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60's Slingy Strainer
I should have mentioned that those strainers were also used on Leedy snare drums once Slingerland bought them out. They were used on the 50s and early...
7 months ago60's Slingy Strainer
Another question, does your drum have the extension gates on each side? Or is it just the strainer on one side, and a regular butt on the other? Radio...
7 months ago60's Slingy Strainer
Pictures would help. Are you saying that the arm is removable? Because, before '60 the arm could be removed or folded down by losening the thumbscrew...
7 months agoPremier 14 inch Fibreline Batter Head
Have you called the older drum shops such as Long Island Drum in NYC and Pro Drum Shop in LA, 2112 percussion in Raleigh and any other older shops for...
7 months agoRogers Holiday Snare Drum? What do I have here?
Ah, yes. Tennessee, not Arkansas.
7 months agoRogers Holiday Snare Drum? What do I have here?
Makes sense on the lug replacment. Looks like a gorilla enlarged those holes, but that seems to be the case with a lot of drum mods. There are very fe...
7 months agoRogers Holiday Snare Drum? What do I have here?
I see what Hoppy sees. Total of six plies, so three ply shell with a three ply reinforcement ring.
7 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
I'm sure the snare is also a MIJ stencil drum. This would have been the easiest way to get into the drum business. The rest of the kit may or may not...
8 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
Sure looks like the same badge, hoops and lugs as this Arbiter Exclusive. Even has the same four holes for the original strainer which was replaced on...
8 months agoMIJ drum restoration on The Repair Shop
Watched this last night. Looks to be an old Star or maybe Pearl kit with Premier tom mounts and an early Arbiter snare. https://www.youtube.com...
8 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
Yeah, I have noticed that. Probably how the marketing department wanted to announce them since the new catalog was coming out. Car year models used to...
9 months agoBlack Cortex match
In addition to getting the thinner formica, you have to get it where the "grain" runs 90 degrees to the normal stuff so it will actually bend easily e...
9 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
It is certainly possible the Krupa got stuff before the public, but then again, he might not have. Slingerland was advertising the new lugs and hoops...
10 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
If you watch the Gene Krupa drum find video, it is stated that Gene acquired that kit some time before a trip that he took to Australia in August of '...
10 months agoSlingerland 50's knurling changes timeline on 3 point strainer
Yeah, that's the same drum. This drum has a couple of issues that make it a less than great example. The screws on the strainer and butt are mod...
10 months ago