Drumsets with lug type 920:
It was the very first shape of lugs at Star drumsets. This type can be found very
often at Star drumsets and also at many drumsets from their brand names.
Latest entries of photos: at the bottom of this page.

 DrumMate from ca. 1966, in White Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (sold to Christian in Austria)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: rail consolette with slide-on tom bracket type

 Star from the beginning of the 70’s, in Gold Zoom, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Jürgen, Leonberg, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: shells with grey interiors, Fre-o-matic double tom holder

 Star from the beginning of the 70’s, in Dark Oyster Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” (Andrew, Napier, New Zealand)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: a rare finish, tom holder with a rail consolette

 Star from the mid to late 60’s, in White Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” matching wooden snare drum (Bryan, Sarnia, Canada)
 Rectangular/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: thin shells with re-rings, earlier rail consolette type

 Star from the end of the 60’s, in Blue Agate Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Stef, Antwerp, Belgium)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: bass drum with wooden hoops and retracting single tom holder

 Star from the early 70’s, in Lava Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Fritz, Waldkirch, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: shells with grey interiors

 Bollero from the early 70’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Wouter, Steenbergen, Netherlands)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: shells with grey interiors, one touch tone control, later style of rail consolette and tom brackets, genuine cymbal stand

 Swing Star from the late 60’s, in Blue Ripple, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Wouter, Steenbergen, Netherlands)
 Oval/ black Swing Star badges
 Remarks: the finish has in some points faded, early shape of slip-on tom brackets

 Royal Star from the late 60’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 16” (Thomas, Hurlach, Germany)
 Tonneau shaped/ black Royal Star badges
 Remarks: shells with grey interior, the second rack tom in 13” was not used at this performance

 SupreMacy from the late 60’s, in Oyster Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Joshua, Pennsylvania, USA)
 Oval/ silver SupreMacy badges
 Remarks: a rare one with offset lugs even at the bass drum

 Star from the 60’s, in Blue Sparkle, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Myron, Minneapolis, USA)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: the 12” is an orphan from another series, but the wrap is almost matching

 Star from the late 60’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Gino, Chicago, USA)
 No badges
 Remarks: the rail consolette is a supplement and not original Star

 Majestic from the late 60’s, in Oyster Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (John, Michigan, USA)
 Majestic badges
 Remarks: a rare one with offset lugs even at the bass drum, none original floor tom rubber feet

 Bollero from the late years (around 1972), in Platina or Metalon Silver or Silver Star, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Manuel, Freiburg, Germany)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: with Fre-o-Matic double tom holder, the last type of double tom mounts; wrap had different names in different catalogues

 Star from the late 60’s, in White Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Ingo, Osnabrück, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: bass drum with 10 lugs per side, shells with grey interior, the snare drum is a model used for marching as well

 Star from the late 60’s, in White Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Eric, Lodève, France)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: a nice ‘Buddy Rich Replica’ with an additional second floor tom; shells have re-rings inside

 Werco from the late 60’s, in Red Agate Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Tony, Oswego, USA)
 Oval/ black Werco badges
 Remarks: contains the early rail consolette type plus the original plastic box in black for the drum key (placed here at the cymbal arm)

 Star from the late 60’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” (Christian, Traismauer, Austria)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: drumset includes the genuine bass drum and hihat ‘Pro Pedals’

 Star from exactly 1973, in White Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Cliff, Hong Kong)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: shows one of the latest Star decals on the bass drum; the first owner sold this set some years later in UK

 DrumMate from ca. 1966, in Red Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Stefan, Altenkunstadt, Germany)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: bass drum logo is a custom made one - as far as I know, Star didn’t publish DrumMate logos for bass drums

 Star from the late 60’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Lucas, Christchurch, New Zealand)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: Tama RIMS were added to the rack toms in order to increase the sound

 DrumMate from the late 60’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Andrew, London, England)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: all hoops, includig the wooden bass drum hoop and spurs, are replacements

 Majestic from the late 60’s/ early 70’s, in Red Agate Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” (Doug, Springfield, MA, USA)
 Majestic badges
 Remarks: staggered lugs over all drums

 Stewart from the 60’s, in Gold Sparkle Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” snare drum (Doug, Springfield, MA, USA)
 Stewart badges
 Remarks: early type of the rail consolette, floor tom with 8 lugs

 Star from the early 70’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Marc, Neustadt a.R., Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: toms with the ‘One touch tone control’ damper

 Majestic from the late 60’s, in Blue Agate Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Rich, Connecticut, USA)
 Majestic badges
 Remarks: bass drum with a rare genuine Majestic-typical logo, toms and bass drum with offset lugs, with genuine pedals

 DrumMate or Star from the late 60’s to early 70’s, in Blue Marine Pearl, 22”/12”/16”+14” metal snare drum (Tim, Zuidland, The Netherlands)
 No badges
 Remarks: most probably a DrumMate due to the type of the rail consolette, although it’s not typical that the floor tom here has 8 lugs

 Bollero from the early 70’s, in Jet Black, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Marc, Neustadt a.R., Germany)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: although a black wrap is common nowadays, it was quite rare in the early 70’s

 Star from the early 70’s, in Silky White, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Frank, Lohr am Main, Germany)
 No badges (besides a round/ silver badge at the metal snare drum)
 Remarks: the wing screws at the double tom holder are replacements

 Star from the late 60’s to early 70’s, in Fibre Gold (Pearl), 20”/ 12”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Claes, Norrköping, Sweden)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: the decal on the bass drum is a lateron added logo

 Star from the late 60’s, in Red Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Dennis, Torhout, Belgium)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: the rack tom is placed on a separate stand

 DrumMate from the early 70’s, in Tiger Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 16” (Dennis, Torhout, Belgium)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: earlier type of the rail consolette, a drumset with a seldom seen finish

 Bollero from the late 60’s to early 70’s, in Fibre Gold (Pearl), 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Stephan, Bremen, Germany)
 Bollero badges (but not at 13” rack tom and bass drum)
 Remarks: although 12” and 16” toms plus snare drum have Bollero badges, the 12” rack tom curiously has the lugs type 924

 DrumMate from ca. 1966, in Blue Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” (Marc, Neustadt a. R., Germany)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: typical DrumMate rail consolette with slide-on tom bracket type

 Star from the early 70’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16”/ 18” (Andreas, Hagen, Germany)
 Star round/ silver badges (18” floor tom with lug type 924 and tonneau shaped/ black badge)
 Remarks: the 18” floor tom is a single addition, bass drum hoops will be replaced against the original ones later (under restauration)

 Bollero from the early 70’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Manuel, Freiburg, Germany)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: with Fre-o-Matic double tom holder, the last type of double tom mounts, original bass drum logo

 Star from the early 70’s, in Red Marine Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 14”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Mikko, Tampere, Finland)
 Oval/ black Swing Star badges (at 20”, 12” and 14”) and tonneau shaped/ black Royal Star badges (at 13” and 16”)
 Remarks: the 13” rack tom is not included in this picture

 DrumMate from the early 70’s, in Gold Agate Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Trig, Turku, Finland)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: genuine rail consolette with two tom holder arms (slide-on tom bracket type), genuine bass drum and hihat Pro Pedals

 Star from the mid to late 60’s, in White Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Roy, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
 Rectangular/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: thin shells with re-rings

 Star from the late 60’s to early 70’s, in Oyster Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 16” (Christian, Traismauer, Austria)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: drumset with the later type of rail consolette

 SwingStar from the late 60’s, in Blue Ripple, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + 14” metal snare drum (Ron, Maastricht, The Netherlands)
 Oval/ black Swing Star badges
 Remarks: drumset with the early type of rail consolette

 Star from the early 70’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 16” (Pamela, Paris, France)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: drumset with the later type of rail consolette

 Royal Star from the late 60’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 22”/ 22”/ 10”/ 12”/ 13”/ 14”/ 16” (Karl, Worpswede, Germany)
 Tonneau shaped/ black Royal Star badges
 Remarks: 10” and 14” toms are rewrapped drum shells (genuine wrap and hardware from Star toms), a third 20” bass drum not pictured

 Star from the late 60’s to early 70’s, in Fibre Gold Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Pierre, Arlon, Belgium)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: complete drumset with genuine hardware parts, including the rare cymbal arm

 Star from the mid to late 60’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” snare drum (Thomas, Helsingborg, Sweden)
 Rectangular/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: the tom holder bracket on the bass drum is a rectangular replacement (in original it has to be in rhombus shape)

 Mitchel from the early 70’s, in Metalic Gold, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Tristan, Wiltshire, UK)
 Mitchel badges
 Remarks: a very rare drumset with an unusual original wrap - one of the latest from Star; the bass drum decal appears to be genuine

 Majestic from the early 70’s, in Blue Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” (Scott, Austin, USA)
 Majestic badges
 Remarks: a very rare finish, where the Blue Pearl is in stripes shape; the bass drum decal is not genuine

 Star from the late 60’s, in Gold Agate Pearl, 22”/ 13” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Offer, Cologne, Germany)
 Oval/ black Star badges
 Remarks: in the meantime plus additional 20“ and 13” drums - and with Meinl Romen cymbals from the same era

 Star from the late 60’s, in Tiger Pearl, 20”/ 13” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Florian, Bielefeld, Germany)
 Oval/ black Star badges
 Remarks: another sweet little three piece set, the additional Star brackets on the bass drum are add-ons

 Swing Star from the early 70’s, in White Marine Pearl, 20”/13”/16”+ matching 14” wooden snare drum (Carol,Margraten,The Netherlands)
 Oval/ black Swing Star badges
 Remarks: bass drum with the early type of rail consolette

 Stewart from the early 70’s, in Black Agate Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Matthew, Port Colborne, USA)
 Stewart badges
 Remarks: a great looking rare finish

 Stewart from the early 70’s, in Red Agate Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Carmen, Port Colborne, Canada)
 Stewart badges
 Remarks: another superb looking and rare finish

 DrumMate from ca. 1970, in Red Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (sold here in Germany)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: rail consolette with slide-on tom bracket type

 Ralston from the middle of the 60’s, in Red Agate Pearl, 20”/ 12” / 12”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Jeff, Boston, USA)
 Ralston badges
 Remarks: beautiful drumset with the rare retracting double tom-tom holder (type 717), and a rare badge as well

 Bollero from the early 70’s, in Pearl Fantasia, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Markus, Esslingen, Germany)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: the double tom holder is existing, but, as the smaller 12” rack tom, currently not mounted

 DrumMate from the early 70’s, in Tiger Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” (Julien, Versailles, France)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: the bass drum logo is not genuine

 DrumMate from the late 60’s, in White Marine Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Jeroen, Venlo, The Netherlands)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: there also exists the second 12” rack tom, which is not pictured herein

 Star from the late 60’s, in Gold Agate Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Alan, Cincinnati, USA)
 Rectangular/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: thin shells with re-rings, the floor tom is 16” x 15” (height), which is not common

 DrumMate from ca. 1970, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” (sold to Lasse in Hamburg, Germany)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: floor tom has eight lugs and the same bigger lug version as mounted on the bass drum

 Magnum from the 60’s, in Red Sparkle, 20”/ 12”/ 14” (John, Michigan, USA)
 Magnum badges
 Remarks: a rare drum kit with the earlier version of a rail consolette

 Jason from the around 1963, in White Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Matt, Drouin Vic, Australia)
 Jason badges
 Remarks: most probably one from the earlierst Star production date: it shows the genuine rectangular bracket on the bass drum

 Star from the early 70’s, in Blue Ripple, 22”/ 12”/ 16” (Leonard, Lichtenfels, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: a rare and beautiful finish; there also exists a second rack tom in 13” (but is not in use generally)

 Star from the late 60’s, in Black Agate Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Ismo, Kangasala, Finland)
 Rectangular/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: a nicely refurbished drum kit

 Bollero from the early 70’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Christian, Traismauer, Austria)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: double tom holder is the latest version used at Star, bass drum hoops are a replacement

 Barclay from the early 70’s, in White Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Matt, Drouin Vic, Australia)
 Barclay badges
 Remarks: the bass drum hoops are replacements, otherwise all genuine in a classy wrap

 Star from the around 1966, in Red (Marine) Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Jörg, Saarbrücken, Germany)
 Oval black Star badges
 Remarks: the retracting single tom tom holder is rare to find; matching bass drum pedal and hihat

 DrumMate from ca. 1966, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Michel, Montreal, Canada)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: rail consolette with slide-on tom bracket type, overall drums in rare mint condition

 Star from the early 70’s, in Oyster Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” (Jay, Ottawa, Canada)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: shells with grey interiors

 Star from the late 60’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 22”, 13”, 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Ray, Douglasville, USA)
 Rectangular/ silver Star badge
 Remarks: all stands are original as well as the cowbell and holder, bongos also by Star

 Star from the late 60’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” (Thomas, Saarbrücken, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: owner mainly plays the 12” rack only, therefore only this rack tom has a RIM system mounted at the bottom side

 Bollero from the late 60’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 22”/ 13” / 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Offer, Cologne, Germany)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: plus matching bongos from Star, which are rare as well

 Majestic from the late 60’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 20”/20”/12”/13”/14”/16” + 14” metal snare drum (Michael, Ohio, USA)
 Majestic badges
 Remarks: a very rare and complete kit with Zilco cymbals of that era; the bass drum logo is a replica but looks like the original one

 Royal Star from the early 70’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum no. 8258 (it’s mine)
 Round/ silver Royal Star badges
 Remarks: kit in excellent condition with the classic finish, contains the Fre-o-Matic double tom holder, the latest version from Star

 Star from the early 70’s, in Peacock, 20”/ 12”/ 16” (Gerd, Bubenreuth, Germany)
 Round/ silver and black/ oval Star badges on different drums
 Remarks: kit with a rare finish, rare genuine cymbal stand on the right side (plus modern cymbal arm)

 Star from the late 60’s, in Grey Diamond Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” ‘KingBeat’ metal snare drum (Michael, Würzburg, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: the 12” rack tom is not pictured, as the kit will be played in this configuration only; nice genuine hardware as well

 Star from the early 70’s, in Metalon Silver, 20”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Michael, Kirkel, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: one of the latest finished from Star (although with rail consolette), toms have the ‘One touch tone control’ dampers

 Bollero from the early 70’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 16” (Eric, Nürnberg, Germany)
 Bollero badge (rack tom), Star badge (bass drum) and DrumMate badge (floor tom)
 Remarks: the tom has the latest bracket, which was combined with a rail consolette

 Star from the early 70’s, in Silky Blue, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal Star ‘KingBeat’ snare drum (Del, Swansea, UK)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: both pedals from Star as well, but the tom holder is a modification: unit comes completely from Slingerland

 Royal Star from the early 70’s, in Blue Streamer, 22”/ 13”/ 15” / 16” (Matt, Drouin Vic, Australia)
 Round/ black Royal Star badges
 Remarks: primary, all toms were concert toms (prototype?) and have been modified to ‘normal’ tom (with resonant side hoops and heads)

 Star from the early 70’s, in Fibre Gold Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” (Marco, Nürnberg, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: there also exists the 12” rack tom, but is not displayed, as usually not in use with this drummer

 Star from the early 70’s, in White (Marine) Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” (Tobias, Bremen, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: the tom has the latest bracket, which was combined with a rail consolette

 Bollero from the early 70’s, in Fantasia Pearl, 22”/ 13” / 16” (Andreas, Kempen, Germany)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: tom holder is the latest version from Star: the ‘Fre-o-matic’ double tom holder, kit misses the second rack tom

 DrumMate from the early 70’s, in Blue Marine Pearl, 20”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Martin, Eppingen, Germany)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: a nice 3-pc-kit with the early rail consolette (bass drum T-rods not genuine)

 Star from the late 60’s, in Fibre Gold, 22”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Martin, Eppingen, Germany)
 Black/ oval Star badges
 Remarks: tom holder is the rare retracting single tom tom holder version

 Bollero from the early 70’s, in Red Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13” / 16” (Martin, Eppingen, Germany)
 Bollero badges
 Remarks: the Red Pearl finish and the ‘Fre-o-matic’ double tom holder version: a rare combination from Star

 Swing Star from the early 70’s, in Silky Blue, 22”/ 12”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Tim, Oslo, Norway)
 Oval/ black Swing Star badges
 Remarks: the tom bracket is genuine - this set was originally delivered with this L-arm tom holder (obviously in the last days of Star)

 Star from the late 60’s, in Tiger Pearl, 22”/ 12” / 16” (Ryan, Vancouver, Canada)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: a nice restoration done to a great looking kit; floor tom legs are not the original ones

 DrumMate from the early 70’s, in Blue Marine Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 14” (Jakob, Vienna, Austria)
 DrumMate badges
 Remarks: a nice three-piece-kit with the sought-after 14” floor tom version

 Star from the early 70’s, in Red Marine Pearl, 20”/ 12”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Jehuda, Jerusalem, Israel)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: ril consolette with the latest Star version of a tom bracket at the rack tom

 Lyra from the early 70’s, in Gold Sparkle Pearl, 22”/ 13”/ 16” (Daniel, Winterthur, Switzerland)
 Lyra badges
 Remarks: the black wood hoops are replacements (original: black metal hoops)

 Star from the early 70’s, in Blue Ripple, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + matching 14” wooden snare drum (Erik, Durban, South Africa)
 Round/ silver Star badges
 Remarks: the genuine wrap (‘Blue Ripple’ or ‘Oyster Pearl’?) has nicely faded to a brownish tone; non-original wood hoops (bass drum)

 Star from the 60’s, in Silver Sparkle Pearl, 22”/ 12”/ 13”/ 16” + 14” metal snare drum (Mario, Bisingen, Germany)
 Round/ silver Star badges at bass drum and snare, oval/ black Star badges at the toms
 Remarks: a beautiful kit with it’s original hardware parts, even the early cymbal arm on the bass drum

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