1948 Radio King kit in White Marine Pearl
Sizes 14" x 20" bass drum, 16" x 16" floor tom with a 9" x 13" side tom.
The good:
- very rare 14" x 20" bass drum
- last year of the Cloud Badge before going to the oval shape
- large Beavertail lug casings
- Engraved Radio King double flanged nickel over brass hoops
- toms have no vent holes or badges
- mahogany/poplar/mahogany shells
- wide maple re-rings
- nice bearing edges
- great looking tubs with 64 year old patina
- recently added a new Vintage Aquarian reso bass drum head
- has both cymbal arms/brackets for bass drum
- they sound amazing!
This is a players kit because of the mods and wear and tear on the wrap after 64 years. Great vintage kit to play/gig. $900.00
I have added some pictures below. These were taken after I did a wipe down of the wrap with a warm damp cloth to clean off the dust and grim that had collected from sitting over the years. I can only imagine the kit will look even better once it's disassembled and properly cleaned and detailed.
Thank you to everybody who helped out identifying the year of the kit on the forum. Pictures to follow but can also be found in the Vintage USA Drums section.