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12 years agoCheapo Bongos Help
Now, thoe head just might work. I was never able to find heads that fit the set of Gold Sparkles that I got several years ago.
12 years agoCheapo Bongos Help
Ernie the generic Asian firewood bongos were brought into the US in the 60's by the boatloads---literally. There were hundreds of thousands of the...
12 years agogarage find while on tour!
No matter what might be under the Black Panther wrap, you'll still find a B/O badge wood shell Ludwig set there.
12 years agoSevere snare drum problem/question?
If it looks like a duck, and sounds like a duck, it probably is Ernie the cheap generic Asian metal snare drum no matter what label was slapped on it....
12 years agoLeedy Finishes
"Black Beauty", a solid black wrap, was listed in the Leedy catalog #62 according to Rob Cook's Slingerland book. Some features for Leedy or Slingerla...
12 years agoSevere snare drum problem/question?
And, RJ, and RJ jr., and the very formal Raymond J. Johnson, jr., too.
12 years agoSevere snare drum problem/question?
Yep. that's Ernie the cheap generic metal snare drum from the 80's with a Rogers R-360 foil sticker on it. As Bill Saluga from the Ace Trucking Com...
12 years agoSlingerland Denim drums
I will add on to that last post........ They will fetch a similar price to other oversized Slingerland drums of the same age in colors such as solid...
12 years agoRogers swivo tom mount/stand question
A Swivo era front tom in a snare stand basket is sacrilege. Although, it's not quite a horrendous as drilling the bass drum and tom for Pearl plumbing...
12 years agoIdentifying a vintage Slingerland Radio King drum set
That "bass" drum might have started out as a floor tom.
12 years agoSlingerland uni-mold shell
Uni-mold drums ALWAYS have multi ply shells that have been formed in the Uni-mold forms. In the Uni-mold forms, the plies are glued together, and pus...
12 years agoquestion on ebay auction
Were you the guy who paid about $100 too much for that incomplete drum? Please excuse my snarkiness. Or, was that just my honesty showing?
12 years agoGretsch gold sparkle hoops on different sparkle drum?
The wrap inlays on bass drum hoops tend to age differently than the same wrap on the shells. The possible explanation is that the wrap i glued to the...
12 years agoPicked up a late 70's Slingerland Kit For $75.00 on Craigslist!t
That Leedy drum's outer ply is a much more presentable (finish grade) than the outer ply found on a late 70's Slingerland drum that was destined to be...
12 years ago