Hello all,
My first post here... I was reading some posts and you guys seem to know your stuff.
I have only been playing drums 6 years; so not much compared to most of you guys. I was really blessed when I started playing to be loaned a drumset. It is a Pearl Export. I also got loaned some stands and some cymbals. As the years went by I bought my own snares and some of my own cymbals and stands. I have been borrowing the kit for a very long time and the owner would like it back within the next year or two. I am going to college in a couple of months and well I really don't want to take the kit with me because I want to honor my word and not have the kit over stay its welcome so to speak...
So on craigslist not too long ago I saw some drums and I bought them...
One I quickly identified as part of a vintage Whitehall tiger wrap set. It is only the kick (20") and tom. Beautiful looking finish though.
The other set had me wondering for almost 2 months now just the heck it was. It looked similar to a Ludwig black oyster (in fact I was hoping it was one when I bought it) It has a 20" kick and 3 toms. It has no logo, badge, or well anything at all except for a few places where it says made in Japan. I was guessing by the look it was around the time of the ludwig black oyster since it looked similar enough. I was guessing it was a pearl off shoot because it had similar hardware to the Whitehall... However today I about 95% positive I figured out what it is. I was looking through Tama's vintage catalogs and I saw one that had identical matching hardware to the kick drum (well specifically the lugs and the tom holder) It was a Star 1967 catalog. I still wasn;t quite sure, but I started looking at some more Star catalog then I saw their kick pedals... With the sets of drums I got two kick pedals one a vintage Ludwig speed king and the other well... I had absolutely no idea... All I knew is neither me or my drum teacher had seen anything like it.
Well I saw the exact pedal with the wooden beater in the Star drumset catalog. So I am almost positive thats what those drums are, but now what?
Anybody have any ideas as to models or lines?
I am yougin' and I love jazz, but to be honest I am pretty bad at playing jazz on drums. So for me I really don't appreciate the kit as much as many would. I think its cool it has a history and all, but to be honest I guess I would rather have some new stronger better working hardware. The other main thing that is frustrating is the heads that came with them are incredibly old. Most of them have holes in them or atleast some bad dents. to re-head them all would be kinda pricey so not too sure as to how they sound. To re-hed both of them would probably be between $150-$200. The are missing some screws, two bass drum spurs and some bass drums claws. So looking at maybe $60 for that stuff. At the moment I don't have the extra cash. Are either of these really worth hanging onto? They need a little work and love.
If you know some about star drums send me your email and I can email some pics if that will help at all.
Thanks guys :-)
(by the way I love how there is a Mister T icon Got to love the A-team tv
show)
Shalom,
Matthias