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My old Pearl Drumset
Pearl didn't make "Battleship" lug drums that were branded with a "Pearl" badge for very long. More were stencils, like my "Dixie" snare drum.They swi...
10 years agoRogers double tom mounts--- anything modern to replace
I'm quite sure with a little finagling the down-rod on the Yammie mount could be sleeved and fitted to a Rogers diameter pipe. I did this to mount a T...
10 years agoNo badges, but serial numbers?
Well, it's a Pearl-sourced something or other. Maybe Whitehall, maybe Dixie. Any nail-holes in the wrap or areas that may indicate the shape of a badg...
11 years agoWhat Snare is that?
Those may be plain-old hex-headed bolts and not even tension rods, cause he kept losing his Premier style key! But I have seen drums with hex-headed...
11 years agopearl snare wmp
I don't know anyone that would pay that for what's most likely a luan marching drum. Maybe $100 cause it's goofy...
11 years agoStrange Rogers set "Need help"
That is a Yamaha tom mount-early style. The tacked tom looks right, and has the normal "use whatever you have to replace the cracked B'n B's". I would...
11 years agoThunder-King Pearl Kit
You should probably replace the lug insert-sounds like it's worn out.
11 years agoRhythm Tech Active Snare System
Yes, I had 2 on 2 different occasions and the sound was dead-dry. I can't comment on the MQ, as I've never heard a MQ. The sound of Sound Percussion d...
11 years agoA question of value...
That small pattern BDP is available from some vendors.
11 years ago70's Copper Plated Wrap
Sand it down to bare steel and paint it. Trust me, the results of trying to remove that covering, unless you spend many hours 1 inch at a time, are di...
11 years agoUnidentified MIJ snare
Tama and Pearl spacing are different.
11 years agoUnidentified drum hardware
All I recognize for sure is the circa 1970 Star tom mount.
11 years agoNo badge, seamed amber acrylic set with cobbled? hardware.
Has anyone here ever seen an actual "Pearl" badged set with that double tom mount? I'm thinking those may be stencils. That is all I've ever seen with...
11 years agoIdentifying This Drum Kit
The bass and mounted tom in the picture are Kent single-tension made in U.S.A. The floor tom...need better pictures.
11 years agoHarvesting modern wrap
I've missed two of those sets on C/L, but I wanted to experiment with tung oil on the interiors. Your project would have a chance if it was a 12 x 20...
11 years ago