I thought I would take a moment to respond to a few negative comments that have been posted to this video. Since the 1980's, the Rogers brand name and logo had been used on cheap, low-quality, imported drums from China. In 2013, Joseph Chen, owner of Dixon Drums, acquired the Rogers name and intellectual property. If I remember correctly, Mr. Chen had a history with the brand dating back many years, including producing some hardware for them at some point in time. His vision was to restore the brand to what it had once been: producing innovative new drums and hardware with a vintage vibe. In 2017, they introduced the first new products: a line of snare drums and some replacement parts (e.g. lugs) for vintage Rogers drums. Since then, they have slowly and incrementally rolled out new products, including the Cleveland and Covington series drums, new stands and kick drum pedals, tom and floor-tom mounting systems, and more recently the Powertone and Tower series drum kits. As an owner of an early 70's Powertone kit, one of the things I appreciate the most is that they are producing many new hardware items that are also compatible with their vintage drums that use the original hole-mounting patterns--meaning you can upgrade broken items on your vintage drums without having to drill any new holes! They are slowly forging their own path as a brand, instead of simply copying what other brands are doing and using generic, cookie-cutter hardware. Also, their Cleveland and Covington kits are assembled here in the USA by Bill Detamore's team at Pork Pie Percussion. The more affordable lines (Powertone and Tower) are assembled in Taiwan. Many high-end drums from other brands (including Tama's Starclassic line) are now produced in China. So having some of their assembly operations in Taiwan simply makes sense to be competitive in today's market. In any case, I've been a Rogers enthusiast for many years, and in my opinion, it's exciting to see what's being done with the brand today (orignal drum and hardware designs with a nod to their vintage roots) compared to the name simply being used on cheap, mass-produced, imported drums. So my message to Rogers is this: keep up the good work!
I just picked up the Rogers Dyno-matic pedal and have real interest in the Powertone champaign sparkle kit. It appears to me Rogers is coming back and they are doing it right. Back in the 60's and maybe early 70's they were the cadillac of drums. Of course that is when cadillacs were quality. 😀
Sorry, when I made the video, that's all that I had: the printed brochure. But I think it's exciting to see that the newly-reborn Rogers brand is continuing to slowly expand the product lines and offer the new mounts for people who want to upgrade the hardware on their vintage kits too.
If you look at the caption below the picture, it says "Powertone 4pc Kit...Shown with matching Snare Drum". So the snare is sold separately. I was reading the words right off the page.
All components of Rogers made in Taiwan drums are assembled, beveled, covered and shipped from Los Angeles California. I believe pork pie. PERCUSSION has something to do with it at least they used to.
I thought I would take a moment to respond to a few negative comments that have been posted to this video. Since the 1980's, the Rogers brand name and logo had been used on cheap, low-quality, imported drums from China. In 2013, Joseph Chen, owner of Dixon Drums, acquired the Rogers name and intellectual property. If I remember correctly, Mr. Chen had a history with the brand dating back many years, including producing some hardware for them at some point in time. His vision was to restore the brand to what it had once been: producing innovative new drums and hardware with a vintage vibe. In 2017, they introduced the first new products: a line of snare drums and some replacement parts (e.g. lugs) for vintage Rogers drums. Since then, they have slowly and incrementally rolled out new products, including the Cleveland and Covington series drums, new stands and kick drum pedals, tom and floor-tom mounting systems, and more recently the Powertone and Tower series drum kits. As an owner of an early 70's Powertone kit, one of the things I appreciate the most is that they are producing many new hardware items that are also compatible with their vintage drums that use the original hole-mounting patterns--meaning you can upgrade broken items on your vintage drums without having to drill any new holes! They are slowly forging their own path as a brand, instead of simply copying what other brands are doing and using generic, cookie-cutter hardware. Also, their Cleveland and Covington kits are assembled here in the USA by Bill Detamore's team at Pork Pie Percussion. The more affordable lines (Powertone and Tower) are assembled in Taiwan. Many high-end drums from other brands (including Tama's Starclassic line) are now produced in China. So having some of their assembly operations in Taiwan simply makes sense to be competitive in today's market. In any case, I've been a Rogers enthusiast for many years, and in my opinion, it's exciting to see what's being done with the brand today (orignal drum and hardware designs with a nod to their vintage roots) compared to the name simply being used on cheap, mass-produced, imported drums. So my message to Rogers is this: keep up the good work!
I just picked up the Rogers Dyno-matic pedal and have real interest in the Powertone champaign sparkle kit. It appears to me Rogers is coming back and they are doing it right. Back in the 60's and maybe early 70's they were the cadillac of drums. Of course that is when cadillacs were quality. 😀
I used to say that same thing all of time: "Rogers used to be the Cadillac of drums!" But younger folks would just look at me kind of puzzled, LOL!
@@silentskystudios Younger folks. Can't live with them. Wish you could live without them. 😂
Rogers drums in name only.
umm.. i point at picture on youyube...?
Sorry, when I made the video, that's all that I had: the printed brochure. But I think it's exciting to see that the newly-reborn Rogers brand is continuing to slowly expand the product lines and offer the new mounts for people who want to upgrade the hardware on their vintage kits too.
Five piece set… five piece set not four piece set shown on the brochure
If you look at the caption below the picture, it says "Powertone 4pc Kit...Shown with matching Snare Drum". So the snare is sold separately. I was reading the words right off the page.
@@silentskystudios : duly noted!
I believe Rogers drums started in 1849 as a calf drum head maker now all of their expensive drums are built in Taiwan! Jwm. Definitely overpriced😂
All components of Rogers made in Taiwan drums are assembled, beveled, covered and shipped from Los Angeles California. I believe pork pie. PERCUSSION has something to do with it at least they used to.
Rogers is finally back in the drum 🥁 industry. Hopefully Slingerland can make a comeback too.
It's happening! Just give them some time: drummagazine.com/dw-buys-slingerland-drum-company-from-gibson/
This company should have stayed gone....
Why would you say that?