I'm not up on the newer shells like I would want to be. It looks like a thin interior ply of maple(?), two large plys of a lighter colored wood, then a large ply of Poplar(?). I would then think that under the wrap there is a thin play of something else as well? Sometimes those large light colored plys can be two plys put together though. Sorry to be confusing!

It's actually a stained wood outer ply, not a wrap.

Looks like a 4-ply to me...

BTW, that interior ply is really nice too!

Thanks! It's funny though, the other drums (12, 16, 22) don't have the "bird's eye" appearance, just straight grain.

On a side note- I bought them used as toms & bass, mint condition from a large national chain retailer . A few months later, I bought a 6 1/2" supra, also mint condition, in a different music store. The supra had the 3/96 date stamp also, so i'm thinking they came from the same original owner who ordered it as a 5-piece, but sold them to two different shops. The 12 & 13 toms had factory installed RIMS mounts, with no other drillings which were an option for kits at that time.

I am thinking there is a thin outer ply for the stain.

Just to add to the confusion.

Wayne

Thats kind of what it looks like to me, too.

Thanks for the input.

Agree with you guys.

So 6 ply?DOH

When is a 4-ply not a 4-ply? When it's a 6-ply! Except when it's a 5-ply. Aaaaarrrggghh! I give up.