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So, I traded the wmp Slingerland for this 60's Trixon kit in a blue sparkle finish. It has the original tom arm as well. This is the first time I had met John and when we were done, he says, "You seem like a cool guy, I want to show you something." He takes me to a room that has a few mint condition vintage Pearl kits in very rare wraps, then he says, "I don't take many people into this room." He opens the door and there was at least 30 mint condition kits stacked very neatly on either side of the room, along with many snare drums. He said he bought one from Bun E. Carlos. This was his collection and were not for sale. There was a 60's wmp Ludwig that looked like it was made earlier that day! He told me to keep a look out for nice gear and if he buys anything I find ,he will pay me a finders fee, although, it didn't look like he needed much help. This was one fun day.

Btw, the sizes are, 9x13,16x16,14x20

Posted on 9 years ago
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The kit looks great...

Bop iT / Til U Drop iT.

ROGER's
1964 Cleveland,.18/14/12 in WMP
1966 Cleveland, 20/14/12 O'natural.
Fullerton,...20/16/13/12 Silver Glass

WFL
1957 B/R Super Classics In WMP

Snares..
Wood & COB Powertones,
Wood & COB Dynasonics,
57 Jazz Festival

Zildjian avedis cymbals.
40s/60s era.
Posted on 9 years ago
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nice!

one thing to be careful with is not to overtighten the kick spurs or the rack tom mount; the ends will mushroom and you won't be able to back them fully out without stripping the inside of the bracket.

I found this out the hard way. :(

Posted on 9 years ago
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How do you like them Mark? Very cool drums. I liked the faded blue one you had posted as well. You always score cool stuff. I like seeing them all thx.....and.......Congrats!

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 9 years ago
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I played bd and hg tom with two slingy ft 18 x 20 and 16 the trixons were so small teardrop that I loved playing them red sparkel and chrome over wood slingys I rocked that set up for years with a Gretch 10 lug round badge cob snare I think one of the best sets I ever had

April 2nd 1969 scarfed pink champagne holly wood and 65/66 downbeat snare, and , supra same year very minty kit old pies
66/67 downbeat with canister
Super 400 small round knob
1967 super classic obp





once the brass ceases to glitter, and the drum looses its luster, and the stage remains dark, all you have left is the timbre of family.
Posted on 9 years ago
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As a guy who plays a 1967 set of Trixon Telstars, I should point out that that with Trixons, you need to be really careful with the hardware, because all the screws and lugs are metric, and if you strip them, you cant just go down to GC and get replacements. In fact, since no one MAKES replacements, you need to find old stock Trixon parts and its often hard to do. I have decided not to gig with mine as they are too valuable. I'll gig with my early 60s KENTS, if they get damaged, who cares?

Posted on 9 years ago
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Nice score! I had a Trixon Luxus from 67-68 and yeah, I wouldn't gig with em. I got my set for that purpose (inspired by Clyde Stubblefield playing them with James Brown), but I couldn't take the anxiety so I parted with mine. As stated, you ever need to replace hardware, you're in trouble.The head sizes were standard, but the early 60s ones with teardrop lugs are metric. The ones with the tank style lugs with the gray plastic casing take regular heads. BD sounded great - reminded me of a Gretsch with the Pratt style muffler (with a plastic knob, nonetheless). Could never get the toms to work in any other range than a very low thud so they were 0 for 2 for playing out, but they're very cool looking drums and have some funky, cool hardware. They're the best photo op kits around and can sound good in certain ranges if you're patient.

Posted on 9 years ago
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From johnnyringo

... Now, if I strip out one of the tension rods, I'd be in trouble, but like I said, I'm very careful. Overall, the Trixon is now one of my favorite kits.What are these Luxus kits worth? I can't find any information anywhere, thanks.

The tension rods will be OK, as far as stripping ... that's a short tension rod in the cymbal arm bracket base, you can tighten it pretty good.

But the others will be fine if you don't back them out all the way - IF the tip of the bolt hasn't mushroomed. My problem happened when I wanted to take things apart - when I backed out the bass spur bolt, there was quite a bit of resistance. Stupid me kept on backing it out, and it stripped the inside of the bracket.

Depending on the part, TruValue has a great nuts n' bolts aisle - a lot of metric stuff.

The value of Trixon is what you paid for it - sorry to sound so simple, but Trixon is so rare, but not so desired ... almost like a "Trekkie" cult of sorts.

Glad you enjoy your kit. You got a good one with all hardware present (that cymbal tilter especially). The fade on the wrap is unfortunate, but most of their wraps did not age well, no matter how they were stored.

Posted on 9 years ago
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From johnnyringo

Thanks, the fade isn't actually too bad, I think it's the lighting, or lack of, in the room I took the pictures. I'll have some better pictures from our outdoor gig up soon.

one nice thing about their glitter is that it is glass, but finer particles than most ... they will really light up under stage lighting

Posted on 9 years ago
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I have an aqua set of Luxus. I use mine in a permanent rehearsal space. They sound great, good round tone and very playable.

Though I expect some of the wiggles come with age: the tom arm toothed joint is wigglier than it ought and the floor tom likes to shimmy along on it's skinny little legs (hose clamps added to keep the legs from slipping).

Like many, I do not have the cymbal arm--wonder where they all got to?

I had to replace a few of the spacers when I bought the kit, turns out there are at least a couple of different spacers out there and they are different enough to cause probs on reassembly.

The wrap feels more leathery to me than some more contemporary wraps. I wonder if it came from another supplier. Many, including mine, seem to have a bit of a seam lift issue--though easily fixed.

The shells on mine are round and solid--not bad.

I have the Trixon books and have slavishly followed the thread specs when I need a new bolt or screw. Even given the ostensible thread pitch, modern threads don't always fit.

Finding any replacement parts is just getting harder with time. They are treated as more of a curio than of any particular value for most drummers.

Posted on 9 years ago
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