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Drums Shops in Austin Tx?
Couldn't seem to find much on drum shops specializing in vintage gear... BUT WOW! did you see some of the stuff on Austin Craigslist right now... take...
12 years agoslingerland snare
I think that 6 lug drum was referred to as a Universal model and I think the "thumb-rod" tensioners are supposed to be toward the bottom of the drum....
12 years agoSlingerland Reproduction Legs?
What I have been reading today indicates the transition from "bow-ties" to "torpedos" was in the 57-58 time frame... and was simply based on when they...
12 years agoRogers Marching snare??
Welcome! http://www.drumarchive.com/Rogers/ Check catalog pages 28 and 29 (jpg 31) in the 1964 catalog. Looks like the drum you are describing; a 1...
12 years agoSlingerland Reproduction Legs?
S-Lynn... Interesting... I am assuming your shell is date stamped to 58. Are all your shells stamped to that period? I had always thought the straigh...
12 years agoAn Illegal sort of drum ? [music recording programs & laptops]
Good little read... http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/the-15-best-daw-software-apps-in-the-world-today-238905/1
12 years agoBarclay Drum Set
Welcome! The Barclay drums I see reference to are what are called "Stencil kits". These were drums made in Japan to model the style (hence the term...
12 years agoToo good to be true?
Geez man be careful. We had some people out here in Ohio lured in and killed by some guys with a too good to be true job offer on Craigslist. But he...
12 years agoLudwig Question - Early 1960s vs early 1970s
I mean it's your deal and I don't want to be mess'in your mix but... I would reach out to any of the many places and tell them what the deal is.. "I'm...
12 years agoSlingerland Reproduction Legs?
I got two Krupa 1N kits one brass badge, one black and brass pre serial number and they are both the same. Terrible picture, sorry... all I got is...
12 years agoLudwig Question - Early 1960s vs early 1970s
Lots of drum studios? Can you explain? I haven't heard anything about drum studios there at all. Just google it up.....
12 years agoSlingerland Reproduction Legs?
Hmmm... mine are angled with a flat side that slides into the tightener... the small leg on the table in the picture came off my Slingerland 1N kit.
12 years agoLudwig Question - Early 1960s vs early 1970s
Singapore cool! Lots of drum studios there. Maybe play their stuff for a couple years and the leave the vintage kit safe at home.... I'm just say'in...
12 years agoSlingerland Reproduction Legs?
Not sure I've seen those... but a quick idea would be to use the bottom half of a flared floor tom leg. That angle is pretty darn close.. cut the fo...
12 years agoPaint removal Question/help
Ran across this just for information... Duco History DuPont's Duco paint was a nitrocellulose lacquer that first brought color to automobiles when G...
12 years ago