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Were the Japanese Smarter Than Us
From geckobeats...
9 years agoBlue/Olive badges with L before the serial?
Badge 1 and 3 are the dark baby blue and mustard, badges, Badges 2 and 4 are light baby blue and olive. The lettering could be school ID`s.
9 years agoWere the Japanese Smarter Than Us
Every single MIJ BD claw I`ve encountered is cheap. By that I mean I can take my fingers, grip it and bend it out of shape. Even today`s Yammies, Pear...
9 years agoWere the Japanese Smarter Than Us
Making toys and musical instruments to sell to the US after the war was a smart business move, but the rush effect on quality was never considered bec...
9 years agoPremier Copper Timbales
From dj_fontana...
9 years agoBlue/Olive badges with L before the serial?
Wasn`t there a brushed surface etched out to put the serial on with this badge too ? The no number wouldn`t have it, this one is a number without it.
9 years agoOldschools bass drum repair
Porcupine method looks good.
9 years agoOldschools bass drum repair
Take the before pictures and post it on your shop wall. under it write seat belts work, pillows don`t.
9 years agoOldschools bass drum repair
Not only did it curl Jeff but it shrank. Hot wet towels, lots of them or keep heating the same ones and keep one on it all the time and hot. In about...
9 years agoOldschools bass drum repair
No more pillows.
9 years agoLudwig and Ludwig snare 1920's
That would be the A-hole Purdie mentioned.
9 years agoLudwig and Ludwig snare 1920's
It does look like the inside is the original gunmetal finish.
9 years agoLudwig and Ludwig snare 1920's
It looks like someone put a foil sticker in the shape of the engraving and then did the coating, or bluing, or tried to give it that black chrome look...
9 years agoLudwig and Ludwig snare 1920's
From Purdie Shuffle...
9 years agoLudwig and Ludwig snare 1920's
Is it gunmetal or are you sure it`s paint ? It don`t look like paint.
9 years ago