Posts
HACKCO de Lux MIJ 8x12 tom
Damn, that's a wicked wrap! I bet that was a handsome kit, especially with the Club Date lugs...
12 years ago60s Tempro...
That's a good six hour round trip and gas is over $4 a gallon, but hell, $80 for a piece of drum history? Looks clean and it's got the matching snare...
12 years agoMix Matched Lugs...Any Guesses??
This is most of a cool a Club Date kit with a nice looking wrap but this floor tom seems to have Ludwig copy lugs. Is this two different kits thrown...
12 years agoMIJ on YouTube!
They certainly have an uncomfortable Quentin Terrentino edge to them and a weird bondage vibe...but their gear is cool...
13 years agoWhite Onyx Wrap
Slingerland called it Agate and Rogers called it Onyx. Same pattern though... I have the one that gets mistaken for orange. It was actually called Go...
13 years agoMIJ on YouTube!
I could be wrong, but this looks like a Fibre Gold kit. Jump ahead to 3:40 and tell me if I'm wrong... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBApe5lO76...
13 years agoMIJs in a hipster band
Why are they singing into the ear pieces??
13 years agoFantasia Pearl Snare on Ebay
Glad you scored that! I was shocked to see another matching wrapped snare, especially since I had the good fortune of finding my own about a year ago....
13 years agoCool Whitehall "Club Date" set
Is that in the L.A. area? That's $100 well spent...I wish there were more MIJ Club Dates...
13 years agoStar Fantasia Mod Complete
Last I posted, I was debating over a center post tom mount or a consolette rail. I acquired this kit with a center hole and cap on the bass drum... I...
13 years agoWhat type of wood for MIJ re-rings?
My U.S. Mercuries definitely have decent pine rings. Not so rigid, though...
13 years ago70's Royce...Any Good?
I came across a 70's Royce for $99...clean looking 5 piece. I don't know much about these, but I remember my buddy had a set in jr. high in the mid 70...
13 years agoHow many famous Premier Rock players can you name?
How about Jim Gallager from the Denver Colorado surf band, The Astronauts? He played a gold sparkle Premier for most of their career, 1962 thru 1967....
13 years agoMIJ Fantasia Pearl....yes!
Just found this from a Kent history page: "During the 1950’s and 60’s, Kent drums were constructed of two-ply maple shells, providing a very thin an...
13 years agoMIJ Fantasia Pearl....yes!
My Fantasia also has a whitewash on the outer shell, under the wrap. There are places in the pearl finish that I can see wood grain painted white unde...
13 years ago