Here are some pics of my first drum kit ever, an Amati. I think I still have the kick pedal somewhere around here.Gilnar, you can see a set of Romanian 'Doina' drums in the last pic, the red ones. Like I said, not too interesting :)
There`s a thread on the Vintage Drum Forum section right now about our 'first drum kits' including all brands of drums.You should post these on there-very cool set and i`ve never seen one.
Wayne
That's alright -- alu-foil stickers are original. It's 80's version drums with multilayer shells. There were a diecast logo for that version placed on double tom-mount --- missing on this kit.George.
Thanks George :) That Amati sounds great, probably it comes from beech wood :)
You can easy to define this - the Amati shells interiors were inky marked---- B - beech, or M - maple.
George.
You can easy to define this - the Amati shells interiors were inky marked---- B - beech, or M - maple.George.
Hmm, are you sure about this, George? It might have been different with export shells, but the Amatis I have are marked differently. For example, rack tom has "H," snare and bass have "E", et cetera. I am quite certain that From the early 60s, Amati used beech exclusively for their drums and while I have a 1960 snare shell from birch (or possibly poplar) with beech re-rings, I've never seen a maple Amati. "H" or "E" couldn't possibly mean any drum wood in Czech or English. It might be some sort of factory code, I mean, it sure is, but I don't think it would indicate types of wood.
Once again, I don't know anything about how much were export Amatis different from those meant for domestic market.
Hmm, are you sure about this, George? It might have been different with export shells, but the Amatis I have are marked differently. For example, rack tom has "H," snare and bass have "E", et cetera. I am quite certain that From the early 60s, Amati used beech exclusively for their drums and while I have a 1960 snare shell from birch (or possibly poplar) with beech re-rings, I've never seen a maple Amati. "H" or "E" couldn't possibly mean any drum wood in Czech or English. It might be some sort of factory code, I mean, it sure is, but I don't think it would indicate types of wood.Once again, I don't know anything about how much were export Amatis different from those meant for domestic market.
This one Amati belonged to "JNA" (former Yugoslav People Army :) ). So, I think it was "domestic", ie Czechoslowakien...
Hi Gilnar,
Well, I don't know what about domestic market... :) But in former SU Amati were marked whole correctly - it was definitely true on wood.
And now let you see a couple of amusing pics - the US ambassador in Russia, Korea (now deputy NATO head) Mr. Alexander Vershbow playing on Amati in 2005 with russian country-folk-band "Corn"... :D
Cheers,
George.
Wow, so there were MAPLE Amatis? That's kind of amazing... I've never seen one!
And those pics are great, too!!
