I found this sevenliner Dyna (serial 8207, must be around 1966?) with the original 'Instruction Head' that is pretty rare - at least here in Germany. The drum is in really good condition, nearly perfect.
Please have a look to the snare frame. I think it is all original. Am I right?
In any case nice drum with a nice price (380 EUR)....
Awesome! never saw an original instruction head before.
Yep,looks like the real deal to me.As i said on the other thread,my s/n is 8103 so they`re are fairly close in production.Now all you need is that hang tag...is that a 5x14 or 6.5x14?And yes your Dyna is a 66`build.Beautiful condition,great price,enjoy.
Wayne
It is a very nice, clean drum. I like it. You do need a new bottom hoop though. The correct one would be with the twisted gage guards, not folded. Occasionally they do come up for sale at a decent price.
It is a very nice, clean drum. I like it. You do need a new bottom hoop though. The correct one would be with the twisted gage guards, not folded. Occasionally they do come up for sale at a decent price.
Ploughman,
Interesting. What period was this folded guard used? I haven't seen it on any of the "five-liner" Dyna's I've owned. I've only seen the twisted guards and the Big R style guards. And if this folded guard isn't correct for this seven-liner, it's interesting that the owner replaced the little black tension bands when changing out the hoops. And as long as I've got your ear, when were these tension bands discontinued?
Always appreciate your Rogers expertise,
Mike
Hi Ploughman,
Could you help me with a pic of the correct guard?
Thanks for the comment and your help
Martin
I believe this is the "twisted" guard Ploughman is describing:
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Mike
I have to ask the million dollar question: What is the verdict - does this snare system work as advertised?
You know, I have to ask the million dollar question: What is the verdict - does this snare system work as advertised?
Absolutely, if set up and tensioned properly according to the Dynasonic setup guide. Nothing else quite like it except maybe Ludwig's Supersensitive setup. The snare tension screw on the Rogers snare frame tensions all snares evenly while the Supersensitive has individual snare tensioning for each separate snare wire (never saw a significant advantage with this).
The idea behind both the Dyna and Supersensitive systems is to tension or stretch the snares independently of the force pressing the snare against the reso head (via the strainer). This allows the snares to just "kiss" the reso head while still remaining taunt.
Mike
Funny, I hardly ever ran into a Rogers kit when I was first getting into playing, they just didn't seem to have the same popularity as some of the other brands, for some reason.
But I've played on some of the other fancy snare systems (Premier dual throw off, Ludwig supersensitive, for example) and they never impressed me as being any real improvement over a simple set of snare wires attached with string. They were actually less sensitive and choked the sound of the snares.
I must try one of these someday...
