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Excellent Show In Ct!!!!!!!!!
> Zorro sets up with his side to the audience. It was a clinic... if he set-up (facing) Purdie, the floor tom would hide what he's doing with his fee...
12 years ago"If you're not breaking sticks you're not doing it right!"
> a sweet little teenage girl... Now doesn't that touching story just bring a lump to your throat? Lump in throat, no... lump in pants, yes! John lo...
12 years agoinstalling snare wires
Tommy - up until six years ago, I still had my original Scout Manual from 1961. It got lost in the move from NY to PA and now I wish I still had it to...
12 years agoWho will inherit your collection?
My daughter, my oldest child, is the designated, 'executor of my estate' after I'm gone. I told my daughter to offer the kits to my grandchildren firs...
12 years agoSlingerland Green Satin Flame Drums
Can't get excited anymore, John. In a week it'll be in the For Sale section and the next day after you post it for sale, you'll be griping and cussing...
12 years agomy"loud guitar player" problems solved
Hey Brian, if we started a, 'Egotistical A-hole Guitar Players' thread, it would be the longest thread ever started at VDF! Why is it -always- the gu...
12 years agoinstalling snare wires
Squint/Jeff - > Purdie suggests construction cord of some sort. What I use is; venetian blind cord! It's perfect. Hit the basement or attic and se...
12 years agomy"loud guitar player" problems solved
From Stallwart...
12 years agoinstalling snare wires
Gerald - 50 years bro, you gotta learn 'something' along the way in all that time! I'm gratified to know the effort to share the few scraps I picked u...
12 years ago"If you're not breaking sticks you're not doing it right!"
That statement he made is precisely the reason why he's working a revolving door McJob at Guitar Center! Relax, he'll learn. We all did... there was...
12 years agoinstalling snare wires
1. Center the snare wires using the bearing edges on the drum as a guide. 2. Place the strings inside the buttplate. Lock down the butt-side. Dbl. ch...
12 years ago1969 Mod Orange kit on the news today!
Inventive drum part! Nice. Break a leg in NY! Great town, great crowds. Hope your band kills. John
12 years agoRestore/repair vistalite jellybean kit
It's crying for yellow! Looks like a really fun kit to play. Track down a yellow tom, better rack than floor, adding that color up top on the kit wil...
12 years ago1965 Ludwig Blue Sky Pearl Set
Going by photos alone and considering the missing hoop and hardware on the bass drum... I wouldn't take less than, $1000 to $1200 for that kit as it s...
12 years ago1940's Gretsch Orphan shellpack
Gary - Great job! I love that Gretsch finish, it's the same one they used on the old Country Gentleman guitars. To eliminate the sympathetic buzz - t...
12 years ago