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paulwells73

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Intermediate Old K Istanbuls

Funny, I don’t hear any lack of mid range from that one! To me, it’s got a higher pitched fundamental (probably due to the profile) and a...

4 years ago
What Year Yammy

It’s from the mid-to-late 2000s, around the time they were offering the Absolute Nouveau drums. They also made brass and copper snares with this...

4 years ago
Vibra-Fibing shell interiors

Neil apparently never had the snare vibrafibed. Also, it was not a 5x14 shell, but a 5.5x14. Here’s some info about it, including a quote where...

4 years ago
Zildjian A "Hollow Block Stamp" (50s) 22"

I owned that exact cymbal for a while. Believe it or not, I hated it. The weight was ideal, and it did record pretty well. But in person, it had some...

4 years ago
Gretsch RB pawn shop find

The serial numbers date the snare and bass drum to 1965, and the floor tom to 1966.

4 years ago
Old K Alert...Old K Alert.. Man your stations man your stations...

I’ve played Kenny’s ride - it’s a New Stamp, actually. One of the best New Stamps, ever. The weight is 2448g.

5 years ago
Old K Alert...Old K Alert.. Man your stations man your stations...

Looks more like a Type IVa or IVb to me. The records he mentioned were all done in 1956, which doesn’t line up with the stamp timeline, though.

5 years ago
Intermediate Old K Istanbuls

These two 20" Intermediates from Matthias demonstrate how different they can be at thin vs. medium weights. I love the heavier one, but the thin one i...

5 years ago
Intermediate Old K Istanbuls

Thanks, Joe! I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to play this one on gigs, so I’m still trying to figure it out. It records great, and so...

5 years ago
Intermediate Old K Istanbuls

Here’s my 22" Intermediate - it displays what I think of as the classic Intermediate dry stick sound: [ame="https://youtu.be/Ep_NiFwnj5U"]https...

5 years ago
Type I,II,III old K s

And here’s my most recent acquisition - a 20" Type IIb: [ame="https://youtu.be/vE1BZSvi_SY"]https://youtu.be/vE1BZSvi_SY[/ame]

5 years ago
Type I,II,III old K s

Here’s my 22" Type IIa - the one with lots of crack repairs: [ame="https://youtu.be/qoqOB4XBA6s"]https://youtu.be/qoqOB4XBA6s[/ame]

5 years ago
Mickey Roker and Clifford Jarvis and Old As

Mickey was definitely using As. There is a picture of him at a BN session in this era, and he’s clearly got a 20" A with rivets. Probably just a...

5 years ago
Type IV old K's

Here’s my Type IVb: [ame="https://youtu.be/oAGN-WxSgAE"]https://youtu.be/oAGN-WxSgAE[/ame]

5 years ago