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Gretsch paper tags
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12 years agoGretsch paper tags
Just did a search, but couldn't really find the info...maybe my search terms weren't effective. What year, more or less, did Gretsch start to use pap...
12 years agoSlingerland COB snare hardware?
Speaking of setting up snares... I have a COB with a rebuilt Zoomatic that I'm setting up (to sell) as a killer backbeat snare. Dig this: the DW 3 w...
12 years agoSlingerland COB snare hardware?
Mark -- good advice, and good offer. This weekend I plan to try to set up all three of these drums with heads, wires, etc. I have enough Zoomatic pa...
12 years agoSlingerland COB snare hardware?
It's a Zoomatic strainer, not a three point. And, yes, now I see the idea! I'm in the process of setting up 3 Slingerland snares to keep. One is an ea...
12 years agoSlingerland COB snare hardware?
Hmm... really hadn't thought of that. I was going to use German wires. I found the special type on ebay, I think. If this is the set, it is really m...
12 years agoSlingerland COB snare hardware?
Hi all -- recently bought a very nice Slingerland COB via ebay. It is in remarkably good condition. A keeper! well, I've said that before! Badge...
12 years agoHow to trim off wrap?
Hey, nice freaking tool! At 120, a little sleep for a one time project!
12 years agoHow to trim off wrap?
Cool. That will work. On the Gretsch shell, I didn't think I could even get a head to sit evenly. But I have them installed on the Leedy... Do you...
12 years agoHow to trim off wrap?
I just got loads of info from y'all about a Dixieland snare that I couldn't fit the heads on. Well... Not long ago I bought a Leedy-Slingerland snare...
12 years agoRe-wrap, head fit?
Hey - bonus question - there's a site, Olympia Drum, sold a Dixieland, saying it has the Jasper shells. Tru? What are the shells, if not that?
12 years agoRe-wrap, head fit?
Jeff -- you may want to have ol' Sam leave the 5/8 at the top and bottom, just to make it easy to fit heads. That's what I'm going to do from now on....
12 years agoIS there a source for Gretsch dating?
I truly appreciate all the help! At one point I restored vintage Porsches. Collectors are EXTREMELY obsessive about details, e.g., did the license p...
12 years agoRe-wrap, head fit?
I've decide to send them back. Precision Drum will trim them back 5/8 for 20 + shipping. I'm already way 'underwater' on this drum... in for a penny...
12 years agoRe-wrap, head fit?
I got the American heads... I just found I can have it done professionally for 20 + 17 shipping, and an offer of guidance to do it myself. I imaging a...
12 years ago