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ZYN cymbals; made in England
There are generally four types of old Zyn type cymbals. 1: Zyn (also stamped standard quality) B10 alloy 2: Super Zyn B20 alloy 3: 5 star Super Zyn B...
9 years agoPremier 2000/Catalina fusion
I put the beeswax on it when I bought it but you are right the cast hoops have made it far more focussed and I would guess it sounds similar to a reno...
9 years agoPremier 2000/Catalina fusion
I love my Gretsch Catalina Jazz kit and mainly use it with my Premier Royal Ace snares as the stock snare is lacking and hard to tune or control! So...
9 years agoKrut
Just bought some Krut Special 6 inch hand cymbals for $25 off e-bay! Not holding out for anything special but they will make OK accent cymbals as tha...
9 years agoQuestion about premier 60s brass snares
Well both badges are dated 1960-1968 and the birch/beech is defo a Royal Ace. The COB drum is a model 37 Hifi and as they had hifi on the earlier dru...
9 years agoQuestion about premier 60s brass snares
I have two 2000 snares and they are very dry but record well , the COB are better though and have a nice tone as does the wooden (birch with beech rin...
9 years agoQuestion about premier 60s brass snares
I think Premier always just described their snares as metal but I would suspect most of them in the 60's were COB with alloy and steel coming later an...
9 years agoQuestion about premier 60s brass snares
From Olddrumgeek...
9 years agoQuestion about premier 60s brass snares
All my Royal aces sound very good and they each have their own character, the 2000 is different again so it is good to have them as well.
9 years agoQuestion about premier 60s brass snares
I have a wooden Royal Ace too and they can be still had for reasonable money! Pure sound do a set of wires but they can run around £40 a set! A few...
9 years agoQuestion about premier 60s brass snares
I have two Premier Royal Ace 60's COB snares a 14x5.5 and a 14x4 and they are both fab. Not sure if the other snares in the range were COB or steel bu...
9 years agoPremier Burgandy Pearl Kit.
Lovely kit and a fab finish!
9 years agoThis is the Display Your Premier Drums Thread
Thanks and they were red sparkle as the photo has faded a little. My uncles first drum was a Royal Ace snare and I think his last Premier giging kit w...
9 years agoThis is the Display Your Premier Drums Thread
and where the madness began, this is my late Uncle Lee giving me my first lesson when I was six in 1966, he passed away two weeks ago and was a lifeti...
9 years agoThis is the Display Your Premier Drums Thread
1960's Royal Ace 14x4 COB: [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v62/GaryNattrass/_DSC0004_zps5a0177cf.jpg[/IMG] 1970's 2000 alloy: [IMG]http://img....
9 years ago