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Just bought a drumset - can you identify it?
My guess is Wooding. If I'm not mistaken, Wooding was made in Italy. Could make sense with Austria being close to Italy.
8 years agopearl snare COB?
Folks, can anybody tell me if this snare is COB. Thanx in advance.
8 years agoCrossroads
Though not about vintage drums, I like this thread. I like everybody's engagement with the subject. My :2Cents:: Take a break when feeling burned o...
8 years agoReasonably priced eyelets/grommets.
A pitty for you you're not in Europe. Stdrums in Germany sells them for 50 eurocents a piece! Nicely nickelplated. By the way, the grommets used for...
8 years agoROYAL brass rope tension drum
That's a nice drum, Wouter. Did it use to be a snare drum? Judging by the bottom hoop?
8 years agoPre-WW2 Sonorus drumkit
Hi Stefaan, I have a snare that looks like yours a lot. You should contact member stedi, he's belgian and i believe he knows quite a bit about sonorus...
8 years agoVintage Star - Craigslist Restoration Project
Nice resto, nice kit. Wanna improve the sound of the tom even more? Mount a piece of thick rubber gasoline hose onto the place of the snare stand wher...
8 years agoRogers Holiday project
Nice job! Gibraltar flooting floortom feet will greatly improve the sustain, tone and volume in your floortom. (Pearl's floating feet as well, but the...
8 years agowar time drum inspired
Thanx all for your compliments! I've been testing the sound. It works best with a high tension on the batter side and a somewhat lower tension on the...
8 years agowar time drum inspired
At R.Adam maybe, but then I'll use pre-existing shells and only make the hardware. On the Dutch internet-market (called Marktplaats) sometimes Sonor A...
8 years agowar time drum inspired
Hi Poppies, Thanx. Yes the rod-receivers (or "ears") are glued on. These hoops are prototypes, next time I'll make them differently. I was doubting:...
8 years agowar time drum inspired
Folks, I'd like to share my latest project with you. Not vintage, but vintage-inspired. This is a 15 x 6,5 inch snare drum that I designed and built...
8 years agoRemo Ambassador Options
@press roll: I have some experience with white suede remo heads. Tryed a 18" white suede emperor on a Rogers Big R floortom. No matter what I tryed, I...
8 years agoResonant heads...
@Teverson. Have you tryed fine-tuning? In my experience some overtones can be reduced drasticly by getting the tension at each lug exactly the same. Y...
8 years agoSorry guys, I'm out...
Am I missing something? What is this about. Who excluded the uneducated in what thread? Odd and probably unproductive way of communicating.
8 years ago