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Anybody here like their old cymbals with PATINA?
The surface almost looks rough on the photo. Are You buying it? I wonder what it sounds like.
11 years agoAnother Amati saved
Niiice one. And a rare color. You don't see many drums of ANY brand in it. What would you call it? White sparkle? Crystal crush? It's pretty.
11 years agoHappy V-Day!
It is true. You should read some works of Josef Škvorecký, famous czech author, who emmigrated to Canada after soviet occupation in 1968. He was a hug...
11 years agoHappy V-Day!
Just wanted to wish a happy and peaceful Victory Day to all. May we never have to fight again... And because this is a drum forum, here's a short cli...
11 years ago1st new casualty
Don't worry, Drumaholic. You will find your cracked 602 reissue soon enough!
11 years agoHow many foreign countries have you played drums in?
I played on some guy's vintage Tamas in his garage when I was on a pilgrimage to Santiago in Spain. I was suffering from drum-withdrawal then, so that...
11 years agoAny Bidders On This One?
Ok, I just don't understand this. What exactly are you paying for, when you buy this snare? If you can get proffesional quality Supraphonic for, I dun...
11 years agoMystery (Turkish?) Cymbal
Can You post a soundfile? How much does it weigh? Looks very cool and it's interesting that You like it as a crash, I think that is not very frequent...
11 years agoMitchell/Moon/Appice 60's tuning
In my modest experience, it's coated Ambassadors top and bottom, tuned to a vaguely same tone. The ideal pitch is unique to each drum, I think.
11 years agoHappy and Blessed Easter
Peace to everyone. God bless you!
11 years agoSonor teardrop in red sparkle - help needed
Wow, Henk, thank You! The one in the video isn't mine - but the one I have works just the same. I guess I'd better make a video of it, I'm probably mi...
11 years agoSonor teardrop in red sparkle - help needed
My apologies - what 'other site'? Thank You very much for all Your input, OddBall! I appreciate it.
11 years agoSonor teardrop in red sparkle - help needed
So then the only possibility of making it work is moving the mechanism, thus drilling new holes and longer cut-outs for the sliding ends.
11 years agoSonor teardrop in red sparkle - help needed
I dismantled one end of the mechanism. There's no way I could move it more towards the batter head. Im slowly starting to lean towards the possibilit...
11 years agoSonor teardrop in red sparkle - help needed
My spring crosses the cam plate because I didn't have the original short spring. I had to use a longer one and to mount it to the other side of the ca...
11 years ago