E Drum Kit for energetic 12 year old

[Horizontalste]

My eldest son has now decided that guitar is not enough for him and wants to give the drums a go. Space is limited so an electric kit is probably better. The only thing I know about drums is how to sit on the beat so any advice on negotiating this relative minefield would be gratefully received.

I've seen this one
[url="http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/87798-alesis-dm-lite-electronic-drum-kit-with-free-sticks.html"]http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/product/87798-alesis-dm-lite-electronic-drum-kit-with-free-sticks.html[/url]

[MoJoKe]

Very similar to what I gave my son... Plenty to get him started, if he loves it you can always get into mesh pads and better controllers later, or even an acoustic kit!

[Horizontalste]

I thought it might be ok, going to take a drive to pmt the weekend see what they've got. All the basses that have came through our house and he has no interest. Kids eh.

[MoJoKe]

Yes, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make them play bass!

Good luck at least you'll have someone to jam with... That may seem like way off in the future, I now dream of doing this with my 23 yr old, but he's off with his own band now!

[franzbassist]

My son is 10 and just completed Grade 4 on drums after 18 months playing.... he's a natural!

The point of my post though, is that we started him off on an Alesis [url="http://www.alesis.com/dm6usbkit"]DM6[/url] electronic kit (which will be for sale soon), but he now uses [url="http://www.musicradar.com/reviews/drums/arbiter-flats-lite-kit-26825"]"flats"[/url] as a compromise between a full acoustic kit and the need to preserve some space. I must say it sounds very good and is surprisingly loud for what it is.

Cheers

Gareth