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Slingerland,set o matics...
Both use the same brackets so someone could have switched the SSOM out after the fact. The only potential problem would be the placement of the mounti...
9 years agoWhen did Gretsch start using steel bass hoops?
The metal hoops came in around the same time as the switch to the Stop Sign Badge which was AROUND 1970ish (does anyone really know for sure?). Now po...
9 years agoGretsch Snare Info
The six lug version was the "Dixieland" model. It had the clip type hoops up until the Mid 60s when they went to die casts. The Renown was the eight l...
9 years ago1981 Gretsch Custom "Drop G" Badge 5.5"x8" off-set lugs (Rosewood)
Very cool. I have been looking for a similar drum in Burnt Orange for years. Found one on ebay once and set up a snipe bid through a sniping site. T...
9 years agoWhat's the trick to this WFL clutch
I don't have an answer but the top looks more like something that Rogers would have made.
9 years agoMounting toms (Rogers, etc.)
A snare stand will always work. If you're worried about the stand choking the sound of the tom Gauger offers a support that fixes that. The original...
9 years agoPicking up a n.o.s. 6,5x14 big r dynasonic (metal) tomorrow!
The paradox of N.O.S. is that you pay more for an item that has never been used...but you can never use it yourself lest you ruin whatever value lies...
9 years agoQuick Supraphonic Question-Should I Buy?
Supras are so common that there is really no reason for anyone to "fake" one. The stamp inside is common usually saying something along the lines of "...
9 years agoHelp ID estate 16" Slingerland (???) floor tom
I might be interested in buying that drum (16"). I recently inherited a set from that same era and in that same finish that is missing the floor tom (...
9 years agoID estate Slingerland bass drum
It's a bass drum made by Slingerland drum company sometime between 1955 and 1960 (ish). Before roughly 1955 the drums would have had different lugs an...
9 years agoThermogloss Maple Jazzette on Ebay...missed it.
Someone posted this picture on Facebook. Apparently this set was on Ebay earlier today but then disappeared. That's all I know. Looks like a winner. A...
9 years ago1961 Downbeat kit question
Playon Plastic heads were early ones from WFL/Ludwig. They had that almost textile like pattern visible in the plastic. Whether Remo used the same nam...
9 years ago1961 Downbeat kit question
Very nice! If it makes you feel any better about the hole in the bass drum head I don't think the logo is original. Those were typically a wet slide d...
9 years agoSlingerland Tom Mount Question
You've got the earlier style "T" rods on the bass drum. I'm not sure when those changed but that would be another clue. That holder is shown in the 67...
9 years agoStack O Strata. Standard snare in each of the six Strata wraps
From mlayton...
9 years ago