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Premier 707

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DJ welcome to the forum and beautiful kit man~! Great job on them. Eye Ball

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 11 years ago
#11
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From blairndrums

...BTW..I think your Golden Sun kit is 1973..as far as I know...that Lokfast mount didn't come out till then.....Welcome!

Thanks! That's correct. Here's that '72 Pic (different Holders):

[IMG]http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p287/shopmouse4/707/07.jpg[/IMG]

From blairndrums

Also..what cymbals are you using?..they sound very nice!

Thanks. I'm a proud Paiste Endorser and those in the Video are all Dark Energy Series 21", 17", 19" and Vintage Hats...

'73 Premier 707 Golden Sun 2x22/13/14/16
'72 Premier 303 Silver Star 20/12/14/16
'73 Premier Silver Star 22/13/16
'75 Premier Silver Star 18/12/14
2000 Snare, Hi-Fi Silver Star (Wood), Hi-Fi (Brushed Chrome)
'60s Flush Base and '70s Lokfast Hardware Sets

'70s Ludwig B/O Kit Silver Sparkle
Supra Phonic, Black Beauty, '67 Acrolite

Paiste Dark Energy Set, Giant Beat Set
Paiste 602 Hats and Flat Ride
Paiste 2oo2 Ride
Zildjian K Set
Posted on 11 years ago
#12
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I grabbed a 707 (Superstar in the States) kit out of Craigslist around 2 years ago for $425 to my door! Gloss Black finish...a la Keith Moon..

Kit had around a 1/8" of nicotine on all the shells AND hardware..NASTY!

Heads were shot etc etc..

I cleaned them top to bottom..put all new heads on..then decided kit was taking up too much room..so sold 1 of the 22" BD shells to a Forumite to make a Who tribute kit...

Then,sold the 22,13,16 as a kit....and I STILL have a 8 by 12 and 14 by 14 left..if I could just find that elusive 14 by 20 BD in gloss black..I would have a sweet Jazz kit!

But..all I seem to find from the 70's are 22" :-(

Anyone?

"Always make sure your front bottom BD lugs clear the ground!"
Posted on 11 years ago
#13
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An odd thing about Premier...

I have a pamphlet entitled.."New For 72!"

It mentions they now offer a 9 by 13 tom!

So,if your kit has of those...you know it's at least from 72 onwards...

Why the heck did they wait so long to offer that size?Lame

"Always make sure your front bottom BD lugs clear the ground!"
Posted on 11 years ago
#14
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I just have to chime in one more time to say this, I love your drums! Saw some blue Premeires at the Chicago show last week, didnt even ask how much, I knew I couldnt come close to affording them.


Thank you!
Jeff C

"Enjoy every sandwich" Warren Zevon
Posted on 11 years ago
#15
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From thornbeck

...Is the wrap plastic based or metal. It looks like brushed metal and it's really classy.Thanks for sharing,-Tim

Hi Tim,

It's a thin Metal based Wrap which Premier categorized as 'Metalised' Finish. Offered in 'Golden Sun and 'Silver Star'.

'73 Premier 707 Golden Sun 2x22/13/14/16
'72 Premier 303 Silver Star 20/12/14/16
'73 Premier Silver Star 22/13/16
'75 Premier Silver Star 18/12/14
2000 Snare, Hi-Fi Silver Star (Wood), Hi-Fi (Brushed Chrome)
'60s Flush Base and '70s Lokfast Hardware Sets

'70s Ludwig B/O Kit Silver Sparkle
Supra Phonic, Black Beauty, '67 Acrolite

Paiste Dark Energy Set, Giant Beat Set
Paiste 602 Hats and Flat Ride
Paiste 2oo2 Ride
Zildjian K Set
Posted on 11 years ago
#16
Posts: 1142 Threads: 134

DJ,

Great video of your 303 kit. You play with feeling.

-Tim

Posted on 11 years ago
#17
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From rosautomatic

Oops, sorry!English language eludes me sometimes.Lokfast!

LOL! To the contrary, your english is quite elegant. I'm sure most of us wouldn't do so well in Bulgarian!

1964 Ludwig Champagne Super Classic
1970 Ludwig Blue Oyster Super Classic
1977 Rogers Big R Londoner 5 ebony
1972/1978 Rogers Powertone/Big R mix ebony
60's Ludwig Supersensitive
Pearl B4514 COB snare ( the SC snare)
Pearl Firecracker
PJL WMP maple snare
Odds & Sods

Sabians, Paistes, Zildjians, Zyns, UFIPs, MIJs etc
Item may be subject to change!
Posted on 11 years ago
#18
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From thornbeck

DJ,Great video of your 303 kit. You play with feeling.-Tim

Thanks Tim, glad you like it. There's new Videos in the Making, also the 707 involved....

Lars

'73 Premier 707 Golden Sun 2x22/13/14/16
'72 Premier 303 Silver Star 20/12/14/16
'73 Premier Silver Star 22/13/16
'75 Premier Silver Star 18/12/14
2000 Snare, Hi-Fi Silver Star (Wood), Hi-Fi (Brushed Chrome)
'60s Flush Base and '70s Lokfast Hardware Sets

'70s Ludwig B/O Kit Silver Sparkle
Supra Phonic, Black Beauty, '67 Acrolite

Paiste Dark Energy Set, Giant Beat Set
Paiste 602 Hats and Flat Ride
Paiste 2oo2 Ride
Zildjian K Set
Posted on 11 years ago
#19
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The guys here are probably sick of me saying this but I think Premier had a brilliant artistic design aesthetic. Their Lokfast stand design is the only elegantly designed cymbal/drum mounting apparatus ever made as a production design as far as I am aware. Truly pieces of art. Everything else is just chromed tubes and band steel that serve the purpose. On top of that, their chrome work was second to none. Premier drums also sounded great.

The work you did on that kit is just fantastic. Thanks for posting!

tnsquint
Very proud owner of a new Blaemire Snare 6.5 x 14 made by Jerry Jenkins "Drumjinx"
Posted on 11 years ago
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