easy to drive around, which makes it unusually good for buying anything large second hand. It is surrounded by wine country and has a strong festival culture, and its slower housing turnover means the furniture that does come up tends to be older and better made.
The grid layout and light traffic mean collection is genuinely simple here, and most of the metropolitan area is within half an hour of the centre. Parking is easy by the standards of the bigger capitals, so furniture pickups are uncomplicated.
On older furniture, check the joints and any veneer rather than the surface. A good deal of what appears here is genuinely old and well made, and those are the two places age actually shows.
Adelaide has around 1.4 million people in South Australia, which means a deep enough buyer pool that most things sell without having to travel far to hand them over. Mount Gambier, Whyalla and Sydney are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Adelaide
Seasons are inverted relative to the UK and North America: warm-weather items move from September, and winter gear from around May.
What drum kits are worth
What lifts the price
- Complete kits with hardware, stands and pedals
- Cymbals included, which often carry much of the value
What pulls it down
- Cracked cymbals, which are effectively finished
- Damaged bearing edges that prevent proper tuning
Working out what yours is worth
- Lay out every shell, stand, pedal and cymbal and photograph together
- Check each cymbal edge carefully for cracks
Getting it ready
- List every drum by size, and every piece of hardware: stands, pedal, throne, clamps.
- Check every lug, tension rod and the bearing edges, and note whether the heads are usable.
Photograph
- The kit fully set up, from the front
- The bearing edges and lugs, plus any wrap damage or crack
Put in the description
- Brand, series and the size of every shell
- Shell, wrap, bearing edge and head condition
Lifts in September and before Christmas. Complete kits with hardware sell far faster than shell packs.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (South Australia)
Common questions
Where can I sell a drum kit in Adelaide?
List it free on WishThrift and deal with the buyer direct. The grid layout and light traffic mean collection is genuinely simple here, and most of the metropolitan area is within half an hour of the centre. Parking is easy by the standards of the bigger capitals, so furniture pickups are uncomplicated.
What hardware comes with it?
List each stand and pedal. A shell pack with no hardware is a very different purchase from a complete kit.
How much is a drum kit worth in Adelaide?
Most used drum kits change hands for A$230 to A$1,150 (about $160 to $810). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling a drum kit across Australia, what drum kits are worth, everything second hand in Adelaide, or Music & Instruments in Adelaide.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.