Big R and MEMRILOC ROGERS 4 piece kit

Big R and MEMRILOC ROGERS 4 piece kit

"Big R" ROGERS kit (NOT XP-8)

8x12", 9x13", 16x16" & 14x22"

Natural Maple color finish

Back side

1978's 4 piece kit

They all have "Big R" logos.

This kit is set up in left hand playing position, because the owner is a "Giccho".
It means a "lefty" in Japanese. ;-)

From 1978 Japanese catalogs

The color finish of this kit is the "NATURAL MAPLE #091" .
This color appeared newly in 1978.

The price list of these drums from 1978 Japanese catalogs
We can know that the cost of the new color models were a little expensive.

By the way, Bass Drum Spur Tips were weakened by the age.

So, I found substitute.

Just fit!

12" TT's edge with reinforcement rings

Clear interior

13" TT's edge

16" FT's edge

22" BD's edge

5 ply shell and 5 ply reinforcement rings

They all have the original batter heads.

Enlarged the logo of "ROGERS U.S.A."

(BD batter, Rogers original CS head)

Details of "MEMRILOC" hardware

"MEMRILOC" appeared with "Big R" in 1975.

This is a thumb screw for shell mount receiver.

It has nicks at the tip.

So, it can hold the toms firmly!

This is a thumb screw for FT leg receiver.

It doesn't have nicks...

This is the multiple tom center assy.

It is the way of dual tom tom.

This is the way of 3 toms on BD from Rogers Japanese catalogs in 1977.
Spanish gold (085) color finish

At that time, there were no natural finishes yet.

This is the way of 4 toms on BD from Rogers Japanese catalogs in 1982.
Natural maple color finish

About the Rogers logo of BD's head.

These are three kinds of Natural color finishes from Rogers Japanese catalogs in 1980.

Though these are all XP-8, XP-8 is not marked on the BD logo.
And, the batter heads are not XP-8's Power Dot heads but CS heads.

I guess that these might be prototypes...

This is the example of XP-8 written as BD logo.

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