Hi
This has likely been asked before, so please excuse me for asking again.
Why are Rogers (wood) Dynasonic's so expensive?
60's Black Beauty's, 50's 1 ply Radio King's, 60's Spuraphonic's etc. sell for so much less.
Even the cob dyna's are so much cheaper. I seen one ( wood dyna) at the Chicago show for over 2 grand. The hardware on a cob is the same, is the wooden shell worth over a grand + ? It's not like you don't ever see them on eBay. Confusing !!
They're very rare not a lot of them built, Compared to the brass dynas.
Hi whorwood!
It's simply a matter of supply and demand. There just aren't that many wood shell Dynasonics to go around, so the price goes up. The other drums you mentioned can usually be found more easily than a wood shell Dynasonic. Due to the current economy, prices have come down on many drums, but a wood shell Dynsonic in VG+ condition can still command over $2000! I can't afford that, so I had a custom made shell built and transfered all my hardware from my 1966 5x14 7-line Dynasonic. A beautiful COPY Dynasonic!
-Mark
Hi This has likely been asked before, so please excuse me for asking again.Why are Rogers (wood) Dynasonic's so expensive?60's Black Beauty's, 50's 1 ply Radio King's, 60's Spuraphonic's etc. sell for so much less.Even the cob dyna's are so much cheaper. I seen one ( wood dyna) at the Chicago show for over 2 grand. The hardware on a cob is the same, is the wooden shell worth over a grand + ? It's not like you don't ever see them on eBay. Confusing !!
whorwood!
Not that confusing actually .. because .. and this is the short answer, but accurate ... Rogers did NOT build all that many wood Dynasonics, and especially during the 60's decade which is the era everybody wants. I don't know what the exact ratio is, but to give you an idea: ONE wood Dynasonic for like every 500 COB models, or so. Then, when metal snare drums came into prominence, nobody wanted the wood Dynasonic! Rogers started including the COB version with all their drum sets. Fast forward 40 years or so, and now you have everyone WANTING a wood Dynasonic, except there aren't that many out there... thus, price goes up! I have two WMP models, a 1967 and a 1968, and I remember these were selling for close to $4000.00 each about ten years ago!, which is ridiculous, but that was the price. Prices have come down of course, but still hover at between $1500.00 and $2000.00 for a really nice one, with certain wraps demanding a tad more in certain cases.
Tommyp
We ALL answered within a couple minutes of each other ... but all on the same page of course!
Tommyp
plus 1 tommyp!
I would love to have one!
I'm very happy with my COPY Dynasonic! Here it is with a NOS Rogers Diplomat batter!
-Mark
