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Premier Royal Ace,... Need buying advice.
Yes....40£....still some price. But they are there, unlike snares for Super Aces. Jon
13 years agoFelt inside lugs?
Felt is wool, and doesn´t absorb moisture like cotton. Anyone who has been out in rainy weather with both a woolen and a cotton jacket will know that...
13 years agoProject: Big vintage orphan kit, inlay from scratch
Wow, that´s skills used in a great way! Very, very beautiful result! I look forward to see the completed kit! Regards Jon
13 years agoPremier Royal Ace,... Need buying advice.
The only "fault" Aces and Royal Aces have, is the very limited supply of new snares. Puresound makes them - at a price: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Pu...
13 years agoToms into snares...?
Oh yes, it has been done quite a lot of times.... All you really will have to do is: - Make a snarebed, the shallow (2 mm is a good standard figure)...
13 years agoOlympic Snare
It seems you then have a 1005 made up with the kind of shell that normally would have been used to make a 2000. I have never seen one before, but it m...
13 years agoOlympic Snare
From roger.kelly...
13 years agoRolling Yer Own Hi Hat Pairs
I too mix hihat cymbals - a 602 Sound Edge bottom mated to a very light Zanki Thin crash or a nearly as light 70´s Zildjian A. Mostly because the top...
13 years agoA Star is (re)born
Nice wrap, and a very good price! Does the softness and weight alter the sound much? Regards Jon
13 years agoOpinion on 'Maya' MIJ set
Yes, Luan. For once Johnnistix is mistaken - these are not Pearl battleship lugs, but Hoshino like Arias, Santanas - and Hoshinos. I had such a kit...
13 years ago1970s Beverley 21 snare
As I understand it, the Beverley Cosmic 21 (21 because it costed 21£, they say) was made by Premier on 30´s tooling but in alu - as stated above in or...
13 years agoPricing...
Ralf, as you know, being from Germany, we also face VAT and Taxes of 30% of the orice INCLUDING the postage - and the postyage of a complete kit from...
13 years agoPricing...
Of course, I shall keep to the common language from now on. It was just a pleasant surprise to see another fellow dane here. My danish blabber only...
13 years agoSonorus kit (made in Belgium)
Were the shells bought in from Premier? Jon
13 years agoFor Jon, Our MIJ expert!!
What is the distance between the holes? Jon
13 years ago