Looks like a re-wrap to me!

regards

Christian

Only Roger`s quality control could answer that question and they were of the most strictest in that department of perfection,but possible the odd unit slipped by them but highly unlikely.My guess is someone who thought they knew what they were doing didn`t.

Wayne

I think it is a factory wrap, but just a sloppy one. The quality control on those 3-ply shells wasn't always up to the high reputation we usually attribute to the Cleveland era. I have a 22" 3-ply Cleveland bass, and the interior finishing is surprisingly rough compared to the later 5-ply shells.

The WMP Dyna in the OP has the correct factory filing marks on the wrap edge (see another example below), but there's something funny going on with the seam. It seems to be bulging too much at the overlap. And maybe that seam placement is correct for Cleveland B&B era, but later 5-ply Beavertail Dyna's have the seam placed under the lug directly to the right of the badge...

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So I'm thinking that this could be a factory wrap. Of course, if the wrap really bothers you that much, I'd be willing to take this old Dyna with cracked B&B's off your hands so you won't have to worry about it anymore.:p

Mike

Not only is the seam under a different lug, it's also facing the wrong way.

Looks like a wrap and trimming job done by the new guy on the morning of his first day....

Hold on, I think we're looking at one of the first badged,wood shelled Dyna's here. It's now listed on eBay (auction #141658396075), and the badge number is #1041...

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Since the Dyna badges started at #1000 (paper tags before that), the seller accurately points out that this could be one of the very early wood Dyna's. And since we know that the badges weren't put on in chronological order, this could actually be the 10th or 50th Dyna built. So maybe when this drum was assembled, the standards of wrapping Dyna's weren't established yet? This would account for the bulging seam under the "wrong" lug (wrapped backwards as Dan pointed out).

Interesting drum. Anyone seen a lower numbered Dyna badge? Didn't Ploughman mention owning a very low badge number?

Mike

I`ve never seen a Dyna at sn 1041 or lower so Ploughman please chime in here with your advice.

Wayne

Are you guys saying that Dynasonics were wrapped in a different way than any other Rogers drum? That doesn't make much sense, but I've never owned a wood Dyna, so I wouldn't know.

SC