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Cutting A drum shell down
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Find a cabinet maker. They can cut the shell accurately and if they are handy with a router, rout a new edge to boot. No, wood fi...
15 years agoDrilling for cracks!
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Better advice cannot be given than what was said above. I am assuming the cracks are in the body of the cymbal ? Not edge cracks ??...
15 years agostar sound cymbals ?
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Never heard of 'em...they could be the stock cymbals sold with the Japanese Star drumsets (Star later changed their name to Tama).[/C...
15 years agoI need help identifying these drums
From big daddy...
15 years ago1959? 1958? Slingerland Black Diamond
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Go to the Vintage Drum ID section at the top of any page on this Forum. Slingy black.gold badge Chicagos...you are in the right ball...
15 years ago1800s vintage snare Wurletzer
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Neat find, especially given it still has a badge on it. if it goes back to that century, it is very late, late 1800's.... Nice piece...
15 years agoI need help identifying these drums
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Those are the Pearl 'Tempro" stencil type lugs....that kit looks liek an early '70's. I agree the wood is light colored, but the way...
15 years agoMid 70's Pearl sets
[COLOR="DarkRed"]They neither s#ck nor are they anything to write home about. As John said, the wood/fiberglass combos were just made to be friggin'...
15 years agoTrash score!!! Help w/info please
[COLOR="DarkRed"]It's an old Pearl "Valencia" model (double-loaded lugs all drums)...from about 1968 or '69, definitely pre-1970 and I believe Pearl o...
15 years agoI need help identifying these drums
[COLOR="DarkRed"]YEOW Mind Blowi If she cleans up nicely...worth A LOT. $300 zone. What else ya got there ? ;)[/COLOR]
15 years agoI need help identifying these drums
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Pics are too small to tell much. Tom mount assembly may be a '70's Pearl-made rig. But hell....$20....the snare and hi-hat stand to...
15 years agoHow much is my Slingerland set worth?
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Without even knowing the serial #'s, I can tell you it's a '70's kit, the thick-shelled variety. So, unfortunately....it's the thick...
15 years agoCloning vintage drumsticks. Any custom makers?
[COLOR="DarkRed"]As I use my local cabinetmaker for bearing edges (he does a superb job)...all I can suggest is finding a woodturner....you know, some...
15 years agoRogers Snare
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Ya' did well....[/COLOR]
15 years ago5pcs 70's Gretsch set, how much?
[COLOR="DarkRed"]Ugh...old satin flame. That stuff looks awesome in pics...but...it never wears well...may be all scuffed up for real. Also...look...
15 years ago