This was a first and I'm still in a little bit of shock. I've come across good and not so good MIJ drums. Typically they fall into a certain range and I get what I expect. Every so often I'll find a gem and be taken back by the build quality. But this one baffled me. And the badge it had ( though missing before I got it ) was of oval shape. I can still see the glue residue on the finish.
No Bearing Edges!!??!!
Not a Guru, just addicted to drums
- Jay
Fayray - any chance you can get a few photos of your flat edges? Curious if they were identical to mine.
Not a Guru, just addicted to drums
- Jay
Yep, That's what the snare looked like. Looks like the only difference I can see is my snare has the re-ring and it doesn't look like your tom does. But it terms of MIJ, that's not saying much,lol
Not a Guru, just addicted to drums
- Jay
Anybody who knows kent drums has seen various levels of bearing edge care. I bought a set this summer and the 15x15 has almost no bearing edge on the bottom. It's like they forgot or were in a hurry or something cause the rest of the set at least has them cut. I haven't checked how true they are but this may be my first foray into cutting edges if I can learn to use a router. The drum sounds good the way it is but i bet it could sound better.
Gorgeous Kit. I have a 60's Kent kit myself. 20" Bass,12" Tom and 14" Snare. Fantastic sounding drums before they started buying MIJ shells as the company was going under.
Not a Guru, just addicted to drums
- Jay
But no edges at all? ...........this I did not notice I will admit I am not really an edge guy and that most of the kits I have were mainly purchased because of how they look rather than how I might be able to make them sound.
Kenwood - I predict that over the next couple years, you will enjoy discovering the sound potential of these drums you have.....unless you never intend to play them at all, which IMHO would be silly. I have always liked the idea that I would have a choice of what kit to take to any given gig. Sometimes color makes a significant difference in terms of how it/you will fit in to the band/gig. Prime example is my RBS/TEP Whitehall kit used for the typical country/blues material in this part of the country I am currently in (North Dakota).
2Timothy1:7
Hello John you may be right about that pal
I am starting to think that few, If any at all, of the Hoshino made drums
are cut for bearing edges
Here we have a blue sparkle Crown mounted tom with eight lugs per side
Making it in my opinion as deluxe a Hoshino shell, as one might find
Note the complete lack of a bearing edge
It is virtually the same as all the other examples posted
I am partial to these Hoshino drum kits
so this may serve to make me an edge guy after all
What size tom is that 14"? And I guess no edges were far more common than I ever thought.
Not a Guru, just addicted to drums
- Jay
Hello ARCHxANGEL
The tom is actually a twelve inch
So anyway the Jury is still out on these three Hoshino kits
But it is not looking good GRRRRRR!!!!!
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