Hi there. I've just purchased a Rogers Dynasonic for the third time and I will try my best to keep this one. It's a 5 line shell and it's pre big R badge.
Serial number is 43978, but I can't find a chart online. I seem to remember asking the forum this same question about my last dyna-sonic and I got an answer. Hopefully someone out there in vintage drum land has a serial number chart and can give me an answer.
Thank you in advance
72/73 Does this have the big r style bottom hoop and frame? If so, they are true for the drum.
72/73 Does this have the big r style bottom hoop and frame? If so, they are true for the drum.
Hi, it does not have the big R style bottom hoop with the dropped snare gate. It has the earlier type which you see on the the wood Dynas. It has Ludwig Re so head with the red logo and a vintage Diplomat batter head with the small Remo logo. Perhaps the stock batter head? It has the snare frame and original wires. I don't know what gen the wires are yet. All other Dynasonics I've owned up until now had puresound wires so I'm happy that I'll have a fully original and complete version with the earlier, more desirable bottom hoop (in my own opinion)
Many thanks for the reply.
It is one of the last ones with the old style hoop and frame.
I've found it almost impossible to date the late (1972-75) Fullerton script Dyna's because the Dyna tags were applied in no particular order, and a lot of them were randomly put on the Dynasonic parade drums (tenor drums and bass drums!). With little dating help from the serial numbers, we can estimate the dates by some hardware features (such as the type of snare frames or the type of reso hoops on the drum).
I've recorded that Fullerton Dyna serial #30243 had a factory "Big R" snare hoop, while some Dyna's in the #40xxx range (like Chromeo's) have been spotted with rolled-over, Dayton-style snare gates. Seems to be no rhyme or reason when it comes to the serial numbers. My 6.5" Dyna #55818 naturally has the Big R style hoops as it was one of the last script Dyna's before the transition to the Big R shells. The changeover to the Big R style gates had to be around 1973-74, as the '73 catalog shows the Dayton style gates:
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I'd guesstimate that any Fullerton Dyna with Big R style gates is 1973-75, and any Fullerton with the older style gates is 1970-73. Just my :2Cents:
Mike
I've found it almost impossible to date the late (1972-75) Fullerton script Dyna's because the Dyna tags were applied in no particular order, and a lot of them were randomly put on the Dynasonic parade drums (tenor drums and bass drums!). With little dating help from the serial numbers, we can estimate the dates by some hardware features (such as the type of snare frames or the type of reso hoops on the drum).I've recorded that Fullerton Dyna serial #30243 had a factory "Big R" snare hoop, while some Dyna's in the #40xxx range (like Chromeo's) have been spotted with rolled-over, Dayton-style snare gates. Seems to be no rhyme or reason when it comes to the serial numbers. My 6.5" Dyna #55818 naturally has the Big R style hoops as it was one of the last script Dyna's before the transition to the Big R shells. The changeover to the Big R style gates had to be around 1973-74, as the '73 catalog shows the Dayton style gates:[Attachment: 110488]I'd guesstimate that any Fullerton Dyna with Big R style gates is 1973-75, and any Fullerton with the older style gates is 1970-73. Just my :2Cents:Mike
30243 was an original owner drum?
So he claimed, but sellers on eBuy have been known to make some "exaggerated" claims, as we have seen.
Mike
My leanings would be .... it wasn't original.
Thanks for replies fellas. It's an interesting subject. I'm looking for a snare frame to buy for another Dynasonic project. I just posted a thread in the WTB section.
