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Removing the wrap from Rogers "Big R" set
Thanks, guys. That's just what I needed to know. I still haven't figured out what I'm going to do, yet. The cracking is not really bad at this poin...
7 years agoRemoving the wrap from Rogers "Big R" set
Well, the wraps on a couple of drums in my 1976 Rogers "Big R" set have finally started to crack. Because of this I'm starting to look at my options...
7 years agoyear of Fibes drums
I had a bass drum and floor tom with the badge shown in the fourth picture. I still have the sales receipt dated August, 1973.
8 years agoThis is the Display Your Fibes Drums Thread
It may be tacky of me to take advantage of your query, but I currently have a set on ebay. It is a fiberglass set from 1971 finished in black "Fivel"...
8 years agoAn unique Rogers characteristic
Funkypoodle - Yes, I've owned both and they each had the same smell. I don't think it's a simple matter of the speckled paint vs. flat. I suspect i...
8 years agoAn unique Rogers characteristic
Schmegeggie - Yes, I bought them in 1976, right after I got my first job that paid real money. I played them for about a year or two and then life s...
8 years agoAn unique Rogers characteristic
mchair303, Brace yourself for the oncoming flashback. Denny
8 years agoAn unique Rogers characteristic
Quite the contrary. I also own a set of Fibes, but the smell from those is strictly chemical. They remind me more of a Corvette body repair shop tha...
8 years agoAn unique Rogers characteristic
I recently started cleaning up a set of Rogers "Big R" drums that I had stored in a closet for the last 35 or 40 years. When I removed the batter hea...
8 years agoFibes Black Fivel Shell pack on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/152234713525?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
8 years agoThis is the Display Your Rogers Drums Thread
In case you might be interested - Rogers vintage 1977 in Metallic Gold 8x12 9x13 10x14 12x15 16x16 16x18 4x6 and 4x8 bongos/toms Custom 14x26 bass....
9 years ago