incognito Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I was watching some DCI dvd's over the weekend and I have to ask.........What in the world happened to Premier Drums??? At one point, it looked like they were the next big drum company. I've always enjoyed to sound the HTS tenors made, I even bought a pair on ebay last year. Can you honestly say that Dynasty makes a Better drum or a Better Snare than Premier? I see One Division 2 corps using them, and I think 2 Open Class DCI corps, plus a DCA corps and some WGI lines. I may be wrong with the count, but I know it's not what they used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenorsForWorldDomination Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 It could be due to the fact the Premier almost went belly up in 2001/2002. The corps I used to march in uses Premier marimbas and xylophones and those things are terrible. Also the availability of replacement parts if something should go wrong is another issue. Premier parts aren't easy to find, especially for the marching percussion. And for tenors...there is no better than a set of Dynasty. Snares it's gotta Yamaha and for basses, well Pearl just owns that catagory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 w/Stp: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbass598 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 w/Stp: Premier was a pain because all of their tension rods, etc are on the metric system. Their tenors were way too heavy and their bass drums were way too thin sounding because the play was so thin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_Johnny Posted April 18, 2006 Share Posted April 18, 2006 AGREE. Mandarins and Troopers are the only Div 1 corps that still use Premier. They are awful. Drum 2 on the tenors only has 6 tension rods, meaning they are IMPOSSIBLE to tune. We break tension rods and casings at least once eveyr practice. Towards the end of tourin 2004, the bass drum shells started collapsing. Egh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow Adam Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Do you still need a crowbar to remove snare heads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olledowerdna Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Premier = suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Ream Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Premier used to be great, but they didnt adapt with the times, and customer service went to ####. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walder Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 i believe yamaha has owned premiere since the late 80's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonbuccsbass Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Word has it that they're coming out with some new gear this summer, at least the announcement i thought I saw at WGI. I love the way premiers sound in the ensemble, but I agree that they may have had some quality issues in the past. My opinion: simply too many moving parts. While the snares are infinitely adjustable that means there's just that many more pieces to lose, have fall off, or just break all together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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