great thread

My 1967 Ludwig Psychedelic Red kit-all original with a Nov 3 1967 Suprahonic and a 14" floor tom-still in my possession as we speak-I have been carting this around for 46 years! Serial numbers begin with 552XXX

The wife had these shots in an old album.. My first kit in 1964.. a MIJ kit branded "Jason". J.Stanley Johnson was one of the largest instrument retailers in Sydney at the time and many of their generic instruments were branded "Jason". I do not know who would have manufactured them. I was yet to be a drummer at the time but a couple of mates had bought electric guitars and wanted me to buy a bass guitar... I said no way but I'll go get some drums.. Saturday morning train trip to the city, 220$ and we, "the potential band" carried them back home on the train.. Six months later we were gigging three nights a week. This kit was also my first rewrap to a woodgrain laminate..

I enjoyed scanning the old pics and taking a better look at the kit, it doesn't look so bad, it was grey pearl and the "Johnny" on the hanging tom was painted on by one of my sister's in pink Glow paint...

Cheers

Cool pics longjohn,

You haven't changed a bit.:)

Steve....Laughing H If Only..

Cheers

"Johnny"

Longjohn,

Funny, I thought all the downunder drummer would be playing the other way around. I mean , the earth rotates you the other way, right? LoLoLoLo

Great pictures. Wish I could find some of mine old ones. And in my case, they would be pretty old...

HOLY SMOKES! GOOD ON YA!

longjohn: Great! You're older than me! Cool Dude

Nah,

same old stuff.

Only thing we do different is ..always start with the tag & finish with an intro.. :)

Fishwaltz... What's so great about It???

Cheers

Looks like this thread is winding down and just wanted to add a pic of my toy tin drums i got for Christmas in 56`-played em` a couple of mos.and lost interest-i was 6...They got put away til` "The Beatles" arrived in 64`and out they came. It consisted of a middle drum(floor tom type with nylon head) and two smaller side drums with pics of natives under palm trees on the cardboard type heads (Note the running shoe on the middle drum head). I didn`t really know what a snare drum was but i knew how it sounded, so i improvised...The running shoe had a loose flap of rubber coming off the side of the sole which laid flat on the nylon head and when the head was struck it would vibrate in a 'fast decay' flutter sound producing what i thought was a snare drum sound,lol.

[IMG]http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/b591/waynebrown3/Waynes1stDrums1961-64_zpsc016daa4.jpg[/IMG]

Amazing as kids how we improvise, even to make a snare sound...

Wayne, great shot, you look quite focussed...

This may have been the first "Kick Snare" drum...

Cheers