A poor copy M.I.T. of a O.C.D.P. snare....Mikey

M.I.T. copy?

M.I.T. = made in Taiwan.

HB drums is/was out of Huntington Beach, California. They attempted to sell their kits on eBay and didn't fare too well. They went on and on about how great the kits were, but in reality, where no better than typical MIT kits of the time. A friend of mine purchased a snare drum advertised as maple. What a joke it turned out to be! Cheap wood wrapped in a faux maple finish. The strainer literaly fell apart on first use and the cheap shell would actually crumble! Now, I'm not saying that your 18-ply snare is this bad. If you can verify the actual wood and components, and are happy with the drum, enjoy it! Just hope you didn't pay too much for it!

Mark

this is why I love vintage.

I got the snare brand new in the box for $60- and from what I've read on the particular snare it's gotten great reviews. I agree tho, nothing beats vintage, not just with instruments but music as well. That's why I'm a nostalgist.

Someday I'll get a powertone or dynasonic when I get the $-

mark, Do you recall maybe 3 or 4 years ago on C/L H.B was selling out their drums they had a warehouse full on new sets hardwear ete..They wanted 3,000.00..I went and looked at them made an offer of 2,000.00 and did not get the drums they were total junk set/s.Mikey

The snare drum I got is a quality snare tho. Like I said 18ply birch, great sound,, they might've made some poor quality drums in a different series but the "Duke" series it pretty top notch from what I've read and from what I've experienced. And for playing surf music it accommodates that.

I have one of these as well. Throw off fell apart pretty darn quick. Sounds decent, but it's definitely not a high end drum in my books. The quality of the hardware just isn't there and the there's some separation of the wood plies on mine. Cool looking drum though - it does get compliments.