Andrew, that's funny because my friend's great sounding recording set also has pinstripes on the toms. They are modern ones though and far livelier than classic 80s pins. They aren't far from a G2 sound.I have long been infatuated with NZ and I wonder what the drum wildlife is like there. It seems like there would be lots of Premier, Pearl and Yamaha. Is that close?
That's good to know about the pin stripes. They are pretty much new so we'll see how they sound when I've put it all back together.
You're right about the drum life here. Premiers and MIJ are most common and in the 60s there were a lot of bands playing Trixon but they rarely surface now. We seemed to be a place where manufacturers sent hard to move inventory. I have a 64 oyster pink Slingerland kit that was sold new here and I know of a similar kit that will be coming up for sale soon, also sold new here. There is at least one more knocking around as well. I also picked up a Hayman BOP kit that are rare pretty much everywhere. As you'd know, rare usually means unpopular when they were new.
