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Need Cocktail drum pedal bracket
When playing a cocktail kit with a separate snare drum I tune the bottom and top heads quite low and loose ( a thin plastic dry cleaner bag is inside...
14 years agoNeed Cocktail drum pedal bracket
Luckily, I got up on the right side of the bed and no problem. However, Jonni is a cool, A #1 dude and I am sure he got up on the right side of the b...
14 years agoNeed Cocktail drum pedal bracket
dono- that one pictured should fit many sizes of drum- the Yamaha one is almost the same in that adjustable design- the Yamaha just has the big bent...
14 years agoPacking drums for international shipping
I like to remove 100% of the metal hardware and put it in bags - then nest the drums (as described in the post below - same) and then ship in two boxe...
14 years agohelp identifying old pearl drums
My mind is now melting - a Pearl President fiberglass stencil!!! Why??? Why stencil out your top of the line model? Anyway- super wonderful find - t...
14 years ago**major Correction**
Mine is too thin to be 9 ply and has the third (central) ring in the bass drum- this one's gotta be 3 ply. Thanks for info!
14 years agoVintage STAR 4-piece on Japan Auction
In Japan those beauties are worth 50,000yen- about 560$ all cleaned up shiny and neat. If you sell them dirty then in Japan maybe you get 35,000yen...
14 years agoNeed Cocktail drum pedal bracket
Don, hey there again- have you gone over to the CocktailDrum Lounge website? They have a For Sale area and links to Cocktail drum related auctions....
14 years agoWhat this can be?
I agree that they really look like a Tama late era stencil and must be a very limited run because I have never heard or seen of that California stenci...
14 years agoKawai Drums/ Negi Drums collaboration or merger
Hey there brother MIJ enthusiasts- I have been told (translated from a Japanese website) that in the 70s Kawai Corp. purchased Teisco and gradually p...
14 years agoPix of the Royal Star 10 lug snare
I am sure this drum absolutely sings! Lovely, lovely, lovely! Really my style all the way.Walking
14 years agoCan you paint the interior of Japanese sets to change the sound?
That's a great reply Jonni. I am wanting to floor wax one luan drum interior- I just am very busy in September and have to put building projects off...
14 years agoSeen this type of wrap discolor?
It doesn't look bad- it's like patina on a nice old cymbal
14 years agoInstalling new heads on old stars
I save all the old heads that come on the old stuff I buy- sometimes thats all that will fit on some old drums- if you need, I bet a lot of us have so...
14 years agoThe catalog, its limitations and other evidence
Well, especially for Pearl drums- I agree with what you said very much. It's really interesting to see the Japanese Pearl catalog and then the Ameri...
14 years ago