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MIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
I only became familiar with Arbiter drums after Ivor Arbiter started inventing new tuning systems. I had no idea the company was making their own bran...
11 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
BY gosh! I guess you're right! I've never seen one of those and I thought I knew about Arbiter! Live and learn, I guess!
11 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
No, the snare is not an Arbiter. All the drums appear to be of Asian extraction...like you say, Pearl, Star, etc.
11 months ago1969-70 gretsch rb & ssb gold plated snare drums
Jeez! I don't know how you keep finding these rare drums, man!
1 year agoGretsch Gladstone Lugs
That's good advice. Either of those sources should be able to help you.
1 year agoPlease help identify MIJ snare
A VERY general guess would be that it is a stencil drum made in the Pearl factory and potentially sold through a mail-order catalog. It has the typica...
1 year ago1966? Or 1967?
Thanks for the response. Okay let's take it a step further... Same scenario, but this time, you have a '68-'69 kit. There are some differences...
1 year ago1966? Or 1967?
Thanks for the response. But, let's add to the hypothetical.... Okay...
1 year ago1966? Or 1967?
Hello. Welcome back! I had almost given up the ghost! I thought about joining the other discussion forum again, but then I read through a few threads...
1 year agoSnare identification
I've never seen one like it. My guess is that it is am early 20th century, local-to-Scandinavia brand of drum that might possibly have been used in...
1 year agoSnare identification
I've never seen one like it. My guess is that it is am early 20th century, local-to-Scandinavia brand of drum that might possibly have been used in...
1 year agoDFO down?
I've been trying to respond to this thread for over a minute! What the... I know nothing about website operations, so maybe this suggestion is comple...
1 year agoWeb Site Speed - Issues
I'll try to scrape up some cash but it will have to be after the holiday season. But, man...to be honest, I don't even know how many of us are even le...
1 year agoWeb Site Speed - Issues
Yes it took me over a minute to get this far. Everything is super slow.
1 year agoLudwig Club Date kit with bent, rather than straightforward tom legs?
From Drummerboy1975...
1 year ago