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And the beat goes on....
Hard to blame the guy . . . Desperado always put me to sleep as well.
12 years agoVintage Mahogany Shells
Nice drum, Gary! I hope the whole set cleans up this well! Where did you find it? (Sorry - you just came through with the story while I was posting...
15 years agoCloth To Dampen??
Medium weight felt is (and always has been) the best and most commonly used fabric for dampening for lots of reasons (very porous so it acts kind of "...
15 years agoRemoving Old Drum Wrap
On most of these old drums, there is no need to try and heat this glue. It has lost most of it's bond and, as previously posted, heating might cause m...
16 years agoBearing edges
Any purpose built snare drum of that era would have had snare beds intentionally sanded out of the bearing edge surface of the resonant side. This ce...
16 years agoRestoring '61 Slingerlands
Send me the air fare - I will personally deliver some to you! Seriously, I have no idea how or where or why this stuff gets marketed and sold in any...
16 years agoRestoring '61 Slingerlands
Here is a picture of the stuff I tried. The epoxy material is the "Quick Wood"
16 years agoRestoring '61 Slingerlands
I had never used this stuff before and heard about it from a friend on "drumforum.org" - so I thought I would give it a try. If it didn't work, I figu...
16 years agoRestoring '61 Slingerlands
Obviously, if these things were dragged along behind a truck or used as a blacksmiths anvil, the damage might require some serious work - re-cutting t...
16 years agoRestoring '61 Slingerlands
I have stripped several late 60's Slingerland toms lately - removed the wrap and brought the interior down to bare wood. I have noticed a few idiosync...
16 years agoHELP! Should I oil the inside of my vintage drum shell with linseed oil?
I have refinished a few old Slingerland shells lately and have a couple of thoughts on the Chocolate Milk interior. The first vintage Slingy I opened...
16 years agoBreather Hole Eyelets
You folks may have beat this topic to death in the past, but I am at the point in a restoration project where I need to re-attach some old Slingerland...
16 years agoHow to Fill Holes
Chopsticks are almost always made of bamboo (and the grain would be perpendicular to the grain of the shell). Unless you are trying to perform a quic...
16 years agorestoring my slingy #66 Buddy Rich cymbal stands
Wow - either you live alone or you have a very tolerant spouse! My wife doesn't even like it when I walk through our formal dining room. Thanks for p...
16 years agoLooking for the Department of the Interior
Slingerland shell interiors, that is . . I have a couple of 60's vintage Slingerland tom shells that I have acquired in an attempt to get the parts...
16 years ago