...Must just be lucky then (or, not have a curse on me ;-P).
None of my lugs have had the threaded section spin out/separate from the tube.
I agree that it's a GREAT idea to not just slam through putting rods in when changing a head. Good way to ruin your lugs.
What's this "splay" you've talked about in other threads?
The small gap between the bead and the Imperial lug center cut?
Yeah...I guess it's kinda cheesy, but I've never been bothered by it.
It's been that way for as long as I can remember, so I guess I never thought about it.
I don't have an old "good one" to compare too.
My '75 Acro lugs are tight to the shell though, and I think the lugs to the 09 6.5 Acro are too.
I go for the sound of something (and mine all sound pretty f*king good ) and if I'm going to use it, not by how priceless it looks. Don't get me wrong, I like stuff to look great too, but if something isn't "perfect" it doesn't bug me that much.
I'd agree that the stuff produced in the 80's/90's (after B2 was pretty much out of the picture) probably wasn't the quality of the older stuff when "the family" owned it, but I haven't had any quality problems with anything I've gotten form the Acrolite in 1975, or the brand new kit I bought in 1989 (Super Classics).
80's/90's is a pretty big span of time, where all the other companies steam rolled over them, but that was the fault of the parent company not giving a crap.
IF I had problems, I'd obviously be playing something else, as would anyone.
I AM aware that there are other high quality drum companies out there hahahaha!
All I know is, I never have to worry about anything other than setting up and playing on a gig with the kits I have.
And EVERY drum, no matter what shell comp, sounds like it's supposed to go together.
The "new batch" of guy's running things seem to really have their shit together, so hopefully things will just keep getting better and better.
It's also not too easy to clean up someone elses "mess", so the fact that they are getting into new shells, and bearing edges and things like that is cool.
I have had to re-think my "the new one's sound JUST LIKE the old one's" though.
I got a 1964 400 shell about a month or so ago, and THAT shell sounds AMAZING.
Someone said after Conn bought them, the zinc content went up or something?.....
My 2009 402 sounds GREAT, and "like it's supposed too", but A/B'd next to a 60's?
There would probably be a little extra something special about the 60's shell.
I still think $700+ for a 70's 402 is kinda insane....but, if you're going for "a sound" and you're going to spend that much or more on a new drum, I guess what's the difference?