Rogers Drums - The Evolution of a Powertone
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- A video gathering and documenting some data on the evolution of the drum that became the PowerTone snare drum.
Music featured is
Eric Binder Trio - Bftf
off the record Hard Bop
used with Eric's permission
Mine was a 3 ply but i gave it to a student who couldnt afford drums she wanted to play and she still uses it after 12 years. ❤
Great Video. Just learned a LOT more about the Powertone snare.
Love my Chrome over Brass Powertone, older than I am... :D
Great video! A few weeks ago I unearthed a Powertone that I bought years ago and never played. I only bought it because it matched my kit, but I just kept playing my Ludwig Supraphonic. I tuned it up and it sounds amazing!! I love this drum! Unfortunately, someone put a Pearl throw off on it so I need to replace it with the correct throw off.
Another excellent video! I'll have to check my 64 3 ply for that stamp. My heart jumped when I saw the 6.5x14 red onyx powertone! Lol
Thanks for this video
I must admit, I was a believer in the marketing, It's what you can't see on a Powertone....... lol. Great vid, bro! I too love the Powertone! 😀😀😀😀
Such an excellent video .
Great video.
Now it is clear to me why they invented the legendary Dynasonic
Congratulations and Thanks
Great video !!!
I own 3 Powertones (1 COB and 2 wood, Dayton and Cleveland). I also have one wood and one COB Dynasonic as well as a Super Ten. My go to drum for most things though is my Cleveland era Powertone. I just love the sound and feel of this drum.
Greatest snare drum ever made in my opinion... Covington built Powertone
Wow love the powertones. Curious to what thickness the wood models were. 3/16 maybe ?
Thank you, Anthony. I need to reach out to you!
sure ... what's up?
I just stumbled across a 15" with a serial number of 1790, anyone know what year that might be?
Inde Drum Company has a shell bed (they have a patent on it) that very much seems to be a take on the Powertone snare bed as described here. I do not own any Inde drums but from the video they have produced promoting it, seems like it is very similar. Rogers was probably the most innovative drum company ever.
Mine was blue sparkle with a gold stripe. That gradulaly turned silver.
Interesting... great video! I have a Powertone Cleveland-era with a serial number of "2005". Does this indicate it was made in 1965? It has the clock face throw off and beavertail lugs. White marine pearl. Excellent condition aside from the wrap being a bit faded. Some of my Rogers friends told me that this is the earliest serial number on a Powertone that they have ever seen. Does anyone here have any info on this?
That is a quite early Powertone number.
Do you have a photo?
Does it have B&B lugs.
That number would put it in 63/64
@@Rogersdrumvideos Thank you for the response. Yes I have some pics but no way to post pics on UA-cam. It has beavertail lugs, double-cut 45 degree reinforcement rings and 'chalk-like' matte grey paint inside of shell that you talked about. The inside label has an "H" written in pencil upper lefthand corner. Serial no. #2005 as I mentioned.
@@sierragold the H is the mark of the assembler John Harmon.
John was not an assembler for very long before he moved to the pearling room.
I suspect this is a very early beavertail drum.
63/64
@@Rogersdrumvideos Thank you kindly for the info!
Sonically whats your preference of shell for the power tone?
3 ply
tru dat...