Later Dayton definitely. Also, ladder style frame.

Ploughman, I'm not quite sure what ladder style means. I've seen 4 versions listed on the Rogers Owner's Forum. Do you know if this would have the latest version?

Thanks,

John

Well, I got the strainer in the Fedex delivery today. That was the last part I needed to get her in playing condition (still need a butt end snare guard, muffler and vintage top hoop).

Wow, I love this snare. It took a bit of monkeying with the setup to get it right. I'll probably still do more dialing in but I am loving what I'm getting right now.

I've tuned her pretty low, both top and bottom heads and I'm getting a powerful crack but still nice sensitivity for the lighter touch. There's so much body to the tone of this drum. Just enough ring. Rim shots sound spectacular.

I'll post some pics as soon as I can for those that are interested. Thanks for the guideance I received.

John

Wow, I love this snare. After a bit more tweaking, I've got her sounding perfect.

I've got no tension on the frame and pretty tight tension with the strainer control. This eliminated the extra snare rattle I was getting. I still have the heads tuned pretty low. This snare begs to be played.

Anyone else have their Dyna set up this way? How about other settings?

John

Do you mean pretty tight tension on the throwoff ? or on the snare tensioning screw on the frame?

If you mean the throwoff, do it all over.

Snare tension is done solely by the tension screw on the frame.

The throw off is used only to bring the snares to the head. If you have this adjustment tight, you W I L L damage your drum.

Ploughman, yes I meant the tension on the throwoff. That's set fairly tight. I've got the tensioning screw on the frame loose. This was the only setting that would eliminate excess rattle from the snares.

The shell already has a dent at the throwoff. Could this setup do more damage than that?

It does sound great the way it's set now but I can try again.

I hope that you bought this "shell" as complete as you could, since having gone this route once myself a few years back with a COB Dyna, as I found it was a rather expensive proposition. I did it anyway, kept it for a short time and sold it. I just about made my money back and that was when the market was good!

Don't spend more than its worth to restore it if you intend to resell it at some point, unless you are ok with taking a loss on it. :2Cents:

BTW, I should have kept that one as it was one of the nicest sounding snares I ever owned! Oh well, live and learn....LoLoLoLo

Mostly, when we see the dent at the throw off of a drum, we tend to think it was dropped at some point. And true, chances are, that could have been the cause. However, the primary cause for the throwoff dent on Rogers Dynasonics, as well as Powertone Chrome over Brass snare drums, comes down to over tension on the throw off.

Once you get into the mechanics of the Dynasonic, you realize that the Throw Off has nothing to do with snare tension. Snare tension happens on the frame ONLY. And as I stated above, the throw off only serves to bring the frame to the snare side head.

The dent can be taken out.

iamjohn.....

There is a tuning procedure for Dynasonics in the Rogers section of the Drum Guide.

It's from our own Tommyp, and works great !

Link.....

Ludwig-Dude: Yeah I pretty much knew going in that I was doing this the wrong way. I bought the shell by itself. Got a great deal, the dent at the throwoff not withstanding. I only paid $13 for the shell. Then I assembled the rest of the parts. All in all, I probably spent $400 or so on the drum so I know it's a money loser but I'm really happy with the result and I had fun.

Ploughman: the dent is fairly slight so it looks like it was a tension thing from a previous owner. Are there instructions online anywhere on removing the dent? I don't believe I have enough tension currently to damage the drum further.

Kevins: Yes, I did initially follow Tommyp's instructions for tuning. They're very helpful. In his instructions he says to use the adjustment on the throw to decrease the rattle.