PHOTOS OF DRUM KITS > LUG TYPE 924
Drum Kits With Lug Type 924
The second lug design on STAR drum kits, which appeared at the end of the 60’s first. At some point
Star used also a second version of this 924 lug, which has a small chrome ridge around the base
(not shown in the photo above). Latest entries of photos: On the top of this page.
Star from the early 70’s, in Blue Ripple, 22”/ 13”/ 16” (Andrea, Campi Salentina, Italy)
Round/ silver Star badges (replicas from me)
Remarks: A beautiful kit with a rare ‘Blue Ripple’ texture wrap, but obviously still genuine
Bollero from the late 60’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Josip, Neuhausen, Germany)
Bollero badges
Remarks: Nice kit; unfortunately the complete rail consolette is missing (let me know if you’ve got one to sell, please)
Star from the early 70’s, in Acrylic, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” Acrylic snare drum (Russel, Montreal, Canada)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: The Fre-O-Matic double tom holder unit is placed in a separate stand (not made by Star)
Bollero from the early 70’s, in Peacock Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Jukka-Pekka, Vantaa, Finland)
Bollero badges
Remarks: A nice drum kit (the owner doesn’t have the tom holder unit – so if someone has such a thing to spare: let me know, please!)
Star from the early 70’s, in Acrylic, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” Acrylic snare drum (Stevie, Belfast, Nothern Ireland)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: A rare kit (I’ve decided to present this rare finish here, although the resonant sides are not present, as common in the 70’s/80’s)
Star kit from the early 70’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Carlo, Ragusa, Italy)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: Clean and beautiful drum kit
Star kit from the early 70’s, in Blue Satin Flame, 20”/ 13” / 16” (Uwe, Nürnberg, Germany)
’Made in Japan’ badges
Remarks: Nice three piece kit; the bass drum spurs are replacements
Extraordinary Star kit from the early 70’s, in Blue Satin Flame, with an 18” bass drum/ 12”/ 14” (Toshihiko, Tokyo, Japan)
Round/ silver Star badges without the wording ’Made in Japan’
Remarks: Most probably this is an one-of-a-kind prototype bass drum made by Star, with it’s diameter of 18” only
Star from the late 60’s, in Gold Agate Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 16” + 14″ metal snare drum (Luke, Malaga, Australia)
Round/ silver Star badges (replicas from me)
Remarks: An awesome kit with some slight modifications (prepared for gigging)
Star from the early 70’s, in Acrylic, 2 x 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Jean, Saguenay, Canada)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: A great looking double bass drum kit, one of the late Star kits
Star from the late 60’s, in Gold Satin Flame, 20”/ 12”/ 14” (Ed, Shirehampton, UK)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: A kit in the very rare Gold Satin Flame finish
Star from the late 60’s, in Blue Ripple, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Terry, Hawthorn, Australia)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: The double tom holder unit is not genuine, but a lateron added substitution
Royal Star from the early 70’s, in Blue Ripple, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Harm, Oss, The Netherlands)
Tonneau-shaped/ black Royal Star badges
Remarks: Rack toms with staggered lugs, Fre-O-Matic double tom holder
Star from the late 60’s, in Blue Satin Flame, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Iain, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: A kit in the rare Blue Satin Flame finish (faded over the years), with staggered rack toms and the ‘normal’ damper knobs
Royal Star from the early 70’s, in Peacock Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Erik, Groningen, The Netherlands)
Tonneau shaped/ black Royal Star badges
Remarks: As the bass drum is virgin, there must have been a second bass drum before: Note the genuine separate double tom stand
Star from the early 70’s, in Gold Satin Flame, 20”/ 12”/ 14” (Ralph, Dumfries, Scotland)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: One of the later kits with a Satin Flame finish, as both toms have the ‘One-touch-tone-control’ damper knob (not shown here)
Star from the early 70’s, in Blue Ripple, 22”/ 13”/ 16” (Guillaume, Puylaurens, France)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: A nice drum kit with the later version of the rail consolette
Apollo from the early 70’s, in Green Agate Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Mark, Rochester, NY, USA)
Apollo Star badges
Remarks: A nice and rare finish; bass drum decal is a replica of the genuine Apollo logo; bass drum spurs are not original
Star from the early 70’s, in Gold Eddy Satin Flame, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Jake, Bonnyville, Canada)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: A nice drum kit with the later version of a rail consolette
Extraordinary Star kit from the early 70’s, in White Pearl, with conical shells:
20”/18” bass drum, 14”/12” tom and 16”/14” floor tom + 14” matching wooden snare drum, not conical (Antonin, Paris, France)
Oval/ black Star badges
Remarks: Most probably this is an one-of-a-kind prototype made by Star – similar to a drum series made by Trixon, Germany
Star from the early 70’s, in White Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Randy, Vancouver, Canada)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: Original owned since the beginning; bass drum with the rare genuine cymbal arm
Royal Star from the early 70’s, in Acrylic, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” snare drum (Tamás, Budapest, Hungary)
Round/ silver Royal Star badges
Remarks: Bass drum contains the original cymbal arm, which is rare
Royal Star from the early 70’s, in Silky Red, 22”/ 13”/ 16” (Adam, Newcastle, England)
Round/ silver Royal Star badges
Remarks: The original tom holder and bracket was substituted by Premier parts
Revelle from the early 70’s, in Blue Sparkle, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Joe, Las Vegas, USA)
Revelle badges
Remarks: Rack toms with staggered lugs
Royal Star from the early 70’s, in Silky White, 20”/ 13”/ 16” (Mark, London, UK)
Tonneau-shaped/ black Royal Star badges
Remarks: Rack tom with staggered lugs
Boston from the late 60’s, in Peacock Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + 14” metal snare drum (Matt, Drouin Vic, Australia)
Boston badges
Remarks: Kit in a rare finish; the Boston bass drum decal is not original
Apollo from the late 60’s, in Red Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 16” (Christian, Traismauer, Austria)
Apollo badges
Remarks: All drums have re-rings and include a damper for the batter head
King’s Stone from the early 70’s, in White Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” (Jacopo, Florence, Italy)
King’s Stone badges
Remarks: Drum kit with some necessary smaller modifications (such as new spurs, tension rods; tom holder and bracket by Tama)
Star from the early 70’s, in Green Agate Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (John, Baton Rouge, USA)
Rectangular/ silver Star badges
Remarks: A very rare drum kit (I’ve decided to present this rare finish here, too, although the drums are not complete)
Bollero from the early 70’s, in Peacock Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” (Hendrik, Hildesheim, Germany)
Bollero badges
Remarks: A rare finish with 10 lugs at the bass drum
Star from the early 70’s, in Chrome Satin Flame, 24”/ 13”/ 18” (Roel, Antwerp, Belgium)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: There also exists the matching second 14” rack tom (not pictured), overall very rare with these major sizes and finish
Star from the early 70’s, in Blue Satin Flame, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Miroslava, Stockholm, Sweden)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: This blue one is also quite rare, with it’s genuine cymbal stand
Star from the late 60’s, in Red Satin Flame, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Tim, Löhne, Germany)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: Again, a rare finish with two rack toms and staggered lugs
Star from the late 60’s, in Chrome Satin Flame, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Toby, Cologne, Germany)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: The double tom holder/ brackets and the bass drum spurs are replacements
Star from the early 70’s, in Red Satin Flame, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Andrew, Napier, New Zealand)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: Another very rare kit with two rack toms and staggered lugs
Star from the late 60’s, in Red Sparkle Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 16” (Mitch, Sydney, Australia)
No badges
Remarks: The wooden bass drum hoops are replacements
Bollero from the early 70’s, in Gold Eddy Satin Flame, 22”/ 12”/ 16” (Manuel, Freiburg, Germany)
Bollero badges
Remarks: A very rare kit with the later version of the rail consolette and staggered lugs
Imperial Star from 1972/73, in Gold Eddy Satin Flame, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal King Beat snare drum (Dan, Biersted, Denmark)
Round/ silver Imperial Star badges
Remarks: A very rare kit with heavy multilayer shells with re-rings, lacquered inside, Fre-o-matic double tom holder, staggered lugs
Star from the late 60’s, in Black Agate Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Hilario, Mexico City, Mexico)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: Genuine rail consolette on the bass drum
Star from the early 70’s, in Silky Blue, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Collier Brothers, North Yorkshire, England)
No badges
Remarks: Rack toms with staggered lugs, bass drum with ten lugs, resonant heads at the toms still with genuine ‘Royal Star’ logos
Star from the early 70’s, in genuine Rose Wood Grain, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Bram, Kortenberg, Belgium)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: Rack tom with staggered lugs, unfortunately the tom arm and some of the badges are missing
Royal Star from the early 70’s, in Clear Acryl, 20”/ 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” / 16” + matching 14” acrylic snare drum (Dale, Spokane, USA)
Tonneau shaped/ black Royal Star badges
Remarks: A stunning double bass drum version
Werco from the early 70’s, in Clear Acryl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” acrylic snare drum (Billy, South Carolina, USA)
Oval/ black Werco badges
Remarks: Staggered lugs only at the rack tom
U.S.Mercury from the early 70’s, in Gold Agate Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Gino, Chicago, USA)
Oval/ black U.S.Mercury badges
Remarks: A matching rare and deeper genuine wooden snare drum with staggered lugs, rare are the two floor toms, too
Royal Star from the early 70’s, in Silky White, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” Star metal snare drum (Craig, California, USA)
Tonneau shaped/ black Royal Star badges
Remarks: Latest rail consolette type and latest, very rare cymbal mount type
King’s Stone from the 60’s, in Oyster Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” matching wooden snare drum (Roberto, Rome, Italy)
King’s Stone badges
Remarks: A drum’s name in relation to the drum heads’ name which was used on Star drums in the 60’s: a rare one!
Star from the early 70’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” matching wooden snare drum (Stef, Antwerp, Belgium)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: Shells with grey interiors, in overall superb condition
Star from the end of the 60’s, in Silky Blue, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal King Beat snare drum (Bryan, Sarnia, Canada)
Round/ silver Star badges
Remarks: Thick shells painted grey inside, staggered lugs, all original hardware
Royal Star from 1970-73, in Clear Acryl, 22”/ 12”/ 16” (sizes to be confirmed), (John, New Hampshire, USA)
Round/ black Royal Star badges
Remarks: the original tom holder was substituted soon after buy in the 70’s (still the first owner!)