Lots of catalogue scans at:

www.drumarchive.com/premier

Also, try the guys on mikedolbear - being brits, that´s the people to ask about anything Premier:

http://www.mikedolbear.com/forum/default.asp

But first - take som good pics, also of smaller parts like lugs and so on - and put them up at picasaweb or someplace like that.

This will help people help you!

Regards

Jon

Most likely those are XPKs or APKs. These are made of Birch/Euculyptus(sp?)/Birch. Decent kit. I had an XPK (red rosewood stain) new from 1998, just sold to a friend when I bought my new maples (Ddrum Dominions). The kick is great, toms are great, floor can be ok- but it was a 14incher that disappointed me - not able to be tuned deep enough. I was still able to tune it to sound good - just not as deep(low) as desired. As for craftsmanship - GREAT quality.

....so long as you are dealing with an XPK here.......

BTW, mine was in excellent shape (only a couple scrapes on the BD). I bought mine new in '98 for $800 (5 piece). Sold it last summer for about $340. If this one in question is same kit in same condition, $350 is a fair price. If their price is lower (and again-great condition) then anything else is a great deal. You'll LOVE the kick.

Good luck,

John

If the interior colour is black, it's an a/xpk. All nice drums those Premiers. If money were no object, I'd have a hundred Premier kits, even the a/xpk ones.

Thanks guys. Mine have clear birch (I guess) interiors with lacquer outsides. They cleaned up nicely. So it sounds like they are XPK series. What, late 90's? Are they REALLY made in England like it says on the badge?

At least the badges must be...

No, really, I think that if the badges says so, they are.

Pictures is a must....as late as the late nineties, series had names, Genista, Cabria.....

So, please, upload a couple of pics of badges, lugs, hardware - and general shots of the kit!

Regards

Jon