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When did Yamaha start YESS mounts?

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Just picked up an 86 12/13/16/22 piano black kit w/ yess mounts. 86 catalog shows pre-yess mounts.

Chris

Posted on 12 years ago
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I bought a new Recording kit in -91, pre-yess.

My guess is 1992-93....

Ludwig 26" ´75 Green Sparkle
Ludwig Big Beat ´71 Citrus Mod
Sonor Hilite Exclusive Black -90
Yamaha 9000 Sunset Brown ´84
Yamaha 8000 Cobolt Blue ´90
20 different Ludwig B/O snares
Blue Label 602´s, EAK´s and a bunch of vintage A´s.
Posted on 12 years ago
#2
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Contacted Yamaha on this & was told that a letter wasn't applied to badges, & that this was a not so uncommon occurrence. The kit's essentially flawless w/ no mods, so the mounts couldn't have been added aftermarket.

Chris

Posted on 12 years ago
#3
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... also remember that Yamaha allowed YESS as an option after it was introduced, so there will be kits out there sans the YESS when they should be wearing them ... just another fun fact from the kitchen of Chef Zucchini.

by the by ... very cool find, Hobbs. Would love to see some pics of it. I don't regret selling mine, but I do miss the RC kit at times. Good on ya for nabbing this one.Jump For Joy

What Would You Do
Posted on 12 years ago
#4
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hey rogersling -

i'll post some pics tomorrow. My 2nd kit was a Yamaha stage hunk-o-junk in the 80's. I slobbered, dribbled & drooled over the pretty photos from the circa '86 catalog of that massive black RC kit. Now that I have it set up & dinked @ on it it's not what I'm into now. It sounds great w/ t/ original heads (except the bd - having issues tuning it; suspect it's t/ dang reso head w/ t/ heart cut out of it), a bit thick sounding & too bombastic. I've been playing for a while a Ludwig bdp '66 kit w/ J1 etched heads & there's no arguing between the two which has more musicality & nuance; the RC just sits & stares like the strong, silent type, which is hard thing for a kit to do.

The kit I played for a bunch of years & recently sold - Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute champagne sparkle 12/13/14/16/20 - t/ is the kit I'm missing a bit.

The RC was on CL w/ some crappy pics w/ none of those drum green berets t/ scramble units w/in minutes of the post hitting the boards did a thing @; perhaps they thought they were w/ever stage series Y put the exact RC lugs on. Funny thing, the kit had paste 502 cymbals - talk @ a mismatch!

Ciao for now - Chris

From RogerSling

... also remember that Yamaha allowed YESS as an option after it was introduced, so there will be kits out there sans the YESS when they should be wearing them ... just another fun fact from the kitchen of Chef Zucchini.by the by ... very cool find, Hobbs. Would love to see some pics of it. I don't regret selling mine, but I do miss the RC kit at times. Good on ya for nabbing this one.Jump For Joy

Posted on 12 years ago
#5
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Here's a pic of the kit, sling[IMG]http://i1143.photobucket.com/albums/n635/WHWallbanger/RCkit.jpg[/IMG] :

Best - Chris

From RogerSling

... also remember that Yamaha allowed YESS as an option after it was introduced, so there will be kits out there sans the YESS when they should be wearing them ... just another fun fact from the kitchen of Chef Zucchini.by the by ... very cool find, Hobbs. Would love to see some pics of it. I don't regret selling mine, but I do miss the RC kit at times. Good on ya for nabbing this one.Jump For Joy

Posted on 12 years ago
#6
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Oooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh yeah!!! That's a nice kit!

What Would You Do
Posted on 12 years ago
#7
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Nice kit! But it is not from 1986. Maybe 1996....or 2006 :-)

80´s drums have vent hole´s in the badge.

Two badges on each tom. One of them ventilated.

Bass drums had one badge with vent hole in it.

Ludwig 26" ´75 Green Sparkle
Ludwig Big Beat ´71 Citrus Mod
Sonor Hilite Exclusive Black -90
Yamaha 9000 Sunset Brown ´84
Yamaha 8000 Cobolt Blue ´90
20 different Ludwig B/O snares
Blue Label 602´s, EAK´s and a bunch of vintage A´s.
Posted on 12 years ago
#8
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Hey ringo -

Y clarified it isn't an 80's kit; said probably latish 90's - c

From ringo

Nice kit! But it is not from 1986. Maybe 1996....or 2006 :-)80´s drums have vent hole´s in the badge. Two badges on each tom. One of them ventilated.Bass drums had one badge with vent hole in it.

Posted on 12 years ago
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