'89 Blue Devils snares

[sday88]

I didn't say they weren't using them, I simply said Star did.

Yeah, but if you read what you said in response to what you were quoting, you should see how it was interpreted as meaning Star was the ONLY other one using Premieres.

[mingusmonk]

Yeah, but if you read what you said in response to what you were quoting, you should see how it was interpreted as meaning Star was the ONLY other one using Premieres.

Agreed. I read it the same way.

[MikeN]

Those Bluecoat drums look great.

Mike

[sday88]

Those Bluecoat drums look great.

Mike

I just checked out your drum on eBay. Looks pretty sweet. Too bad I can't afford it.

[victorcoly]

Man....I loved that drum color....and that was my fave 'Coats show for a long time.

They played tunes you could actually remember & hum when you left the stadium, and even for months to come afterward!

[CrunchyTenor]

At that time, Yamaha owned Premier, so yes, they actually were Premier snares with Yamaha stickers. This was pre-ffx/sfz, so they were the only free-flaoting game in town at the time.

Were the Bluecoats and Star drums the ones with no snare throwoff? There was a HS in Phoenix, AZ, that had those.

Garry in Vegas

Edited August 5, 2008 by CrunchyTenor

[84BDsop]

Were the Bluecoats and Star drums the ones with no snare throwoff? There was a HS in Phoenix, AZ, that had those.

Garry in Vegas

I don't think I see one on the 'Coats pic....don't understand why you wouldn't have one, unless it was to make the cost lower.

[SkyDog]

I don't know why you wouldn't have one either, even though most corps never use 'em. (A number of corps tape their guts and you can't use the throwoff if your guts are taped.) But whether or not I know the reasoning behind it, I know I've seen more than a few used Premier snare drums -- and not the pipe band version -- without a throwoff.

Come to think of it, here's one good reason to not have a throwoff on a Premier snare: If you don't have a throwoff, it can't break, saving you from the impossible task of finding parts for a Premier drum.

Speaking of throwoffs and getting back to the original topic... The "Premieraha" snares that BD used in '89 weren't exactly Premier drums with a Yamaha sticker & badge. They also had Yamaha snare mechanisms.

Edited August 5, 2008 by SkyDog

[MikeN]

Those original Premiers didn't have throwoffs at all, if I remember right - they had the same strainers as the pipe band model (which to this day still doesn't have one), just different snare strands in 'em.

I've still got an HTS 200 pipe band snare, the equivalent to these that were used. Sturdy, but man, *heavy*.

Mike

[mingusmonk]

I've still got an HTS 200 pipe band snare, the equivalent to these that were used. Sturdy, but man, *heavy*.

Mike

Hopefully they improved the brackets for the lugs. Those things used to pop left and right. That, plus week bass drum rims and rim claws were what killed that line (mis-management by Premier aside).