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FIBES help, not sure what im dealing with, urgent
VDF, early sunday im prepared to drive a few hours to pick up this farmingdale era 24" Fibes bass drum. Just one problem, I own a nazareth era fiberglass mirror wrap kit, and the shells on this kit seem to be completely different, see pictures;
1. the inner shell is not painted black 2. the legs look nothing like the usual clip in fibes legs, in fact they go through the shell, have never seen fibes do this. 3. the legs are not mounted/drilled in the exact same location as my farmingdale 24" (see picture 1) 3. there seems to be a reinforcing hoop, another first for fibes 4. The badge does not seem to have a serial number. also the spacing of the printing on the badge seems to differ slightly from the farmingdale badge on my acrylics. Now I know Fibes did just about whatever they could to get drums out the door, including adding hardware from other companies, but I've never seen a drum this different. Also, the asking price is $125, so this is not likely a fake, as the hardware on that drum is worth just about that much. Any advice would be really appreciated. Thanks VDF. - Evan
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Re: FIBES help, not sure what im dealing with, urgent
Best case scenario, I've found an early prototype!
Also, just remembered i have an old fibes catalog, and one of the fiberglass shells is shown with a reinforcment ring, so one question may be answered. the rest still remain.
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Re: FIBES help, not sure what im dealing with, urgent
Mikey, the price is great, but the drive is about three hours, so me and my 16mpg had to factor that in, I didnt want to show up and be like man what did i get into.
But yeah i think you are right, really no reason to not pick this up, its just an interesting piece. Thanks a lot, i'll let you know how it turns out. - Evan
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