Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Stephen,

I'm not sure when the first Rolling Bomber appeared, though I 
suspect from its name that the World War II issue, which is the one 
I know, was probably the first. I missed it by a few years, but it 
was beautuful: a really deep wooden snare (even the lugs were 
wooden, I think) made under the Radio King (Slingerland?) label. My 
father was a drummer during that era, and though he didn't have one 
of those, he had similar drums. I've never been much of a gear head 
or historian of instruments, but anyone who gets a chance should try 
one of those mid-20th century drums. I loved the sound of my 
father's calf-skin head toms so much that I had to find a way to 
incorporate them into my acoustic kit, despite the strange mounts. 
they needed constant retuning, and in humid weather, the heads were 
like dish towels, but what a sound. I still have one of them.

Ed

--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "brown8700" <brown8700@a...> wrote:
> Shoot, not only is Ed old enough to remember when the Simmons 
Drums 
> were introduced, I think he bought one of the first issues of 
> the "Rolling Bomber".
> Only those that hve been around long enough will know what I'm 
> talking about!
> Stephen