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EvEnStEvEn
~Lounge Lizard~
A little background - I've wanted a vintage Premier Royal Ace in my collection for almost 20 years.
I finally located a nice original example from the post-1966 era that had sat stored in it's case for decades and needed some TLC.
Made in England, diamond triple chrome plating by Rolls Royce. Dual "floating" parallel Flobeam strainer system, art deco style lugs, die-cast "beer barrel" style counterhoops, slotted tension rods, Scandinavian birch shell with solid beech reinforcement rings.
The finish is Royal Blue Marine Pearl.
The premier Royal Ace model was a state-of-the-art snare drum in it's time, and a classic piece of British drum history that could potentially be in service for another 50 years.
I've done a complete detail of this beauty and installed a new Evans '56 Calftone batter/Evans 300 reso. Had to modify a set of extended Pearl wires down to 16 strands in order to fit past the snare gates, I attached the wire ends with 2 zip ties onto each end of the dual throw-off points. The original wires were double sets of 10 strands and are difficult to acquire in the states, mine came without them.
After I tensioned the reso very high she really came to life!
It will make it's debut on the bandstand tonight in restored glory!
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I finally located a nice original example from the post-1966 era that had sat stored in it's case for decades and needed some TLC.
Made in England, diamond triple chrome plating by Rolls Royce. Dual "floating" parallel Flobeam strainer system, art deco style lugs, die-cast "beer barrel" style counterhoops, slotted tension rods, Scandinavian birch shell with solid beech reinforcement rings.
The finish is Royal Blue Marine Pearl.
The premier Royal Ace model was a state-of-the-art snare drum in it's time, and a classic piece of British drum history that could potentially be in service for another 50 years.
I've done a complete detail of this beauty and installed a new Evans '56 Calftone batter/Evans 300 reso. Had to modify a set of extended Pearl wires down to 16 strands in order to fit past the snare gates, I attached the wire ends with 2 zip ties onto each end of the dual throw-off points. The original wires were double sets of 10 strands and are difficult to acquire in the states, mine came without them.
After I tensioned the reso very high she really came to life!
It will make it's debut on the bandstand tonight in restored glory!
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