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overrun with spam accounts
I don't think the private message system is working so I am starting a new thread. In the past couple of months the site has become overrun with spam...
1 year agoAdvice for a Premier Snare Drum
Premier stopped building preinternational sized drums around 1968 so that won't be an issue as that is a later 70s - early 80s drum. Even if it were p...
1 year agoDrum Identification and Part Inquiry - WFL
It's a WFL Streamelined Squadron. A nice example too. The badge is rotated upside down. Only missing the drum key. First shows up in the '39 WFL catal...
1 year agoNew spammer in town
Yeah, I saw that. Two more very similar with very random names, gamer links and robotic type posts. pusshelmet also has a game link and j...
1 year agoNew spammer in town
Since PMs aren't working, a new user stevejohnson has posted three spam messages for crypto.
1 year agoQuestion of problem "snare buzz on mounted tom"
Buzz is caused by a tom having the same fundamental frequency, a harmonic of that pitch, or some other sympathetic pitch, as the snare side head. I pe...
1 year agoMain Forum link doesn't work
For what it's worth, here are the links to all of the subforums. https://www.vintagedrumforum.com/forum/vintage-drums.6 https://www.vintagedrumforum.c...
1 year agoMain Forum link doesn't work
No, I didn't receive it. That might explain why Tommy hasn't replied to my message about this issue. He usually replies quickly.
1 year agoMain Forum link doesn't work
The main forum link doesn't work. It takes you to a blank page so unless you dig through the recent posts and find a post that was in one of the other...
1 year agoNeed help identifying vintage Slingerland Parade Snare
Glad to help. Slingerland only installed Slingerland branded heads. The top one is a Ludwig head. The bottom is a National Rawhide Company head. Natio...
1 year agoNeed help identifying vintage Slingerland Parade Snare
It's a Parade king. The badge puts it a '56 -'59. Neither head is original to the drum, although they are both calf heads. The strainer points to earl...
1 year agoSome questions about a 50's/60's Premier kit I'm trying to restore
As far as RIMS type mounts, you would have to modify them to make them fit. Probably the Aluminum RIMS, which are no longer made, would be the best ca...
1 year agoDrum instruction book
The drummer sure looks like Don Osborne. He was Mel Torme's drummer. The drum in the pictures is a Slingerland with Sound King lugs so the pictures we...
1 year agoReplacement Heads for Arbiter Flats?
The Remo Asia heads should be pretty much the same as US made Remos other than where they are made. I suspect the Arbiter tuning system doesn't deal w...
1 year agoReplacement Heads for Arbiter Flats?
As far as I know, they use standard Remo drum heads.
1 year ago