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Trixon / Vox drums - a little info and clarification please

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I'm curious to know more about the Trixon/Vox drum kits and hoping that some experts here could provide me with some info, and answer a few questions for me.

Was the 'Luxus' kit the only one that Trixon produced with regular and conventional shape shells and if so, were the rebranded Vox drums that Trixon produced that were of regular shape exactly the same as the Luxus apart from the 'Vox' branding on the kick drum tention rods?  

What size shells were available for the Trixon Luxus/Vox drums, both in diameter and depth?

 

Posted on 2 days ago
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This should get you started and keep you busy for a long time.

www.trixondrums.de

Posted on 2 days ago
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Thanks Buckie_B.
I have previously visited that website which is a fantastic resource, but I couldn't any info relating to my question regarding the Vox rebranded kit/s. Would love to know if there was anything unique about these particular kits that differentiated them from the standard Trixon line, or if these were simply the likes of the Luxus kits  with a Vox sticker applied to the shells and Vox branded tention rods on the bass drum.  

Posted on 2 days ago
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It is my opinion that the Vox production line marketed in the USA by The Thomas Organ Co. to target the newly hip young buyers influenced by English pop and American psychedelia, was in essence the basic drum formerly known as Luxus and Speedfire but was showing a definite "degredation" in terms of quality of castings and hoops, increased usage of plastic and nylon parts instead of the earlier metal, newly retooled floor tom leg assembles, ship form sockets, shell mount cymbal holders, and T-rods, adhesive sticker badges rather than the tacked metal Trixon logo badge, etc., all in apparent attempts to reduce production costs. There were still some quality drums to be found in the output but when compared to the Trixon output of earlier decades the difference is quite stark. 

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VDF member diamond is a guru when it comes to Trixon drums...Reach out to him...

Cheers

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