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Thread adapters on 1/4" short threads for cymbal tilters
I recently posted an inquiry on this exact subject-looking for 6MM cymbal sleeves. I hate it when the washer/sleeve/felt makes the cymbal go crooked.....
5 years agoPearl "EXR" Granite Sparkle 16" FT
Yes- I got a swatch of wrap from Precision and it"s a few shades darker. I may just buy it and live with it as I have had no luck locating a FT.
5 years ago6 MM cymbal sleeves
Does ANYONE at all stock or know of a source for 6 MM cymbal sleeves? If the factory could drill out the 8 MM ones to 6 MM it would work. Please...
5 years agoCitriStrip fail-learn from Dean
I used Mostenbacher's grafitti remover on a gold sparkle 60's Slingerland set painted with black enamel. Very tedious work but no wrap damage besides...
5 years agoPearl "EXR" Granite Sparkle 16" FT
Looking for a Pearl floor tom in Granite sparkle. I think other Pearl lines had this wrap-Visions etc.Other brands from this era (2000's) may have thi...
5 years agoEarly Pearl Export drums
This is quite interesting. I'd never seen an Export set with straight spurs or a ten-lug bass drum. Is this a European sourced set? I use a mixed-Pear...
5 years agoCB700 Watch Lugs
I sent for a swatch from the fabric company you used to recover an 18" CB floor tom in galaxy sparkle. How did you attach it to the shell?
5 years agoNeed lug identification help
That is a relatively recent "Made in China" lug.I don't know the brand name,but "Argent" comes to mind.
5 years agoSnare Drum Tuning
I think those notes would vary with the depth and composition of the shell,head type,brand, rim type etc. A "High" tuning on an 8 X 14 will be lower t...
5 years agoPacific "Dr.Seuss" Snare drum lugs wanted.
I just picked up the remains of an early Pacific 5 piece set. One snare drum lug is snapped off the shell. If anyone has a couple I'd appreciate a sho...
5 years agoCB700 Watch Lugs
Maybe they borrowed the lug design, but the Tama/Camco joint venture did not last. I have seen a lot of CB 700's from this period,and own some.I hope...
5 years agoPowder coated hardware stripping
Has anyone here tried stripping powder coated hardware? Recently I have seen some sets for reasonable money but with colored lugs,rims,mounts etc. UUU...
6 years agoVintage MIJ Snare Drum ID Help!
I have a shell with hardware like that drum. It has a Crown decal on the wrap.Primitive construction,terrible edges and only one side has that backwar...
6 years agoWhat type Premiers are these?
These were a trade-in on a set of Yamaha Stage Customs I just sold. They seem to be XPK-like. Very thin shells,no rerings,older style stretch lugs and...
6 years agoRoger Taylor using Slingerland with unusual mount
Definitely a Premier single tom mount on Slingerland drums.
6 years ago