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Wrap A Chrome Snare?
Any good reason NOT to wrap a chrome snare? I've got a boring Slingerland student model probably from the 80's that is screaming to look cool and beco...
8 years agoMajestic De Luxe Re-Wap
Aha! Found photographic proof of the crazy backward tom mounts. One badge out, one muffler control out. Courtesy of Johnnistix FB page. Hope you don't...
8 years agoMajestic De Luxe Re-Wap
I wish they were birch. These are good old stringy porous Asian mahogany. Right or wrong, I painted the interiors gloss white to fill in the pours and...
8 years agoMajestic De Luxe Re-Wap
These are surely not 3 ply but I thought I counted 6 plies if that's possible on this model. I'll get out a magnifying glass and see if there are 9......
8 years agoMajestic De Luxe Re-Wap
Thanks guys. The only weird thing I ran into was, even though the 12" toms appeared to be original to the kit (their old wrap matched the bass), the s...
8 years agoMajestic De Luxe Re-Wap
The carpet tape worked great for me. Once I marked on the shell where I wanted the wrap to start, I put one tape strip on the shell first and flattene...
8 years agoMajestic De Luxe Re-Wap
For years I've had a 20x14 bass and two matching 12x8 toms laying around. I got them for $75 with a bland dark blue wrap. Hardware was pretty clean bu...
8 years agoU.S. Mercury on Craigslist
https://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/msg/5163549372.html
9 years agoMatching Rack Tom Sizes??
Thanks for the info...I actually prefer the uniform look. I believe Kieth Moon had three or four 13" for a time. Maybe the Pictures Of Lilly kit...loo...
10 years agoMatching Rack Tom Sizes??
I've always been a four piece fan with just one mounted tom. Recently I couldn't pass up a Majestic five piece kit that has two identical sized mounte...
10 years agoWhere have all the bargains gone?
Sometimes I can understand a MIJ kit priced at $250 or $300 if all the work is done and it's a cool wrap or has teardrop lugs or something similarly s...
10 years agoWhat About These Majestic's?
Yeah, I'm not holding my breathe on the floor tom or cymbal arm any time soon, but it does happen...I once had a wood Fantasia wrapped snare fall into...
10 years agoWhat About These Majestic's?
Thanks for the link to polishing the wrap. Good info for sure... So, what should I do with the added center post mount? Leave it be, or remove it and...
10 years agoWhat About These Majestic's?
What I was really after was the two snare stands and throne that came with these drums...Majestic DeLuxe They're in decent shape, 5 ply shells, off-s...
10 years agoKent Gold Agate Alert On Ebay!
Way too cool... [ame]http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Yellow-Tiger-Drums-/161223183468?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276[/ame]
11 years ago