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Royce Drums?
no name, made in japan restoration snare. sounds amazing! die cast hoops, re-rings, mahogany, very old but cleaned up so nice! $30 on ebay but I pu...
10 years agoRoyce Drums?
here's the Royce kit I was given. made in Taiwan early '80s i believe. I love the sound I'm getting outta these tubs! i found the snare (mij, no na...
10 years agoRoyce Drums?
Royce from the '60s-'80s at least were made in Taiwan (NOT Japan or China) for Westheimer Corp of Northbrook, Ill in the US along with Cort and Harmon...
10 years agoKingston Drums?
Here's a Kingston badged snare made of that low grade mahogany with re-enforcement rings top and bottom bearing edges. I must say it sounds incredibl...
10 years agoKingston Tiger Eye Swirl
My percussionist gave me this kit he found out on someone's curb in the trash. It was in sad shape, had rainwater in snare and kick and the hardware...
10 years agoKingston Drums?
yah when we were kids growin' up in the '60s when everyone wanted to be a drummer we argued about which Japan kits were better, Maxwin or Maxitone, Ma...
10 years agoKingston Drums?
the snare is sweet! it's got a nice sharp crack to it. the whole kit is nice really. all I need is two repro stick saver hoops and 6 slingy copy lu...
10 years agoKingston Drums?
friend gave me this Kingston (Japan) 4pc with matching snare in what they called Tiger Eye Swirl. they're mahogany with re-rings but the mahogany is...
10 years agoroyce drums
so now I've got old '78 Ludwigs I've had for 25 years, 5 piece Majestic mij, 4 pc Kingston mij, 5 pc Royce miTaiwan, 5 pc Sound Percussion china and a...
10 years agoroyce drums
hey fish glad to meet you too! you're right about Acrolite snare drums. they really pop. I've got one acquired for $50 bones. sounds different tha...
10 years agoMontgomery Ward, Sears, Spiegel Catalog drum sets?
yeah man I wore those monkey wards and sears catalogs out thumbing to those same pages. if I remember it was still hundreds of dollars ($6-$800 or so...
10 years agoKingston Drums?
I've said on this forum before that with a little love and decent heads any of these stencil kits can be set up to sound good. Some of these kits are...
10 years agoroyce drums
it appears that the Royce kit my guitar player gave me (he found it in the trash) is a special one. the bass drum has ten lugs and appears to be made...
11 years agoroyce drums
yeah man I just picked up a 5 piece Royce (snare was newer percussion plus chrome) and the shells appear to be birch or a coarser grain maple as oppos...
11 years agoThe Fruits of Labor...
yeah man my wife bought me a kit exactly like this except it had the snare and two mounted toms along with the 14" floor. she paid a whole $50.00 for...
11 years ago