They the drum were hear in the u.s. i would be over buying them at 275.00 for a set of 1960's yamaha's with a matching snare its a very good deal....I say go get them....Mikey p.s. i do have the t-rods for the bass....also still have the other parts we P.M. about--trade for snare??

Thanks Mikey. Unfortunately the seller had second thoughts and pulled it off the market. Never mind.

Haven't forgotten about the snare and as soon as I can get my hands on it i'll be in touch. It's here but buried under 10 tonnes of stuff.

Cheers

Andrew

:2Cents:For whats it worth those Yams are unreal sounding!..VERY resonant with Ambs top n bottom.I,d say they are eequal to anything,if not better.

Thanks Wayne, but this isn't making me feel any better about not pulling the trigger quick enoughCool Dude. It was the 6 lug bass drum that made me hesitate. The seller set them up to take more photos for me and realised he couldn't part with them. Can't say I blame him really.

I think some yamaha shells from that era had birch or beech in the shell composition, earlier had luan with solid wood re rings,It looks from the picture that the kick could have different lugs ,they look more generic to me,and more like the snare lugs,the tom lugs look like the "tailight" style lug that yammy used for the earliest version of the recording series.Could be a transition type set or pieced together.Cool looking kit for sure,Maybe the guy will change his mind after he let's them sit there doing nothing for awhile.I have seen really nice complete late 60's early 70's sets go for 400.00 to 500.00 U.S but that kit looks like more in the 300.00 350.00 range tops to me.

Well I finally did buy this set. I ended up paying a bit more for them but they came with some modern hardware, hihat cymbals, wood hoops (as well as the originals), a whole set of lugs, mounting hardware, hoops etc off an identical kit that someone had removed the wrap from. He still has the shells that I hope to get if possible to do a re-wrap. Also came with another same model Yamaha wood snare that just needs a lever for the throw-off. The lever just screws in. Mikey -do you have one?

The kit is in amazing condition, the only thing missing being the inlay for the original metal hoops...and of course the original stands and pedals. Even has most of the original heads as well the new ones he fitted.

I will still strip and clean everything despite the great shape they're in. Will post new pics when done. Here it is now though.

And the snare drums...

Man, Those are the bomb! They are enjoying a huge spike in value. Even if you paid twice that, they are going for 750 and up in the states. And you got a bonus snare to boot, and the more rarely found Red Willow (if memory tells serves, that would be the name) wrap, the snare I can't tell you what the color is, unless it is faded blue willow.

great pics, just started making an L arm for my yammy kit and now know which tom mount is original as kit i have was set up with another rack tom, rail mount was moved to do this, so unwanted holes. will post some pics of my little baby.