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Beautiful, or just grandma’s linoleum?
You can keep your stinkin' bowling ball Ludwig. I'll gladly take Star Trek Transporter Satin Flame Slingerland or Leedy.
5 years agoRare Slingerland 14x6,5 double snare system
Crisp and articulate sound is much more desirable (to me) than than the sound of a pack of dogs with untrimmed toenails running on a wooden floor.
5 years agoDC1000 Drums (Remo?)
Enjoy your new drums. Please keep us posted.
5 years agoRare Slingerland 14x6,5 double snare system
Does the top strand of snares make the drum sound like gnats passing gas when it's engaged? You know.......that annoying sound that has become pretty...
5 years agoLooks like Satin flame Slingerlands.
I've also seen him pictured with a blue (aqua?) Camco moire set.
5 years agoDC1000 Drums (Remo?)
I think that the third Drum City store was owned by someone in Iowa or Nebraska or Kansas....somewhere in the middle of the country.
5 years agoLooks like Satin flame Slingerlands.
Dennis played Camco Satin Flame (Moire) drum sets.
5 years agoDC1000 Drums (Remo?)
Remo used a lot of generic hardware--probably from Gibralter. So, there are bound to be similarities.
5 years agoDC1000 Drums (Remo?)
DC stands for Drum City. There were a few stores in the country that were each owned by different people whose names preceded the words Drum City. Kir...
5 years agoBuddy Rich Slingerlands thread UPDATE
Isn't it usually just the transparent outer ply of the wrap that discolors (yellows)?
5 years agoOld polka kit
That's a wrap made to the color pictures I sent them of an actual vintage drum.
5 years agoToday's CL score!
And, I took your comment in the spirit you intended it to be taken. What I'm saying is that a right side cymbal receiver of the correct type, when in...
5 years agoToday's CL score!
Is that some sort of electrical wire laying on the top of the bass drum? It doesn't look like a crack. Proper installation of the proper type of cymba...
5 years agoOld polka kit
Here are the Duco paint selections. Bum Wraps did a great job of making a Green and Silver Duco replication for my 1966 Walberg & Auge drum set.
5 years agoOld polka kit
My first real drum set was a mid-fifties Gretsch Duco lacquer three piece outfit painted at the factory in Cameo Coral and Charcoal Metallic. This w...
5 years ago