I'm just spitballin but my guess is the market for acrylic drums isn't very big. Bad ROI? Just guessing
I had a clear set of acrylic Spauns and I could feel the contempt for them in the blues world I was in at the time lol.
I woke up one day and just wanted a wood set of drums, so that was that
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I had a coke bottle green 14 x 6.5 snare that I liked a lot, I got that first, and got the clear drums later, but I traded them all in for some wood Pearls I think it was
Hi Larry,
I’m not sure about ROI, specifically vintage Vistas that are in good shape.
When I first started looking for acrylic concert toms they were around $199 a few years ago.
(See Reverb for Ludwig Vistalites.)
I am quite sure I can get 2x of what I purchased my kit for - even if it meant waiting.
That is a concert tom mount.
Makes me wonder if all the Vistalites had hardware on the seam?
Correct it’s the clip mount for the Hercules stands, mainly for concert toms. The regular had/have Atlas mounts.
Sometimes setting up and taking down is a bit of a surgical performance, especially if you have tight, stubborn mounts - be careful.
My vintage Vistas do have the clip mount directly on the seam. This is why I don’t leave my kit set up especially in winter, though my drums are set up inside. The static weight alone IMO could potentially cause stress fracture.
However my RCI toms have the clip to the right side of the seam and left if the lug.
Yes my Pearl crystal beat snare shell is seamless.
As for OPs inquiry - I’m not sure I’d be interested in an acrylic kit with Mach or long type lugs for aesthetics.
As for structural integrity, I’m not sure how it benefits or doesn’t.