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Rogers tuning issue... '64 Cleveland floor tom sounds awful
Does it sound equally bad if you pick it up, hold it by the rim and hit it? Sometimes when the tom couples to the floor through the legs it does bad...
12 years agoWTB: 15" single flange or wood hoops
Thanks both of you for looking! Itching to get this thing making noise again. Steve
12 years agoWTB: 15" single flange or wood hoops
Hi everyone. I'm working on a 15" marching drum and need a set of single flange metal hoops preferably but I can make a set of wood hoops work if no...
12 years agoLooking for snare hoop hook
Hi everyone. I just picked up a 30's Slingerland marching snare and it was missing a hoop hook and tension rod. Anyone have a spare hook kicking aro...
12 years agoCapelle 10-piece TURBO- awesome!
Fun stuff! Good luck with your quest. Steve
12 years agoFrom a young drummers' perception- old vs new-
I'd like to also add that the physical properties of wood in any musical instrument that's regularly played over a long period of time changes. Reson...
12 years agoEarly 1960's Premier set.
That kit looks fab! Steve
12 years agoCorrect Muffler for 68 Acro?
I used to have a December '68 Acrolite that also looked like that: http://www.pacinfo.com/~sholst/acrolite.jpg Steve
12 years agoFS: Ludwig Acrolite
**SOLD** Thanks. Steve
12 years agoFS: Ludwig Acrolite
Hi everyone, I'm trying to pull together some funds to restore an old Slingerland wood snare to go with my recently finished Slingy kit so I'm lettin...
12 years agoLudwig BB vs Krupa Sound King
I've never played a BB but my 14"x6.5" COB Slingy has always been my favorite snare. I preferred it to the 14"x5" Noble & Cooley I used to have which...
12 years agoSlingerland Bearing Edges
I've got a question about this. The Slingerland kit I just finished up had some really mangled up edges. So bad that I wasn't sure what the outer ra...
12 years agomid/late 60's Slingerland kit
Thanks! We glued them but I agonized over it for about a week. Steve
12 years agomid/late 60's Slingerland kit
Thanks for all the nice words guys! It really was a great help to have a second set of hands when wrapping these guys. We figured that the date on t...
12 years agomid/late 60's Slingerland kit
Thanks everyone! My daughter is in middle school and has been playing about a year. The shells were originally green sparkle but the old owner tried...
12 years ago