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Canister Drum Thrones
A canister drum throne is the most comfortable seat in the house when playing a drum set. I came to this realization long after I played my last money...
3 years agoYer Forcing Me…
I don't like the chrome look. I wouldn't want to mess with trying to clean up the chrome. And, I wouldn't want to fuss with removing the chrome. But,...
3 years agoWell I did it champagne for
How many of us "mature" drummers avoided WMP and Champagne Sparkle when we were young drummers because those are the colors that the "old guys" played...
3 years agoWell I did it champagne for
The drum shells look great. I hope that you are happy with the price you paid for the drum set. Enjoy them.
3 years agoMy Vintage Leedy and Friends Orphans
I recently thinned out the herd from thirteen vintage drum sets to four vintage drum sets. I kept my pristine 1963 Leedy Black Diamond Pearl Shelly Ma...
3 years agoRogers Swiv-O-Matic Hi Hat stand Swan Leg $250
That's a good looking Rogers hi hat. Good luck to the seller. I have a few of them that are not as pretty. But, they could be if i invested the time a...
3 years agoGorgeous Kent drum kit (shell pack) on ebay
Oh yeah. I have found color swatches to have Bum Wraps make replica wrap for my little set of orphan Leedy drums.
3 years agoLavender Satin Flame Set is now complete
Thanks, Mark. I've had many Slingerland and Slinger/Leedy drum sets since the early 1960s. The drums in this set match the great sounds of my favorite...
3 years agoGreat looking L & L showed up on GW yesterday
That looks like a basic old Rogers strainer with a cover plate like those that Walberg & Auge used on their own drums to cover the Rogers strainer.
3 years agoLavender Satin Flame Set is now complete
I received and installed the parts to complete the 7" x 14" 1961 snare for my 1968 Slingerland Lavender Satin Flame drum set. The drums measure 8 x 12...
3 years agoMy Slingerland Piccolo Snare drum
The guy listing that drum has a long history of asking absurd prices for drums that are incorrectly described as something that they are not. I know t...
3 years agoThe worst thing that happened to vintage drums
Maybe my biggest pet peeve of drum sins took place when a Japanese drum company repurposed a wonderfully descriptive term for drum covering that had b...
3 years agoMy Slingerland Piccolo Snare drum
When I retired as a manufacturer's representative, the owner and staff of one of my best and favorite customers gave me a retirement gift. The store i...
3 years agoThe worst thing that happened to vintage drums
You are preaching to the choir here.
3 years agoThe worst thing that happened to vintage drums
The things you talk about are, indeed, offenses against great older drums. Now, here's the crime of all crimes... Pearl-type plumbing pipes installed...
3 years ago