How about adding a banner at the top of the home page stating: 'Before asking question, please try our Search function'... or something like that maybe? I know that sometimes, even if the question has been addressed previously, if you don't get the right key words, you still may not find what you're after.

LOL ...Good one...

Well I am guilty of asking questions that have been answered. Being pretty new to vintage drums I dont provide to many answers. When I do answer a question I hope I did not annoy anyone, just trying to give back.

The thing that I would think is annoying is the newbie guy with 1 or 2 post looking for an apraisal. I think alot of these guys dont even play drums they just came across a nice kit and all they care about is money. But the bottom line here guys and gals is,, if you dont like a paticular post or question then dont answer or read it, move on!

Jeff C

I know a little bit about Rogers Drums. My knowledge of other vintage drums is greatly lacking. Every time a question gets asked and answered, I learn a little bit more.

Concerning the repititious nature of some questions, I think a good number of them come from people who are brand new to vintage drums and to the forum. I also think a good amount of patience with that is necessary due to the constantly expanding nature of our knowledge base. Remember, there is a ton of bad information concerning vintage drums on the internet. For example, I often see Rogers 9/72 Fullerton era drums advertised as "Pre CBS Rogers Drums." Truth is, high serial number Clevelands from approx. the 52xxx range, all Dayton era drums, all Fullerton era including Big R USA badged drums.... are CBS period. That is mid 1966-1984. And yet, the perception prevails that the Big R badge initiated the CBS period. Another example with Rogers, just six years ago, many people with tremendous knowledge of Rogers vintage drums would have told you that Big R serial numbers are completely undependable for dating purposes. You might also have been told that Rogers repeated the serial number sequence several times over the 1975-84 period. In the time since, I have proven both of those "facts" to be untrue, and have published a qualifiably accurate dating guide for the Rogers Big R period.

While some repititious questions are annoying to some degree, I think they serve well to dispelling a good deal of the inaccurate information floating around in the cloud.

As I am one of those less knowledge guys you speak of... Ploughman nailed it for me.

Ploughman all so gave me invaluable assistance and parts on my two Rogers projects when I didn't even know how a collet worked.

Amosguy... I always try to qualify my answers with the appropriate tag "this is a guess" or "this is what I see in the book". Cooked Egg

You forgot the part where we actually got paid to play at high school dances,bars,clubs, Kof C halls to mention a few.

In the current music scene,bands are expected to play for free,and guarantee customers.

More OT,the only questions that bother me,actually posters that bother me are the ones who you give great information to....and it goes ignored or completely disreguarded.

Like "someone told me this Ludwig drum is rare and worth a lot of money".When you try to politely tell them the drum is neither rare nor worth a lot of money......they ignore the advice and go with what "someone" said.

Steve B

You got paid? Now I do feel used....

Mind BlowiFunny Post

Hee-hee. Was wondering if anyone was gonna catch that. (I got a knack for being annoying).

B

Thanks everybody. This post just goes to show you, us new to vintage drums, can learn something from just about every post on this forum. Anyone ever have questions on firearms, antique or new, or Japanese swords, I'd be honored to return the favor.