Well, what is the era, and shell sonstruction, and with the pitting on the snare, that will take a little of, but since that is not an oft seen set, I'd say 500, maybe 700? All in how much is someone willing to pay.

All of sudden MIJ are starting get out of hand, and it is sad this is happening. Yamaha should, by all right, bring more as they did not engage in the stencil biz, as far as we know, and have almost always built professional quality gear, no matter what it is. Pianos, guitars, flutes, whatever, it is high quality stuff.

I am afraid this current trend is going to continue, because certain people think MIJ all of a sudden deserve a higher place in the food chain, when most people know better. I find it discomforting to see a stencil kit sell for more than a couple hundred bucks, and there are some now advertised for 3 times that.

Anyway, 5-700. My opinon, and I hope it is at least acceptable, as it were. But another may say 1000.....again, that is way into Ludwig territory, and so is 750. But this is a Yamaha, so it DOES deserve the rating of closer to Luds and Rogers....not a stencil kit, no matter how nice, and I certainly wouldn't try to sell my nice MIJ stencils for that.

I dont think MIJ gear is getting out of hand at all.You can still p/u kits for 150 and snare drums for 30-50.Thats pretty cheap.What i do notice more of is prime,complete,original,sets showing up in like new condition.This is just one of those cycles that pop up and will soon exhaust itself in a month or two.Look at Kent drums.You could,nt find one anywhere,then BOOM!!..they flooded the bay.

Sites like this are creating awareness for MIJ gear,and dont kid yourself,those USA only drummers are starting to notice,and i,d wager even picking up a piece here and there..Not that they,d admit itCoffee Break2

When they realize how these old 3 ply kits sound, you can bet they will pick one up for a gigging kit so they don't have to drag their irreplacable Lud/Sling/Rogers/Gretsch to the bars anymore, we won't be able to afford them because they will start...PM sent.

This kit sold on ebay last fall for $346. It's a 1970's Yamaha 6ply birch shells 20, 16, 13, no snare.

As its been pointed out to me,these kits are not 100% birch.They are blended with mahogany,which is a good thing really.They sound beautiful.

My take on this one, it was not a catalog set up, was it? Maybe someone pieced it together or bought odd sizes because I am sure they did come as a set, did they? I meant look at the different config, what would they call it? Not jazz, not rock, didn't really call them "fusion" back then...as a cataloged set, they would have been 20-12-14, 22-13-16, 24-12-13-16...or a bop kit 18-12-14, and since Wayne's is a cataloged kit, I would think as a complete kit, it will bring more.

Whats interesting about my kit is that ALL the serial numbers are the same..#5424,even the steel snare drum...Does this make it a "family"?Kiss