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Zim Gar
Nice looking Zim Gar on the Bay, but......is this seller nuts asking six bills?? http://cgi.ebay.com/ZIM-GAR-Brooklyn-NY-Made-Japan-4-Pc-JAZZ-DRUM-SE...
13 years agoBuddy Rich 12 yrs old, Traps The Drum Wonder
What was posted was the Sound Disk of the 1929 Vitaphone Short called " Buddy Rich In Sound Effects". The Vitaphone Films had the video on 35mm film,...
13 years ago60's Pearl shell set
Thats a Pearl Valencia. If the shells are "very thin" as the OP says, then they are the Luan shells. Very similar to the set I had. El Cheapo. Thats...
13 years agoFound Missing FANTASIA Snare!
Wonderful looking kit. Congrats...bet thats worth a pretty penny now.
13 years agoVery early Pearl set- interesting hardware!
That set on Ebay is very interesting. Definetly a Slingerland Radio King Type copy. Very interesting tom mount and bass drum hardware. But yes, WAY ov...
13 years agoGretsch Shell wanted!
Hi guys. I'm looking for a 50s or early 60s Gretsch, BLUE SPARKLE, Bass drum shell drilled for the rail mount only and not the square mount. I have...
13 years agoCatalina Club Project
Ahhh.....in my opinion, the Cat Club drums arent worthy of the Gretsch name. Yes, they sound "decent", but thats about it, they just dont have that ma...
13 years agoAnother MIJ find - Bollero
Wow....beautiful color! Would look better with one mounted tom, me thinks.
13 years agoKent Drums
LOL....You are 100% right about those snare throw-offs....the worst I ever saw. I dont know why they used that model, once again, my guess is because...
13 years agoRewrap using tape
I've seen PLENTY of wraps that shrunk and wrinkled when glued to a shell also.
13 years agoRogers rewrap: What do you think?
LOL....Ahh...yes, "That Flat Sound". Was all the rage here in NYC in the 70s. Me, personally, I hated it. however, I did some sessions at the time wh...
13 years agoKent Drums
Yea, but the early Kent drums were very, very good quality. in the early 1950s, two employees of Gretsch resigned and opened the Kent Manufacturing...
13 years ago[B]1925-26 5x15 LUDWIG & LUDWIG 12 pt. FLORAL DeLUXE SUPER-LUDWIG[/B]
Hey Mike. Mucho Congrats, that is an A1 , beautiful restoration!!! I have a question for you: This fall (when it gets a little cooler)I'm going to...
13 years agoRed Sparkle Wrap
nice piece of Red Sparkle wrap from Precision Drum Company.
13 years agoRewrap using tape
Awesome!! Thanks so much.
13 years ago