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Ludwig Speed King - To restore or not to restore, that is the question.
After reading all the hoopla here at Vintage Drum Forum about the Speed King, I grabbed one on eBay ($50 plus $8 shipping) and I'm going to give it a...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
I'll try that on the next restoration. I have also heard of people simply using cotton balls but, that wasn't anal enough for me. Seemed too easy. LOL...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
From lucky...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
Going slower than I planned but it will be ready for tomorrow night's gig. I wonder how long it's been since this snare played for an audience. I'll b...
15 years agoebay rant!!! I don't like newbies!!!
Let us not forget that we were all newbies at one time. I have 2 accounts on eBay with thousands of feedbacks and I've been there since about the firs...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
In an unbelievable feat of tap and die (and a little patience :) ) I was actually able to fix the lug. It still has the crack but I drilled and tapped...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
Yeah, I used the easy outs. The problem is that the screw jammed coming out so even though I had a good grip with the easy out, the screw still wouldn...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
Well, maybe I am the only one dumb enough to do this. A search turned up zilch. I can tell you this.... don't use a standard screw extractor. You'll...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
****!!! I can't believe it. I was stripping off the hardware and I actually broke a screw off in the lug. It got stuck half way out (odd) and before...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
Thanks for the relies. No, I definitely don't want them to sound the same (obviously) but I just wasn't sure why the would be so different. I am goin...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
Please excuse my newbieness but, why won't they sound the same? Or, at least very close. This shell looks a LOT like the Pioneer. Even the bearing edg...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
Wow! I got this yesterday and I am very pleased so far. I took it apart and there is almost no difference on the wrap under the rims. Very nice and b...
15 years agoWTB: 1951 Slingerland Radio King Kick Drum -Gold
Is that you, Matt? There can't be 2 people looking for a gold sparkle '51 RK kick drum. LOL
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
Looking at that picture, the WMP looks very bright. Too bright for a 50 year old WMP. At least from what I have seen of my Ludwigs and Rogers WMP piec...
15 years agoDid I do OK on this Slingerland snare?
Thanks guys. I hope he sends it out quickly. He has some bad feedback about taking weeks to ship items. Thanks again for the input.
15 years ago