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It's good that you can recognize wisdom when you see it. Try applying it.

I'm sorry, I have much better things to do. Carry on by yourself, Mark.

John

you only show pettiness, far from your delusional self wisdom.

Keep on Pl

I wonder if DW has a wood shell version in mind? Maybe a single ply?

The Band

orangemi,that would be very cool if they did but i`m not up on my DW info.I`m very impressed with their R&D and have been playing a DW double bass pedal since 89`-great feel and very rugged, and i play for a living so i`ve put it thro` it`s paces.I just think it`s great that they are bringing back a wonderful and classic Rogers snare design and i`ll hope they keep drawing from that amazing company`s concepts...

Wayne

I was kind of hoping that was the case! After hearing about the drum for some time then seeing only a metal shell offered was a bit of a let down.

Of course they'll eventually offer a wood version...didn't Rogers? There's money to be made there. Ha ha, just setting some bait out there. Rogers is cool vintage quality, DW is modern quality cool.

After the wood version there will be the concrete version.

Kudos to DW for continuous innovation and, in this case, bringing back a great historical design. As to Swivomatic hardware, it was fantastic and certainly a minimalist design, however, the idea of any mounting hardware protruding into a tom shell has been summarily and thankfully dismissed for all but the very cheapest of kits. The modern day "L" arm is pretty much standard with the exception of Pearl and Yamaha and it works extremely well and is very durable, even for the heavy hitters and let's face it, rock, pop and country drummers hit a lot harder overall than their 60's and 70's counterparts. Tama had that one right.

I don't know John. I think for that price tag most people would pick a Black Beauty. I have a COB Supra from 1970 that's the only brass drum I'll ever need, and I paid about that for it.

DW drums are way over-priced period. A $600 price tag for a brass snare drum offering from them is in 'reasonable' territory given the price structure of the entire line. You're going to pay more for a Cadillac than a Kia. It's all branding and hype. DW does make quality drums though, so like Cadillac I don't expect any offerings from them to come cheap. Again... marketing.

John