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Writing a feature article about VDF - wanna contribute?
-When and how did you get into vinatge drums? About 2 years ago. Dissatisfied with the sound of my modern set, I started looking around and trying stu...
10 years agoPremier B303 Vintage drums
Great, I like the not-so-deep rack toms.
10 years agoSpartacus
pics of 14 inch snare and 13 inch hoops pic of 15 inch snare (probably French)
10 years agoSpartacus
First real result: snaredrum up and running! I bought an antique 15 inch NOB snare drum (see furtheron) to make into a floortom. It had a very nice NO...
10 years agoThe Ralstons are home
Nice decal!
10 years agoEdgware: convert a 14 x 10 marcher into a 14 x 5 snare
Thanx to all for your compliments. Feels good to make something beatiful and to know that it's appreciated.
10 years agoInteresting Article on Vintage Japanese Drums
And: indeed an interesting and will-written article. I have had a MIJ stencil kit, non- re-ring. I've re-done the edges full roundover. Toms sounded...
10 years agoInteresting Article on Vintage Japanese Drums
@ Teverson, I've cut 45 degree bearing edges on old luan re-ring and non-re-ring drums with little damage. For me the tricks were: 1. Take oFf max. 1...
10 years agoCamco project revised
Respect! Done with a lot of attention it seems.
10 years agoneed help to identify my set
Looks like Emperador, Arai, Hoshino, Lynx, Aria, or one of those Japanese pre-tama stencils. Nice kit. Had one more or les like that and it sounded fa...
10 years agoPlease help identify my snare
Hoops and parallel-strainer Royal beyond doubt. (@Wouter. I have a COB Royal 14 X 6,5 snare having the 2 X 20 strands and the same strainer mechanism...
10 years agoSpartacus
In the meantime I started on the snare drum. Same recepy: glue one hoop in antoher. Glue metal (NOB) on hoops. Cut bearing edges. I gave this one quit...
10 years agoSpartacus
Floortom nearly finished. I tried tilted squares on the hoops. I don't like it. So I'm goning to make the hoops in 1 single colour. It wil be the dark...
10 years agoPremier Orphans
Folks, this is a kit I worked on bit by bit in the last five months. It consists of 4 orphans: a 20 inch bass drum (mohagony), a 13 inch rack-tom (bi...
10 years agoIs this normal ?
for me it's like a beard; if you allow to grow it, it's only normal you'll have a beard. However some man don't like the looks of a beard and shave th...
10 years ago