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The Quest of Understanding
Jay earlier in the week I was in Chicopee Mass. I was picking up a really nice 5 piece mij kit (Zim Gar)from a guy up there And stacked up with some o...
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
Jay another Hoshino build were drums badged as Olympian
8 years agoWho made these? Solve mystery Please!
Jay they being all three companies were openly knocking off Slingerland and to a lessor degree Sonor The early Hoshino lugs that very closely resemb...
8 years agoHoshino Question -
Well it would sure be great to nail down the facts once and for all Jay I admire the passion you show with respect to these cool little drum sets rem...
8 years agoWho made these? Solve mystery Please!
My guess would be the spurs originally had sort of a cool looking curved one-sided wing bolt as for the snare I have one like that but it has no badg...
8 years agoHoshino Question -
Another factor that would tend to convince me otherwise is the timeline If Star (Hoshino gakki) and "Hoshino"are indeed one and the same And we know...
8 years agoHoshino Question -
I suppose that anything is possible since none of us know for certain still I would need much more than one fellow's say so to convince me of that J...
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
R.A.M. you are very welcome sir
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
Yes exactly Three companies Pearl, Star (Hoshino gakki), and Hoshino all making drums separate of one another from the beginning of the Japanese impo...
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
Jay my Apollo kit is Star all the way there may have been some Pearl made Apollo drums After Star became Tama and no longer made stencil drums I know...
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
Matador, Crown, Aria, Polaris, Decca, and Marquis are a few Jay
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
Boy you sure said a mouthful there Jay And I am right with you on that
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
There is widespread confusion with this Hoshino company Jay It just happens that I have run into a lot of their stuff over the last couple years
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
These two Hoshino kits Crown (8 lug toms)and Matador have the wider older version of the lug This blue sparkle Dorado has the newer thinner version b...
8 years agoWho made Vibra?
Jay I have a Crown kit with eight lug toms and a Dorado kit as well Both are on the better end of the Hoshino line My Aria kit however only has six...
8 years ago