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Konstantinople? Help please
A bit heavy for that diameter, but I suspect they are very nice. Italian for sure. I've been using a set of 13" Vibras lately (also italian) and I l...
10 years agozilco by azco 24 inch
Azco's have a different profile than Avedis'... smaller and flatter bell, and more taper towards the outer edge. I have a 22" and despite being heavy...
11 years agoVintage Zildjian Avedis Underpriced?
I think one of the reasons is that a lot of 70s A's sound pretty bad - shrill without much character. All the A's I bought in the 70s were bloody awf...
11 years ago20" 1950s Avedis Zildian Sizzle
Who's Ginger Rogers?
11 years agoI joined the Camco club today
Saw those - that's an excellent price, too.
11 years agoTell him he's dreaming
I thought he had inadvertently placed the decimal point off by one position. Amazing.
11 years agoFake Old K on eBay
If someone went to all that trouble to fake the font, the spacing, even the wear in the arabic lettering, etc. so well, why on earth would they leave...
11 years agoZintage Vildjians?
My guess is that they are all MIJ, based on the way they have tarnished.
11 years agoThought you guys might get a kick out of this one!
Actually, that set is really cool.
11 years agowhat is the zildjian equivalent of the sabian hh?
The Canadian K Zildjians were essentially identical to Sabian HH. Of course, they were only made for a very short time.
11 years agoCamcos on Craigslist
It's a beautiful set in the most sought-after sizes, although it's missing the snare. Is that Rogers mount stock? And that looks like an odd positio...
11 years ago1936 Gretsch snare - lots of rust - a question?
Supposedly cider vinegar is better than white vinegar. Can't remember why. I'm also interested in hearing how your electrolysis experiment turns out.
11 years agocool little trick to shine up chrome
That's great! What really sold me was what it did for my old Gretsch mufflers. Those things get to looking so corroded I wondered if there was any m...
11 years agocool little trick to shine up chrome
I recently did a major restoration on an entire set that included a variety of corroded and pitted parts, both chrome and nickel. I tried the coke +...
11 years agoSelling Off Some of Collection
Wow, really gorgeous kit.
11 years ago