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This should probably be on a Radio King FT
Don't know much about calf skin, but my impression is that this is in really good shape. Logo seems pretty good. Tried to take the best photo I coul...
14 years agoanother MIJ red sparkle snare
Yes, thank you both for mentioning that. Apparently, the Johnny Lightning name was reintroduced by another company in 1994 and has changed hands a ti...
14 years agoanother MIJ red sparkle snare
Here is another snare I'm in the middle of fixing up. I'm just doing it for the hell of it, this thing's never gonna be a beauty queen. There is rea...
14 years agoSnare ID Please!!
What's the story with the MIJ floor tom?
14 years agoSnare ID Please!!
This looks like a Taiwanese (MIT) drum to me. That strainer is very common on the 80s-90s student snares, and from the shot of the interior, that loo...
14 years agoAstro blue onyx snare drum
And after a bit of polishing and sanding:
14 years agoAstro blue onyx snare drum
I'm almost done with the restoration of this drum. It's been in the basement for quite a while waiting to get put back together (about 6 months...)...
14 years agoTama Royalstar vistalite set
I like the look of the off-set lugs as well. But what always confused me is that, if you're going to off-set the tom lugs, why not do it all the way...
14 years agoStar 13 inch Tom Rim
Yeah, for the most part, unlike the wraps on old MIJs, the rims were pretty non-descript. That and many, many of these sets lost their reso hoops at...
14 years agopearl tiger stripe
From jonnistix...
14 years agoStar 13 inch Tom Rim
Hey Brian, is it a Stick Saver (Slingerland) copy rim or a triple flange rim you need? Either way, I would just get a new one from drumfactorydirect....
14 years agoIs it Rogers snare or its imitation?
That 'New Voice' set looks like one of the super early Pearl stencils. The washers and the flat head screws on the interior of the tom are the tip of...
14 years ago14x5 red sparkle Kent snare drum on Nashville Craigslist
Aaaaggghhhh!!! Someone put one of those abysmal 80's Taiwanese strainers on it! The horror! I seriously hate those things.
14 years agoRestoring 60's Crown
I had the same clean up issue. As I recall, WD-40 really worked pretty well. Check out this thread: http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?...
14 years agoJapanese Drums - Organization of names and badges
Yep, I've seen the Tempo badge, it looked exactly like the Tempro badge, the Pearl made ones anyway. But I think Star made a Tempo badge (the black o...
14 years ago