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MIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
I only became familiar with Arbiter drums after Ivor Arbiter started inventing new tuning systems. I had no idea the company was making their own bran...
8 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
BY gosh! I guess you're right! I've never seen one of those and I thought I knew about Arbiter! Live and learn, I guess!
8 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
No, the snare is not an Arbiter. All the drums appear to be of Asian extraction...like you say, Pearl, Star, etc.
8 months ago1969-70 gretsch rb & ssb gold plated snare drums
Jeez! I don't know how you keep finding these rare drums, man!
1 year agoGretsch Gladstone Lugs
That's good advice. Either of those sources should be able to help you.
1 year agoPlease help identify MIJ snare
A VERY general guess would be that it is a stencil drum made in the Pearl factory and potentially sold through a mail-order catalog. It has the typica...
1 year ago1966? Or 1967?
Thanks for the response. Okay let's take it a step further... Same scenario, but this time, you have a '68-'69 kit. There are some differences...
1 year ago1966? Or 1967?
Thanks for the response. But, let's add to the hypothetical.... Okay...
1 year ago1966? Or 1967?
Hello. Welcome back! I had almost given up the ghost! I thought about joining the other discussion forum again, but then I read through a few threads...
1 year agoSnare identification
I've never seen one like it. My guess is that it is am early 20th century, local-to-Scandinavia brand of drum that might possibly have been used in...
1 year agoSnare identification
I've never seen one like it. My guess is that it is am early 20th century, local-to-Scandinavia brand of drum that might possibly have been used in...
1 year agoDFO down?
I've been trying to respond to this thread for over a minute! What the... I know nothing about website operations, so maybe this suggestion is comple...
1 year agoWeb Site Speed - Issues
I'll try to scrape up some cash but it will have to be after the holiday season. But, man...to be honest, I don't even know how many of us are even le...
1 year agoWeb Site Speed - Issues
Yes it took me over a minute to get this far. Everything is super slow.
1 year agoLudwig Club Date kit with bent, rather than straightforward tom legs?
From Drummerboy1975...
1 year ago