My bass player had a friend that needed some drum parts, so he gave the friend my number. We chatted over the phone and he said he had a Pearl drum that he needed some lugs for. He sent me a picture and I said I didn't have any of what he was looking for but I have some older lugs that can work. I said I have a set for a tom, two pairs of six. He said in reply, "No, my drum only has 5 lugs on each side". I've seen the very rare 5-lug Gretsch, but did any MIJ maker have a 5-lug 13 inch tom in the 70's-80's. I haven't seen the drum, but I think it's a Gretsch. From the way he described the wood, it doesn't sound like lauan mahogany. Any one ever hear of a maker other than Gretsch making a 5-lug tom?
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5-Lug MIJ tom? Ever seen one?
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Some of the more modern kits have 5 lugs per drum (like some of the Sound Percussion kits). Perhaps it is one like that (not vintage) or even an MIT or MIC .......KEY....MOUSE :)
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Not MIJ, but my Premier Olympic kit has a 12" 5 lug tom. It was just another way to keep costs down. Makes the tuning pattern a little weird. It actually sounds pretty great though.
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Not MIJ, but my Premier Olympic kit has a 12" 5 lug tom. It was just another way to keep costs down. Makes the tuning pattern a little weird. It actually sounds pretty great though.
Squint, how many ply shells are your Premiers? Do they use a 7/8 tubing for tom mounting?
I saw the shells in a photo last night. Definitely not a MIJ Luaun kit. Shells are real wood, I'm guessing birch or maple. He also said they are 5 ply....
The mystery thickens.
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I've seen a few five lug rack toms, and in Sound Percussion's case, floor toms as well (15 inch).
The one's I've seen are total crud (I was going to say crap, indicating total poop, and the 's' word that goes along with it).
I've read about quality drums with five lugs, and seen a few from a distance. I've no clue how well they'll stay in tune. That's a lot of head real estate between tension points.
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Pearl ,Taiwan products had some 5 lug toms. The shells were quite thick ---maybe 6 ply and of a type of Poplar. Most poplars( there are about 35 species in the northern hemisphere), is one of the softest of the hardwoods but without a close inspection, can be easily confused for Birch, and sometimes Maple, depending on the species and the way it displays it's grain in any given sample.
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Todays flood of cheap chinese kits often have 5 lugs on toms ---even 14"...
George
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