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I keep going back to Rogers Swivomatic Drums
I'll answer the questions that a couple folks asked. Firstly, I did not get the pink strata set from Maxwell. I traded an individual for it. Secondly...
5 years agoI keep going back to Rogers Swivomatic Drums
There were three different--very different--looking versions of the pink strata wrap on these four drums. There were no cracks. but, I became obsessed...
5 years agoI keep going back to Rogers Swivomatic Drums
I usually like to keep a Rogers Swivo era set in my drum collection. Here are a couple more sets that I've owned. I also have owned a blue sparkel set...
5 years agoRogers set I got, what model is this set
Thank you. That's them. I know that the drums were bought by the original owner at least a few years before the bicentennial. I've used a blue sparkle...
5 years agoTed Bluechel Jr., drummer for The Association
We opened for The Association in 1965 or 1966 for a gig in the auditorium of a very big high school in the southern suburbs of Chicago. I really don't...
5 years agoRogers set I got, what model is this set
I have winnowed my drum collection down to a manageable five vintage sets (four regular drum sets and one cocktail set). Of these drum sets, I can fin...
5 years agoRogers set I got, what model is this set
From skins_in_the_game...
5 years agoRogers set I got, what model is this set
From vibes...
5 years agoRogers set I got, what model is this set
Geezzzzz! Here's another post about: "I can't find this exact setup in a catalog. What's it called"? Nothing against you. But, this is a long-standing...
5 years agoLudwig "Hollywood" in Champagne, 1966
I've posted before that the three wraps I never liked in all of my gigging years were WMP, Silver Sparkle, and Champagne Sparkle. Why did I not want a...
5 years agoCosts and Covid-19
I agree with johnnyringo.
5 years agoI Just Bought a Powertone
I made a great buy on a 1963 COB Powertone several years ago. I saw it at a vintage guitar show. It had the wrong snare strainer on it. I bought it fo...
5 years agoRogers 2
There was a "Barrington" type guy in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. I won't mention his real name here. More than one store (including a few Guitar Cente...
5 years agoLudwig "Hollywood" in WMP, Dec 1968
Several years ago, when I first got bitten by the vintage drum bug, I acquired this mid-1960s Rogers set in increments. I first got the bass drum and...
5 years agoPutting Drummers in Plexiglass Cages
Hulaktt, your last paragraph seems to indicate that you are a FORMER worship band member for some very good reasons. Or, am I misinterpreting what you...
5 years ago