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Ralf
10-01-2011, 09:43 AM
Hi everyone,

I just finished restoring my DrumMate project and like to present it here.
13 x 9, 16 x 16 and 20 x 14 plus matching 14 x 5 snare drum, all in genuine WMP wrap.

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee346/PaisteStar/DrumMate_1.jpg

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee346/PaisteStar/DrumMate_2.jpg

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee346/PaisteStar/DrumMate_3.jpg

http://i534.photobucket.com/albums/ee346/PaisteStar/DrumMate_4.jpg

The cymbal arm was missing as well as all resonant side hoops to the toms and bass drum. The snare lever was replaced by a simple shoulder bolt which I substituted with another type of screw, looking 'as much original as possible'.
Interesting is the bass drum pedal which is equal to Tama's 1974 'Hi-Beat' model 6740, just being blank on the plate, missing the imprinting 'Star' or 'Tama'.
So I guess that this drumset comes from the time between 1972 to 1974. The hihat 'Pro Pedal' seems to be genuine as well, but I'm afraid it won't stand a session.

Ralf
grantro
10-01-2011, 10:58 AM
Sweeeeet!! Very elegant Ralf...I`d be proud of this one if I were you!!

Cheers
salty 1322
10-01-2011, 11:03 AM
Wow!!! What a beautiful job, Ralf! Congratulations!
Brian
Fayray
10-01-2011, 04:13 PM
Nice! That came up really well.
Yoshi
10-02-2011, 10:10 AM
Yikes, cool set!!
OsakaBop
10-02-2011, 10:28 AM
Party I see such attention to detail- your love for Star drums just pours out of these photos- I love it. What a great looking set. What heads did you choose to put on the bass batter?
MME
10-02-2011, 10:30 AM
Hey, those look fine.If they sound as good as they look,W-O-W! Nice job,M
Ralf
10-02-2011, 02:54 PM
Thank you, drum-mates :), for your compliments! Indeed, it was a long standing wish of mine to own a drumset in WMP as well. (My wife hopes, that it was my last wish in this regard - but who knows ...? :D)

@OsakaBop: that's a cheap Remo Amba. All I do for dampening is a small pillow inside of the bass drum, placed in the middle, to touch both batter and reso head each a bit. That's all. Should say that I'm not freak concerning teasing out the best sound of it. - I put more attention to the restoring process.
On the toms are Ambas coated/clear (for resos) which give me the required sound always.
This is just my 4th set which I'll give a kick only if space at a gig will be too small for my normal drumkits with three toms and 4 to 5 cymbals around.

Ralf
Retrosonic
10-02-2011, 07:38 PM
Ralf:

Fantastic job on the set. it looks like it just rolled out of the factory!!

You should be really proud of that one.
jonnistix
10-03-2011, 06:09 AM
Very classy looking! I love a clean looking WMP kit....but then I am biased, I suppose, since my drums are the same color.
idrum4fun
10-04-2011, 11:06 PM
Excellent job! I love the WMP on this kit!
kevins
10-05-2011, 08:38 AM
Sweeter than Yoo Hoo !!
Congrats !!!
Kev