Hi again, it's the guy with all the questions and no answers....:confused:
Anyway, I'm bidding on ebay on a beautiful looking Royal Ace form the mid sixties, blue. What I liked about it as well as the asthetics was the depth - it looks that bit shallower than certain drums from the time. Does anyone know anything about these?
Hi again, it's the guy with all the questions and no answers....:confused: Anyway, I'm bidding on ebay on a beautiful looking Royal Ace form the mid sixties, blue. What I liked about it as well as the asthetics was the depth - it looks that bit shallower than certain drums from the time. Does anyone know anything about these?
The Premier Super Ace became the Royal Ace in 1960 . The Royal Ace had the new externally mounted thumb lever throw off , and the inner workings of the parallel strainer also changed at this time . The drum featured 8 flush lugs ; beautiful die cast hoops ; and full shell-width snares . Snare depths ranged from 4 to 12 inches !
I have an circa '60 piccolo that sounds fantastic .
I like them also and have one in my collection. The only issue I have found is getting replacement wires. You will probably have to go to Europe for those.
I do not know of any company making replacement wires.
Then again I have not looked in a few years, so it might have possibly gotten better
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