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Slingerland ??
Either the set originally had two mounted toms, or the double tom mount replaced the correct single tom mount, or the bottom tom in the stack is anoth...
7 years agoWalberg and Auge wrap
Possible re-wrap with newer bowling ball type of Oyster black pearl?
7 years agoWere Slingerland stick-savers undersized?
In all of my many years of owning and gigging with Slingerland drums and Leedy by Slingerland drums, I've never encountered an issue with a drum head...
7 years agoWFL Return
We see no end of discussions here about altering drums by adding or changing tom and cymbal mounts. This time, I'm first going to ask if the cymbal mo...
7 years agoVintage Cocktail Drum Sets
Here ya go. The Gretsch cocktail drum and bongo tom are originals from the set--probably from the late 1950s. So is the smaller Zildjian cymbal. I re...
7 years agoLudwig Franken Kit - advice
Just order a piece of wrap for the tom. Do not strip the WMP wrap. Apply the wrap with double-stick tape at the seam. The lug screws and tom mounting...
7 years agoRochefort Drums
It makes perfect sense to me for you to install a rail and shell mounted cymbal arm. The drums have a Slingy-type vintage look. My advice is to go for...
7 years agotransporting your vintage drums
My cousin and I put together and managed an all female rock band in the mid 1970's. That experiment could have bankrupted both of us if we hadn't pull...
7 years agoWhoever made this cocktail drum had too many himself???
I would consider taking a section from a trashed 15" diameter donor shell to fill the gap. Then, I would either wrap the grafted piece of shell in a c...
7 years agoPicked this up at a flea market for 10 bucks
It would make a nice tom tom for a rustic Levon Helm type drum set.
7 years agoFinally pulled the trigger: 60's Walberg & Auge kit
Here's the picture of my W&A Purple Diamond Pearl snare drum.
7 years agoFinally pulled the trigger: 60's Walberg & Auge kit
I just now saw this thread. Mike is correct. I had a 1972 W&A Perfection set that I sold when I downsized my collection. I called the wrap Ice Blue Me...
7 years agoSoooo... I'm thinking about getting a Leedy kit
You best bet is one of two options I can think of. 1. I once had a 14" parade snare drum in this wrap. The parade drums are probably a bit easier to f...
7 years agoIs this Buddy on Mardi Gras?
Kwicherbichin' about back line drums at gigs. There was only one floor tom, no splash or crash cymbal, an anemic hi-hat stand, no canister throne. It...
7 years agoRogers Drums in Strata Finishes
My hunch is that people who wanted drums with that type of wrap really wanted to emulate Ringo so much that they just bought Ludwig Oyster Black Pearl...
7 years ago