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Original skins on old Rogers kit
I use original heads in good shape all the time. No reason to change them...
12 years agoIdentification Help for Rogers kit.
Do those shells have re-rings inside? I suspect they don't. If no rings, that's a wrapped R360 or R380 kit that has been stripped and lacquered. They...
12 years agoRogers Holiday Value?
There's only a mount for a single tom on the bass, and one for the cymbal arm. Looks like the 20+12 belong together, and the 18" wandered in. It may...
12 years agoRogers & Slingerland Lug. Same Hole Space?
+1 on the above...
12 years agoquick question about Aquarian American Vintage heads
How long ago did this happen? Aquarian did try having some production in Mexico for a while, but they were not happy with the results. As far as I kno...
12 years agoGlitter or Sparkle?
Rogers referred to their wrap colors as 'Sparkle' in their catalogs, but they were indeed made with crushed glass. Except for Champagne Sparkle, whic...
12 years agoRogers help needed
The switch to beavertail lugs came in 1963. A time of transition, the move to Keller shells/modern edges instead of Jasper took place in that timefra...
12 years agoquick question about Aquarian American Vintage heads
From Gvdadrummasum...
12 years agoquick question about Aquarian American Vintage heads
Here's some info from Aquarian's website. The American Vintage heads do indeed have a slightly larger hoop, for drums that are a tight fit. I have tri...
12 years agoRogers help needed
Known as the 'Top Hat' setup, it was shown with a 20" bass and 2 12" toms. It was available from the 50's thru 1966 and then the model name changed to...
12 years agoLee county music
The subject of this thread has been around a long time. He went under his real name years ago, and became a pariah. He then seemed to disappear for a...
12 years agoROGERS Holiday snare-throw mechanism: What am I missing?
String through the holes? Gack! Just kidding, go for whatever works...
12 years agoRogers help needed
Those have been modified. The script badge toms have had Memriloc mounts added to them, which means extra holes etc. Also some generic mounts added to...
12 years agoROGERS Holiday snare-throw mechanism: What am I missing?
You are missing only the lever. The lever has a small bearing attached to it, it's not a separate part. Hard to find a lever by itself, for some reaso...
12 years agoAnother BDP Rogers Luxor
87-8 on top and around 85 on the bottom are good all-purpose numbers on that drum (and many others as well ;) ).
12 years ago