- The Fibes drum company, conceived form the words ‘fiberglass’ and ‘vibes’ unveiled a product they deemed to be stronger than steel and lighter than wood. The tonal response of each shells (size for size) was reputedly identical and the internal vibratory response was superior, achieving a far greater sound than traditional materials.
- The Fibes Drum Company made shells made of Fiberglass and Acrylic. The Fiberglass shells were covered in various wraps, while the Acrylic shells were clear and some were tinted. The Acrylic drums tended to crack and scuff. This drum has a pristine shell and strainer and was made when Martin owned the company.
Fibes Drums Serial Numbers
Private (1966–79) Brand (1979–94) [1] | |
Industry | Musical instruments |
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Fate | Acquired by C.F. Martin in 1979 [1] |
Founded | 1966 |
Founder | Bob Grauso and John Morena |
Defunct | 1994; 26 years ago |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Drum kits and sticks |
Fibes 5X14 Snare Drum. 10 lugs, new heads and as far as I can tell all original parts. The serial number is hard to read but looks like #6531. A smooth operating SFT throw off with the only minus being some light rust rash on some of the chrome and a slight flaking on the snare butt plate. A beautiful playing and sounding drum. The first is a pre-serial in white pearl with nickel hardware and a rough ‘reza-cote’ interior date stamped 1960. The strainer is the later P83 in chrome, but its fitted with the late 50’s round knob muffler. Another is in natural mahogany with nickel on brass hardware and a red felt dampener (but a serial number that dates it to 1965)!
Fibes Drum Company was a USmusical instrumentmanufacturing company that produced drum kits. Founded in 1966, it was acquired by guitar manufacturing company C.F. Martin in 1970 which it sold the Fibes assets to Jim Corder in 1979, who subsequently established his own company, Corder Drums. The 'Fibes' name was sold to another party, remaining for a brief time as a drum stickbrand, which use ceased in 1994.[1]
History[edit]
The company was founded in 1966 by Bob Grauso, a drummer, and John Morena, a drummer and composite materials professional.[2][1][3] Fibes was a percussion instrument manufacturer notable for its pioneering use of fiberglasscomposites and transparent acrylic materials in the construction of drum shells.[4] Fibes offered chrome plating on their fiberglass shells as well as a variety of other surface finishes. Chrome plated Fibes snare drums have an appearance that closely matches that of conventional chrome plated metal snare drums made by other manufacturers.
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Fibes drums, and particularly Fibes snare drums were used by Buddy Rich, who continued to use the Fibes snare even while an endorser of competing products.[3][5] The original Fibes Drums Company was located in South Farmingdale, New York and drums produced in that era bear the rectangular badge.
Fibes Snare Drum
The Fibes company was eventually sold to guitar manufacturerC. F. Martin & Company,[6][7] in 1970. Subsecquently, all Fibes stock and workforce were moved to the Martin factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, while Garuso retaining control of the company.[8]
Then Martin sold the Fibes inventory and equipment to Jim Corder, who renamed the business 'Corder Drum Company', while the 'Fibes' trademark was sold to another party, who had a business agreement with Martin to distribute Fibes drum sticks. Corder then sold the company in 1990 to Sammy Darwin, a radio programming consultant, who operated the company under the name 'Darwin' until early 1994.[1]
Tommy Robertson, owner of Tommy's Drum Shop in Austin, TX., learned of the status of Darwin Drums, and began negotiations to purchase the factory from Darwin. After eight months, an agreement was made. 50cc gy6 service repair manual. In December 1994, the factory was purchased and moved into a newly designed facility in Austin, Texas. The Fibes trademark was also purchased in December, thus reuniting the original name and product. Fibes has since stopped production of drums.[1]
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References[edit]
- ^ abcdef'Fibes Drum Company History'. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
- ^Matt Dean (2012). The Drum: A History. Scarecrow Press. pp. 224–. ISBN978-0-8108-8170-9.
- ^ abBennett, Donn (November 2014). 'Buddy Rich's 1966 Fibes Fiberglass Set'(PDF). DRUM!. Drum Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-10.
- ^Nicholls, Geoff (1997). The Drum Book (First ed.). Backbeat Books. pp. 93–94. ISBN0-87930-476-6.
- ^Cohan, Jon (January 1, 1995). Star Sets: Drum Kits of the Great Drummers. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 23. ISBN0-7935-3489-5.
- ^Cangany, Harry. The Great American Drums and the Companies that Made Them, 1920-1969. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1996.
- ^Carter, Walter. The Martin Book: A Complete History of Martin Guitars. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006.
- ^Vintage view: Fibes on Mike Dolbear website (archived), 5 Jun 2010
External links[edit]
Fibes Drums Serial Numbers List
- Fibes on Vintage Drums
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