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Cleaning an 18" Zildjain A
[COLOR="Purple"]Groove Juice is pretty good...but the thing is, it's gonna do a complete strip-job....patina and all. The advantage of the Wright's i...
14 years agoGlue vs. Tape
[COLOR="Green"]I don't particularly believe that a tape job would have any discernible effect on the tone of the shell, really. With that said....I a...
14 years agoCleaning an 18" Zildjain A
From HerronScott...
14 years agono name ride
[COLOR="Purple"]If it looks sorta Vintage A-esque, it could well be an old Italian cymbal from the UFIP factory. They made TONS of stencils which wer...
14 years agoVintage Meinl
[COLOR="Purple"]Gilnar has it right (about the cymbal, not the gongs Mind Blowi). It's an NS12 nickelbronze alloy one from the 60's. If it weren't w...
14 years agosizzle cymbal
[COLOR="Green"]That large a sizzle ? I have seen 'Jangle" cymbals from the 30's and such...those had massive things attached to 'em...but have never...
14 years agoPremier Shells
crying2-07 [COLOR="Purple"]IMHO....leave Metric heads alone...more of a hassle than they are worth. Plus, if you'd have to find any replacement hoops...
14 years agocalling all Paiste experts
[COLOR="Gray"]If it's B8...could it be a 2000 or 3000 series ????[/COLOR]
14 years agoNeed some advice on dents in cymbals
[COLOR="Green"]I wouldn't be concerned w/ it becoming a crack. Plus, if it is small (am talking small, like 1/4" or so), it won't effect sound or pe...
14 years agochoosing white marine pearls
[COLOR="Purple"]That's a brilliant suggestion ! Clapping Happy2 .....;) The problem with the Drummaker wraps, as I noted above, is that I am not su...
14 years agoHow to remove wrap glue
[COLOR="Purple"]Both of those products sound interesting. I generally use Acetone on the stripped shells. This is labor intensive. Like Kevin's met...
14 years agochoosing white marine pearls
[COLOR="Green"]It's always gonna be a compromise, because the fade on any White Pearl (be it Marine or Diamond) is variable as to the conditions the s...
14 years agoIs this a good trade?
[COLOR="Purple"]Yes, even w/o the stamp I would have guessed that at it's oldest, it's a late, late 60's.. nothing older than that, just from the hamm...
14 years agoDream cymbals-what?????
[COLOR="Purple"]I think their biggest asset is the fact that, for their price, you can get a cymbal which possesses SOME of the more obvious qualities...
14 years agoAnother Ajaha
[COLOR="Green"]Cool....those ink-stamped ones are almost always winners. They were HOT items for a while there...I own about a half-dozen and all are...
14 years ago