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Hi all firstly i am a newbie to this forum and forums in general so thank you for letting me join, and i hope hope this post comes out right.

I have just bought my 9 year old son his second set of drums, he has been drumming for just over a year now with lessons at school and private lessons after school so is very keen an improving by the minute. I thought it was time to show him his hard work has earned him a better set of drums than his starter cheap starter set. While having a drum conversation at work the boss pipes up and says his father-in-law is a retired drummer in his late seventies and looking to sell his kit, he had played in a band for 30 years so i assumed this kit would be half decent, the thing is i know absolutely nothing about drums, i have googled a few things and it seems they could be vintage drums and my search on that has lead me to you guys and i was wondering if you could shed some light on them for me please. they all say "PREMIER EVERPLAY EXTRA PLUS" on the underside heads and have a black label with red P logo on, the symbol has zildjian mini ride cup on and is 18 inch, the other has paiste mellow 15 inch the bass pedal says fleetfeet on, there is a snare, a floor tom, a tom 1, a floor bass, hi hat, symbol, and crash all the stands and all came in cases. so firstly I'm wanting to know if these are a good set of drums still for my boy to play as don't want to let him down, and secondly are they vintage, were they good in there day and what are they worth, what should i have paid for the whole set. many thanks, Paul, ps i will try and add some pics

Posted on 10 years ago
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Premier in general are good drums. Your not going to go wrong with Zildjian as long as they are K or A Zildjians. We really need some pics though to give you a accurate evaluation.

Posted on 10 years ago
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hi Thanks very much for the reply i have tried several times to load pictures but it keeps refusing to let me, it keeps coming up with "your submission could not be processed because a security token was missing" sorry not very good at this, any ideas thanks again.

paul.

Posted on 10 years ago
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Thanks for posting. You've come to the right place for information on vintage drums. Until you figure out the issue with uploading the pictures, check out this link with Premier catalogs:

[INDENT]http://www.vintagedrumguide.com/premier_drumsets.html[/INDENT]

To start, I would begin with the 1958 catalog and search up to 1971.

Also, I have a few questions:

[INDENT]What color are they?

What size are the drums?

Are all of the drum's pieces present (i.e. top and bottom hoops)?[/INDENT]

The good thing is, Premier drums are well built and can usually be purchased for little money.

-Tim

Posted on 10 years ago
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Hi Thank you, that was helpful it is the 202 set in 1971 catalogue, says the snare was one of the best in its day, I'm guessing they have probably come on leaps and bounds since then, it all looks exactly the same, blue shimmer, same stool and hardware, and ours came all wrapped up in the original cases as well, so it seems it was very well looked after if its that old. thanks for all the help its much appreciated.

Posted on 10 years ago
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sorry meant 1972 catalogue.

Posted on 10 years ago
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