Hello Poppy.according too catalogs,Power V was made with black interiors like Premier APK for example,and the wood is birch with some lauan,and Power V special,have long lugs from hoop too hoop,clear interior and mahogany and poplar shells.There is a third variation (pics 3 and 4),and these is Yamaha stage custom in fact,called Power V Special.Diferent tom mounts and shell component(baswood).In some point Yamaha cut production in England and started in Indonesia.I dont know do they made Power V Special there,or they called the drum Stage custom immediatly

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Thank you very much for the pics. I just happen to have a premier APK kit wiith the black interiors, but the wood on the premiers is particle board or MDF. heres a pic of the premier floor tom shell. Your not going to believe this!

Well,we know that a lot of East Europe drums were copy of Premier drums,and some of them made drums from MDF.Now we know were thay get the idea,hahahahaha....Just kidding

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Heres some more pics with wrap and badge still on

I decided since both the drums came from the same factory and both have black interiors i would just compare the 2. The premiers have much thinner shells and it looks like the inner ply on the premiers is a ply of wood, because there is a grain in the wood the runs from top to bottom of the shell.

The yamaha drum's grain runs around the drum. I removed the tom bracket from the yamaha and cut the wrap a little, peeled it back and it's wood.

My first kit that I purchased in 1996 that I still own was a Power V special. I got it new at sam ash. It has the long lugs, clear interiors and is made in Japan. I have heard about power v's being made in England and indo, never have seen another set made in japan. Nice drums, maple interior ply, very consistant, SHARP single 45 bearing edges. I emailed Yamaha a while back, gave them the serial numbers and they told me these where made with the same air seal design as the high end drums.

I'm giving these drums to my seamstress' husband. He has a set of Mirage drums, They came to the jam a few weeks ago and he was tellin me about his drums. Im certain these have to be better than mirage. Im gonna get em out tomorrow and tune em up and give em away.

I have the heaters o n in the garage warming it up. im gonna tune these yammies up and see how they sound. I dont have a snare for them, so I went pawn shopping the other day and came up with a black 5 x 14 sound precussion snare for $35. I bet that is still better than the mirage hes playin',

Ok I got the yammies all tuned up and played em a while. I cant decise if I wanna let her have the kick pedal or not. electricit

Its pretty cool and heavy duty and has the wing nut beside the pedal. Very easy to install.