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Picked up a late 70's Slingerland Kit For $75.00 on Craigslist!t
Those particular drums are not made with finish plies on their exteriors. You could have them professionally painted to look good. You could also ap...
12 years agoPicked up a late 70's Slingerland Kit For $75.00 on Craigslist!t
From FFR428...
12 years ago1965 Club Date Find and Restore from CL
From mschrant...
12 years ago70's Slingerland w snare
Aaaaarrrrggggghhhhh! Back away unless someone is giving them to you for free. Those are not real Slingerland drums (to anyone who loves Slingies). Sl...
12 years agoCamco guitars?
I'm glad that you figured out what the guitar is. The closest thing to a Camco guitar is the short lived Kustom brand of guitars that were manufactur...
12 years agoRogers 20,13,16
The 20" bass drum is strong enough to mix right in with the 13 and 16 tom. Choice of heads and proper tensioning works wonders. Oddly, seems as thoug...
12 years agoRogers 20,13,16
Yep. My 1963 Leedy BDP (Black Diamond Pearl) Shelly Manne set is factory matched 13-16-20 with the Shelly Manne snare. Those sizes work well for me.
12 years agoRogers 20,13,16
Typically, four piece Rogers sets in the Swivomatic era came configured as 20-12-14 or 16. The 13 and 16 usually were in sets with 22 or 24" bass dru...
12 years agoAuthenticity of the BR drum on eBay
If it were my drum project, I would wrap it in a color to match one of my other drum sets such as Black Diamond or one of the sparkles. I also wouldn...
12 years agoWhat do you think of this set on CL
I must agree with Hobbs. You may have aced yourself out of the running for these drums. Better to either post a brag if you succeed in buying the dru...
12 years agoSonor pancake snare
From OddBall...
12 years agoSonor pancake snare
Shorter tension rods would not allow you to tension beyond the shorter distance of thread travel for the rod. If you can find heads with extremely sh...
12 years agoI can't believe this Slingerland add.
At most, that drum set is worth $300 as a beater set. Another $300 might make it presentable to take out in public. The small tom and bass drum look...
12 years agoSonor pancake snare
I've owned a few of them. They are great sounding drums once you find a good combination of heads to use. The most important thing about the heads is...
12 years agoOpinions on this (rather nice looking) slingerland kit...
If the wrap is in good shape on all of the drums--no cracks or missing chunks--the price is on the high side for a set with no snare drum. That price...
12 years ago