Everything about this kit screams Maxwin by Pearl except the tom mount.

Possibly not the original one.

Hy,

i thougts so to when i saw it the firts time! But the Tommount is original, there is nothing changed, i checked it.

Is there a possibility that the Hoshino Gakki Konzern(Star,Tama) something like that kit build?

I know Maxwins pretty well because i made two Restaurations on Maxwins.

look inside the shell.

Usually Star/Tama drums will have diagonally cut seams on the plies and they will be very tight.

Pearl made stencil shells usually have straight cut seams, often with a gap.

They are straight and the have a little gap! You mean that this is a Pearl Production then?

more than likely

These MIT's have no rhyme or reason to their construction-bootlegged Tama this, bootlegged Pearl that,some chubby Rogers lugs ,some "branded lugs like Adam or Blackhawk, and almost always luan shells ,sometimes with, sometimes without Zolocote. The sub-quality castings are the weakest link on these drums, so don't over tighten anything. Spurs,tom mounts and even lug casings will just snap off-

Hi!,

I actually have owned two ROC kits. I bought them both as projects to re-sell. I was curious about their heritage, and got the straight story from a couple folks... mostly from Dana Bentley, who knew the guy that imported them, and may have sold them as well, but I could be wrong about selling them.

In the eighties the guy was advertising them in trade magazines... huge kits for not much money. He'd order the shells from an ROC (Republic Of China) company and assemble them near (or in) San Francisco. Production came screeching to a halt in the late eighties or early nineties when he discovered he was allergic to the wood and wood shavings, and he was getting ill. The build quality seemed pretty much as expected for MIT kits, but the hardware seemed a bit better.

Here's a picture of a 'Vega' badged kit that is supposed to be an ROC in disguise. The tom stand does look similar, but the lugs are different.

Go here for more pictures of the same 'Vega' kit.

http://www.fishwaltz.com/fs12.html

Here's more information from another forum... I'm not sure if David allows links to other forums, so if it disappears, my apologies, David. PM me for the link.

http://www.drumforum.org/index.php?/topic/45418-roc-drums/

I apologise for misunderstanding the subject of specifically ROC brand as opposed to made in ROC/MIT.I spoke to the owner at length about construction and configurations. He was very accommodating and the higher end set still only ended up being about 1/2 the price of an American or other high end set. But,sub grade hardware and gigging 5 nights a week don't go together...