DJ welcome to the forum and beautiful kit man~! Great job on them. Eye Ball
Premier 707
Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
...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):
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Thanks. I'm a proud Paiste Endorser and those in the Video are all Dark Energy Series 21", 17", 19" and Vintage Hats...
'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
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?
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
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
'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
DJ,
Great video of your 303 kit. You play with feeling.
-Tim
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!
'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
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!
Very proud owner of a new Blaemire Snare 6.5 x 14 made by Jerry Jenkins "Drumjinx"
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