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50's Three ply Gretsch Bop
Almost done with my resto-mod of a 50's Gretsch set. It is a 12, 14 18, and all three ply and all from the 50s...though some might say it's crazy, and...
12 years agoRound Badge Mounting Screws Question
Many 50's Pratt muffler knobs had the round top screw holding the bracket to the shell, like the toms, and were not countersunk, but unlike the toms,...
12 years agoBuilding Your Own Drum
Make sure you have a mastery of seventh grade math skills! Also, a T-square, a flexible ruler, block sander, drill, table saw. The other items you mig...
12 years agoPearl Figer-Glass Information Request
You paid too much for them. If somebody offered you $1000 for this set, take that money and run. You'd get a better price piecing this set out one dru...
12 years agoRound Badge Mounting Screws Question
The style that are with the adjustment knob? Yes. The style at the bottom of the drum? No.
12 years agoSTOLEN 1 slightly used 5a Vic Firth Drum stick 100k reward!
My cabin was broken into while I was in Albany, $6000 plus in equipment stolen. Every cop in western NY was looking for Bucky Philips, and didn't have...
12 years agoGretsch stick chopper hoops
Are you looking for the Double Flange style? Or the die cast style? I hear them both referred to as "stick chopper", but I think the original stick ch...
12 years agoI tried to help somebody get a better deal.
Hey! Easy on the Slingerlands, I like those. Maybe someday with the Rogers.
12 years agoPearl Figer-Glass Information Request
Great drums! Just like one of my sets, except you have an extra bass drum. Rewraps are easy on these, the old wrap is only held together at the seam....
12 years agoI tried to help somebody get a better deal.
I'm sorry, as soon as he said Rogers, I didn't care. For some irrational reason, I don't care for Rogers drums. I don't know why, I'm sure they are ni...
12 years agoI tried to help somebody get a better deal.
So I go to the Buffalo Drum Outlet, the best place in our region for a nice assortment of vintage and new equipment, and this older guy had schlepped...
12 years agoLudwig Stainless Steel Octaplus Kit
I drooled over those back in the day! At that time I would have traded my sister for them.
12 years agoExtra Holes
My big problem right now is to decide what to do for the finish. I wanted to stain it Red Oak, but I tried that on a scrap piece, with a practice plug...
12 years agoExtra Holes
I am doing the same thing that you are doing right now. Though I am not using dowels, as when they are cut off, the end grain shows and if you were to...
12 years agoPrices, Ebay, and the Vintage Drum Market
We should stop before it gets too political!
12 years ago