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1976 Pearl Kit -
Welcome! These early 70s kits typically run in the 150-250 range, however it appears there is a Ludwig Supraphonic lurking at the snare station so tha...
14 years agoneed help identify cynbals
Well, they would have been really nice had someone not taken a scrubber to them. Looks like they have been hit with steel wool or a scouring pad. Too...
14 years agoweird drum question
Didn't Louie Bellson play them for a while? My brother had a set for about 3 months. They sounded great, but the extra equipment you had to carry arou...
14 years ago7 hole 16 inch rim?
From Jon Petersen...
14 years agoBroken ring repair, Pearl 12" tom
From rhenkel...
14 years agoBest Sounding heads For 60s Pearl Valencias>?
Here is a link for the Attack heads. This online retailer is really one of the lowest. http://www.zzounds.com/prodsearch?cat=2472&cat2=4051&rl=&rh=&in...
14 years agoLots O' Drum Badges
/FYI, the Apollo badge is Star. Pearl did not get the contract for Apollo/Stewart/Polaris and all the other St. Louis Music names until about '73-74 w...
14 years agoBest Sounding heads For 60s Pearl Valencias>?
Try the Attacks. They are cheap enough and these thin shells seem to like single ply heads. I am running the Remo Encore, but those are Taiwanese and...
14 years agoBlack Tama Imperialstar '80s-HELP!!
From ed427vette...
14 years agoPearl Tiger Eye Wrap
At this time during the early-mid 70s Pearl offered only 2-3 lugs for stencils. This is one of the higher end. Does you kit have a maple inner veneer?...
14 years agoNo name MIJ snare???
From Dule...
14 years agoNo name MIJ snare???
This looks like a TAMA snare. The lugs and strainer are the keys to this one. No badge does not always mean junk. Sometimes the badges are just ripped...
14 years agoSoviet/Russian drums???
The tom mount plate looks like a pole base from a walkway. More like a utilitarian usage and multi-function part. Those are actually pretty cool looki...
14 years agoMIJ Restore for In Laws
From steviewest...
14 years agoBlack Tama Imperialstar '80s-HELP!!
First off, never bite off the "RARE" b/s. There is no such thing where MIJ drums are concerned. Hard to come by, maybe. RARE, not. Imperial Star are s...
14 years ago