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For Jon, Our MIJ expert!!
I don't want to steal this thread but if you like this kit- I found a Tama Rockstar bass drum 22" (of course we cannot compare them to Slingerlands)i...
13 years agoFor Jon, Our MIJ expert!!
I got a set of 4 maple Slingerland shells on Ebay (2 1960s & 2 1970s) that were completely stripped bare. I used late 60s and early 70s Pearl "battles...
13 years agoLemon Strata Ludwigs
Right on!!!! These look *interstellar* extraterrestrial and outta' this world!*Jumping2
13 years ago4 Piece Pearl Modern Jazz kit on Ebay
I am a proponent of the Russian puzzle shipping method myself- when I ship sets from the US to Japan I often only have that one option due to interna...
13 years agopearl stencils?
Yes they could be Hoshino's - I have a set of early 70's Hoshinos that I use with the students at my drum school that are 100% cool- Any luan wood...
13 years agotin foil dampening.
An extremely thin plastic dry cleaners bag just loosely thrown into the floor tom is excellent. I have also used a handful of cotton balls thrown int...
13 years agoYamaha pedal
You're right dutchy -it looks A LOT like the one in your photo- thanks- that brings this one back a decade than I was thinking. The 2005 Flying Drago...
13 years agoYamaha pedal
I wonder if it's not an early "Flying Dragon" from the base plate and the mounting clamp it looks like a mid level pedal not a beginner. Edit: I see n...
13 years agoQuestion Regarding MIJ Grey Interiors
I have set of 1969 Pearl Thunderkings interiors painted gray- obviously factory paint and 69 Pearl Valencias that are unpainted. So it was done on som...
13 years ago'66 Pearl 4 piece
I hear you on that FayRay- luan is especially good in enclosed spaces like recording rooms. We so often use loud birch and maple kits and then muffle...
13 years ago'66 Pearl 4 piece
I think we might have scared you off of them- sorry if that was the case. But anyone reading this thread- please know that these were cool drums- and...
13 years agoI`m Floored!! - Hello MIJ Specialists
It has no more or less value as a re-wrap or original. I say it an original wrap- they could have taken off the badge- I used to do stuff like that w...
13 years agoVintage Yamaha Kit
From p.bova...
13 years ago'66 Pearl 4 piece
I would never pay 500$ for any luan kit that I couldn't see inside the drums to check the wood- luan can dry rot and also collapse if it had been kep...
13 years agomade in taiwan pearl- when?
As far as I know Pearl moved the majority of it's manufacturing to Taiwan after 1975. But production facilities in Japan remained in operation through...
13 years ago