A kit in white wrap turned up at my local Guitar Center. Looks like the inside of the shells had re-rings with some sort of Granitone type finish. 12/13/16/22
Very deep toms, and the 13" rack tom had 8 lugs per head. Bass drum had 12 lugs per head. Floor tom had swivo-type legs (hex) and mounts. Tom holders and spurs are ENORMOUS!
As far as I know,there were two types of shell in the Big R usa made period,earliest was 5 ply with rerings maple poplar,maple etc,some say birch was used in the mix also .After that was the X-P-8 shell,8 ply maple no re rings and clear interior.
Maple........ Birch. Five ply, three maple, two birch. Cross laminated, staggered seams.
Thanks! Some really great info there! Thanks for presenting it so thoroughly!
Were Granitone type interiors used at some point? The ones I saw definitely had re-rings and granitone.
The speckled grey paint inside was used from 1967 to 1975.
