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Vintage John Grey Autocrat Snare Drum
Great looking drum key. Is it the one from edmundo ros bongos or the slotted key for snare drums.
7 years agoKimberly restoration
Welcome To VDF......The job on that kit is excellent. I agree with all the other members plus the interiors as Trilok said is very premier. All the be...
7 years agoVintage John Grey Autocrat Snare Drum
Hi Patrick ive got the snare drum. The throw as you mentioned was not right. Ive stripped the strainer and butt. It is now right as previous owner did...
7 years agoAnother Arbiter Autotune 5pce in my collection
These drums were sold to another collector in germany for £1200GBP. They were in top class condition after i had spent some weeks making sure every si...
7 years agoVintage Premier Royal Ace Snare Drum Early 1960's
Thanks guys for all your comments. Im becoming quite good at turning these royal ace snare drums into collectors drums. Currently working on another r...
7 years agoVintage John Grey Autocrat Snare Drum
The wires on the one i bought are not correct. Once i get the snare drum ill explore the strainer on the workings. Ill also be making the wires to fit...
7 years agoVintage John Grey Autocrat Snare Drum
Trilok...Did you mention you had an autocrat by john grey with the parallel action. I believe the action is a weird one to master. Ive read that it wo...
7 years agoVintage Premier Royal Ace 14x4 Snare Drum
One more pic of the royal ace......
7 years agoVintage Premier Royal Ace 14x4 Snare Drum
Hi Guys im off again on the renovation route. Weekend just gone i bought a job lot of Rogers USA bass drum parts for a project. I also bought an ER Ro...
7 years agoMy Latest Vintage ER Rogers Snare Drum
Just hope the lugs are not cracked. Apart from that it looks in good shape. Ill know better once it arrives.......sean
7 years agoVintage John Grey Autocrat Snare Drum
Hi Trilok....Over here in the UK 2000 wires are easy to get. Obviously the 2x12's are hard to find. There is a store in the UK that sells them on comp...
7 years agoVintage John Grey Autocrat Snare Drum
Just had a look through the catalogues and as you said the broadway is 6 lugs and autocrat 8 lugs. Does the broadway have a damper. The autocrat i bo...
7 years agoVintage John Grey Autocrat Snare Drum
Hi Trilok.....Your snare drum looks very nice. Obviously the only difference is the strainer system. So the autocrat and broadway are mid 60's snare d...
7 years agoVintage Carlton Dallas Snare Drum
Look on other threads at the ER Rogers snare drum plus the John Grey Autocrat snare which i need info on. Any info on any of these snare drums is a bo...
7 years agoVintage John Grey Autocrat Snare Drum
Here is another pic of this john grey snare drum.
7 years ago