One thing for certain, this was not from the CBS/Fender years of Rogers drums.

That's pretty interesting. Is there any chance that someone did the 'marbling' effect over the original wrap? I only ask because the BD hoop inlays don't have the same pattern, but have (what looks like) the same pink color that the other drums have underneath the pattern. I'm thinking that maybe a previous owner just wasn't that into owning an electric pink/magenta drum set. Again, just a guess.

Good catch. Clapping Happy2 The bass drum rims are wine red. The finish is factory original. The badges, grommets and hardware have never been removed or replaced. Even stranger, the lugs are early Pearl coffin lugs but, the pre-production Engineering Docs I have do show these lugs. Badges are square foil badges with the large script Rogers logo and small script R-360 on the bottom left of the badge. They look like Big R badges but aren't. They are NOT Island Music drums.

Prototypes maybe?

Very cool wrap regardless.

Ok,Iam guess here..To me the set could have been a red wine finish the rims on the bass shows that...I think one of two things i know this type of R.W finish had a piece of very thin clear plastic over it maybe the worker did not take the plastic off? Or someone did a custum finish over the R.W. wrap maybe at home or shop?...I would date the set from the mid-80's M.I.J. or M.I.T...Are the shells 7-9 ply fire wood?...Mikey

:p OK, Here's the answer. This set is a pre-production CBS set and is a show finish. The snare drum is a Powertone I think simply because they hadn't settled on a cheap one yet. The Engineering Drawing set I have also have everything listed by part number except a snare drum and all the part numbers match this set. They are Lauan firewood shells but these were factory sanded smooth on the interior and are clear lacquer sealed unlike the production shells that aren't even sanded.

I actually like this set a lot and those of you that know me know I have a recording studio outside of Austin and these mic up and record remarkably well but I use Pearl stands with them. I have all the original pedals and hardware but they are entry level. The only real problem I have had is some of the lug mount screw bosses have snapped off while playing them live in the 1990's but all of those lugs have been replaced with Pearl coffin lugs that match right down to the lug mounting boss spacing! Yep, you guessed it. The lugs closest to the player.

This is my first and only R-360 set and I bought it only because of it's rarity. Now if I could only find that Series II complete set with all the hardware and unstretched Rogers logo'd PTS heads!LoLoLoLo

Hmm, where did you get your information? This set looks, like Mikey said, like the mid 80s MIT R-360 line. If the shells are luan, then I highly doubt anyone at Rogers at the time would have lacquered an imported shell.

Oh, and for whatever it's worth, I would like to discourage the use of the word 'firewood' when referring to luan shells. Cheap as though they are, drums with luan shells are still serviceable instruments.

I have the engineering documents from 1979 that also include the part numbers, set is stamped inside the bass drum R-360 Pre-Production 7-79. I bought them from the original owner who worked for Rogers/CBS at the time. They were used to gauge interest from dealers to see if the line would sell. I also got the engineering drawings when I bought the set and they are authentic. The lacquer was probably done to show a nicely done interior but didn't make production because of cost. Bearing edges are also really nicely done 30 degree edges. As a whole the set is much nicer than the production run was and may not have come from the same manufacturer as the contract drums. These are "exotic" drums!! They are listed as "Phillipine Mahogany" so they can't be firewood can they? CryBaby

I once had a R380 set (still got the snare) been told that the 360-380 series of drums were low quality entry level drums MIT or japan, however....with the right heads and tunning these sounded pretty good, i found the HW was sub standard (lugs rims hoops) the wrap wasn't too good either, but they did have a nice sound.

Snare parts are non exsistant