I enlarged the photo and these are the serial numbers I see:

floor tom - 112xxx

bass - 89xxx

tom - 81xxx

snare 17xxx

The numbers are not that far apart, and the ride tom has a very late number for a flat grey Dayton drum - probably made shortly before the switch to speckled paint.

The very light paint inside the bass makes sense: it has a low serial number for a speckled Dayton drum - meaning it's an early one, and they did not settle on the well-known shade of speckled grey for a little while.

Those shop stickers are all original and well worn. They tie this kit together in one of the best ways possible. I have little doubt this kit was delivered as a set. The drums were obviously built during the early CBS transition, and they were built in the midst of significant production changes being made. The bass being a lefty and the tom being a lefty tie them together as well.

Franks was a big shop and moved a lot of drums. It's possible that they assembled this kit from single drums they had in stock prior to delivery. Dealers did not always keep kits together and often had orphans on the shelf so they could gather what the customer wanted and get them out the door. Again, I have little doubt the kit left the shop together.

The stickers also are proof that none of these were rewrapped.

Too bad about the cracks on the bass seam, but they're not serious.

Overall, a special kit, in my opinion. And worth close to the asking price.

By the way, those serial tags had to be dampened like an old stamp before being affixed to the drum. I've seen others that also looked to have been saturated and then dried.

Thanks Dan! Man, you are a wealth of info (just when I thought I knew a little about Rogers)! Thanks so much for re-affirming my thoughts on this. I'm curious now (because of your comment on blowing up the pics to see the serial #'s & also another members comment on "not showing the serial #'s". On my computer, below the description there are great high-def pics of the kit including huge pics of the tags (labeled with size) with the serial #'s. Are you not seeing those pics? It made me paranoid about bidding to see that folks here thought something shady was going on in the auction as if seller was trying to hide something (which I didn't pick up on when viewing). It seems forthright to me in every way, but I come here to see/read things that I may have missed or did not catch. Thanks again!

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I've been looking for an original Rogers bop kit for a long time (3 years) & haven't seen anything legit for sale in forever. I've played 60's Camco & Gretsch bop sets before (which were awesome) but have always wanted a 60's Rogers bop kit because as far as tuning range goes, Rogers takes the cake due to their bearing edge profiles (in my humble opinion, & I've owned 60's kits by all the big boys).

Cool Stuff-

You might want to get this kit instead-

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300956403549?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

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Thanks for the heads up on this other Rogers BOP that surfaced. How crazy that there's nothing around forever & then 2 pop up at the same time! Wow! Well, I looked at that one really good but am still hooked on the Red Onyx. To me, Red Onyx is thee quintessential Rogers associated color of the 60's. Also, to me the Red Onyx set looks like it's a little cleaner, plus the splits on the Red Onyx are on the bottom of the bass drum where no one (including me!) would ever see (and they've been repaired & are laying flat). The other set has splits on the 12" where they are very visible at all times. Lastly, Rogers 8 lug wood snares are one of the best sounding snare drums, hands-down, that I've ever played. To have one born with a rare kit would be of significant value to me.

This is a tough one though, I really hope I don't have to get both now!

Welcome and good observations. Rogers did make lefty kits. This is a nice bop kit, although a few minor repairs to the wrap.

Regarding price..... They are probably in the ballpark. I have heard of no excuses exceptional Clev bop kits bringing in that range. As with anything, condition, condition, condition....

A Gretsch RB bop kit can bring twice that price, and personally, I will take the Rogers any day.

Thanks for the welcome & your input Power Tone! I agree.

So who ended up getting the Blue Strata Bop Kit? Anyone here?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/300956403549...84.m1423.l2649

Cool Stuff?

I asked some questions on some important (to me) things that I felt were vague in the description & needed verification of before I was willing to bid. The seller responded quickly and confirmed that the 12" had splitting in multiple panels. I asked to see a pic of the splitting with the whole drum pictured so I could see the split sizes in relative to the drum. It was also not clear which panels had the splitting & he did not say. He said he'd send me pics this morning, but as we all know it was long gone by then.

It also concerned me that almost every blue or pink strata Rogers drum I've ever seen has had splits in it. I know Red Onyx is prone to splitting as well, but I've seen & had many un-split red Onyx examples.

I was worried that within a short period of time all 3 drums would have splitting due to its fragile nature. I play my drums & am not interested in owning any that are merely a decoration that I'm scared to play.

I actually felt a little relieved when I saw that it sold because I was trying to convince myself to buy it (& I'm reeaaally good at doing that).

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Im glad you had the disciplined finger. I some times think I need to Go to DA class- (Drummers Anonymous) Im sure everyone here is need of this class sometimes...........but im real proud of you. Inspiration and encouragement for me.

Patience and that Rogers Bop will arrive-the one you really want.

mine did-

for an amazing price-

Cheers-

Stunning - I'm a Gretsch guy....but i recognise a beautiful kit when I see one....no matter what brand it is....It's all good. Love the finish.....and the drumsParty