Here ya go! I just scanned 4 of the DC1000 ads from various Modern Drummer magazines. Enjoy!

-Mark

Very cool! I appreciate it!

Enjoy your new drums. Please keep us posted.

You're welcome! I know all of us will be really interested to see your pictures. I'm not sure how many of the kits are around, but I know I've never seen one!

-Mark

Looks like they are supposed to deliver tomorrow. I will take pics when I get them and eventually post a video demo on youtube.

Through some searching online, I was able to contact Joe Voda of Joe Voda's Drum City. I actually spoke with him on the phone....very nice guy! He said that they started the DC1000 drums in 1978. Of course part of what made their drums unique were their custom design lugs. The 1st gen drum shells were made overseas. The lugs were advertised as having "unilug construction" because the tension rod receivers pivoted and weren't "locked", making them easier to install the tension rods after head changes. In the late 80's they wanted to make deeper "power" shells, and they teamed up with REMO. He mentioned that one reason to go with REMO is that the Acousticon shells could easily be manufactured to any depth they wanted. Joe said the last DC kits were sold in the mid 90's. I found it interesting that Vinnie Paul of Pantera had a DC1000 kit from the TX Drum City store, complete with 24"x24" kick/s. I may be forgetting some of the other things he told me :( Either way I really enjoyed talking to him and hearing some of the history behind the DC1000 drums. Now I am even more excited to get my DC1000 kit :) It should be delivered to my house by the time I get home from work today! I found a website with pdfs of old Modern Drummer magazines, so I attached some of the ads I found for DC1000. Looks like they even had some DC1000 branded cymbals!

Just looked up Dominion DC1000 cymbal and found the attached (sold listing on Reverb)....that is one rare cymbal!

Nice detective work!

You are now the defacto resident DC1000 expert!

I think we're as excited to see these as you!Cool1

:) He seemed glad to give me info on the DC drums and just talk about the drum industry in general. He told me that he has been in the drum business since 1962! Very knowledgeable guy

Is Joe still in business? Or, has he retired from the retail store? I ran into Kirk Scott shortly before I retired at the end of 2007. Kirk had sold his San Antonio store to Jeff Ryder a few years earlier.