Pea Turgh Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) I’ve wanted one of these kits for a few years, but funds never allowed when I saw them crop up. Going to try to obtain a whole kit in instalments 🤣 So far I have snagged a high tom, got my eye on a snare. Anyone got a floor tom or kick drum in this finish?! Or even a whole kit? Edited October 9, 2021 by Pea Turgh Thread title changed as now selling blue, buying grey!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 Bought a 70’s Olympic steel snare. Really hoping it’s the chromed brass version (eBay seller wasn’t a drummer). That would be awesome, as I paid under £40 for it 🤞🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreek Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 There always seems to be plenty of Drum Kits on Preloved.com which come up when I type "Bass" in "Musical instruments". Bass drum obviously the trigger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 This was my old Oly - sounded great, I do miss it but ran out of space some time ago! You could try a couple of the Facebook drum groups eg: https://www.facebook.com/groups/507827252616774 https://www.facebook.com/groups/443259535799308 Or try someone like Tristan at Drum Attic: https://www.drum-attic.co.uk/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Jakester said: This was my old Oly - sounded great, I do miss it but ran out of space some time ago! You could try a couple of the Facebook drum groups eg: https://www.facebook.com/groups/507827252616774 https://www.facebook.com/groups/443259535799308 Or try someone like Tristan at Drum Attic: https://www.drum-attic.co.uk/ That’s a stunner of a kit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Jakester said: This was my old Oly - sounded great, I do miss it but ran out of space some time ago! Doesn’t help the OP, I know, sorry.... I had an identical set-up, but in Olympic Red Silk, with a chrome Premier Orchestral snare-drum. Unfortunately only a monochrome photo. (Posted previously in another thread) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Pea Turgh said: That’s a stunner of a kit! Thanks! It’s in the “ones I regret selling” file - at the time I decided I wanted something a bit newer and flashier so sold it for not very much (albeit quite a bit more than I paid for it). There’s a lot of stuff in that file... Good luck with the search! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wateroftyne Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 35 minutes ago, Baxlin said: Doesn’t help the OP, I know, sorry.... I had an identical set-up, but in Olympic Red Silk, with a chrome Premier Orchestral snare-drum. Unfortunately only a monochrome photo. (Posted previously in another thread) We need the story behind that photo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 It was on the ‘band photos’ thread a while back, but it was taken in 1966, on the southbound carriageway of the M1, at what became J25 on a Sunday morning a few weeks before it opened. The cars belonged to the bass player and me. I’d forgotten to take my drum stool, so I was perched on a bit of pipe we found, hence I was towering over the kit. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 @Baxlin - that is such a great photo! I want to know more about the band now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingforaday Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114832861114?hash=item1abc9267ba:g:nPAAAOSweMhgt-K4 This one just came up on Ebay weirdly, great seller (I've bought loads from him in the past) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 10 hours ago, kingforaday said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/114832861114?hash=item1abc9267ba:g:nPAAAOSweMhgt-K4 This one just came up on Ebay weirdly, great seller (I've bought loads from him in the past) Job jobbed, I'd say! Good spot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 I know! I’ve got alerts on and checking it fanatically! It’s a beaut - mahogany shells, new heads, the works. Unfortunately I’ve had to agree to not buy anything else until the studio is finished 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 I bought the single tom from him - well happy with the seller. Curse you, agreement-made-for-the-sake-of-marital-bliss!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingforaday Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 9 hours ago, Pea Turgh said: I bought the single tom from him - well happy with the seller. Curse you, agreement-made-for-the-sake-of-marital-bliss!! ah dang it, well you gotta do what you gotta do! Maybe mention to him that you're on the lookout for the odd drums as he's constantly getting new stuff in... he's got a lengthy list of things I'm after and drops me a line if he gets something in. He's done me some pretty generous deals on things lately too. Either way, best of luck, I hope you can finish the kit. Looks great! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 23 hours ago, Pea Turgh said: Unfortunately I’ve had to agree to not buy anything else until the studio is finished "What, this old thing? Nah, had it for years, just thought I'd get it out for a change. See, it's really old. Nope, not new, was in the cases all along". Ahem. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baxlin Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 On 02/06/2021 at 12:31, Pea Turgh said: @Baxlin - that is such a great photo! I want to know more about the band now! Not sure many will be interested, but you did ask! Band name - The Mason-Dixon Line. Initial line up was two-tone, unusual for the 60s, with Guitar, bass, drums, tenor sax, vocals and keys, playing jazz-oriented stuff, like Big Noise from Winetka etc, some Fats Domino, also Bluebeat, and the obligatory three-chord rep. Inevitably we broke up, leaving just G, B and D jamming, but a lead guitarist/vocalist without a band, who I’d been in bands with previously, and who thought we were still gigging, got us some work, so we recruited him, to make this lineup. It lasted a year or so, and eventually broke up when I left to join the RAF. As a post-script, I’ve been doing some remote recording during lockdown with the guitarist/vocalist who joined us... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Thanks to a hot tip from @kingforaday, I should have a matching 16” floor tom at some point soon. Only the kick to go now! In the mean time, a mate gave me a 60’s wooden snare in red silk wrap. Needed a new reso head and some tension rods, but it’s all together and sounding pretty “phat”, for the grand total of a little over £20! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 So excited to put it together I didn’t correctly align the old head’s branding. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 16” floor tom - a little rougher, and missing legs, but in good playable shape. Just the kick drum to go now. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted August 2, 2021 Share Posted August 2, 2021 If you’re still looking, there’s a load of different sizes going for sale here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/507827252616774/posts/4240110686055060 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 10 hours ago, Jakester said: If you’re still looking, there’s a load of different sizes going for sale here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/507827252616774/posts/4240110686055060 You beauty! Message sent… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 Nice chap, doesn’t want to split the kit though 😭. He’s got the mahogany snare for it too! And the rare 14” floor tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakester Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Not blue, but a bass drum…. https://www.facebook.com/groups/507827252616774/posts/4269944513071677 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 18 hours ago, Jakester said: Not blue, but a bass drum…. https://www.facebook.com/groups/507827252616774/posts/4269944513071677 That is tempting, but I really want it in blue!!! Thanks though. I have been considering converting the 16” floor tom into a kick, but that would probably be more expensive than waiting for a suitable kick to pop up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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