Do you mean only the badges or drums with the badges? Hope the badges don't get removed! For the drums, he will easily get $100.00 a piece. More like $300 a piece. The snare, probably more. :2Cents:
You can buy a new kit for five or six hundred but you're killing the people that would jump on that vintage RK partial (3pcs) kit. (don't see pic of a rack tom)....I don't think anyone can help you decide what you're looking for except you.
I would venture to say that the snare has a solid steam-bent maple shell, what you're probably seeing is a little separation at the inner scarf joint. I saw a RK snare in BDP go for $1,100+ by itself on fleaBay a few months ago & it didn't look much better than that one. The old saying goes "an item is only worth what someone is willing to pay"...I'd pay $600 for them, but I'm a mentally disturbed Slingy addict!...I'd pay $10 just to sniff 'em!
Since you're wanting a player, I'd go with after market replacement lugs, the last thing you want on a gig is to blow out a lug, & as said before, they are much more reliable. Personally speaking, I would keep the old lugs, but you could help finance your fix-up by replacing all the lugs & selling off the good ones. Beavertails go for premium $'s on the "Flea"...and if that "Shop Owner" know where he can get $100 bucks for a cloud badge, I'd like the address of that sucker...ugh, er, buyer! Yes Sir
I think I was tired when I wrote that, I imagine going by ebay prices every shell is worth 100 bucks at the minimum, I'm going to get it tomorrow I don't play in a band so I probably won't gig it. I'd be afraid to haul it around anyway. I'm excited and apprehensive about starting a project. more than likely I'll clean em, and add replace drums in my current kit while I do one drum at a time. I'm really hoping the snare turns out to be a good playing snare it is the drum I need the most in my kit.
Wheres the best place to get repro lugs? I've done a couple searches and came up with a couple.
I think DFactoryD because they're currently only 3.13 a piece vs 4.50, which DFoundry is out of stock now. Good luck
I think DFactoryD because they're currently only 3.13 a piece vs 4.50, which DFoundry is out of stock now. Good luck
I believe Drum Foundry is winding down most of it's part's sales & concentrating on its Snare line. You can check these guys out also. Good Luck & show some pics!
Didn't have the scratch to buy them today but made the trip and inspected them again a put a deposit down.Does the solid snare have an inner laminate of some wood? There is some peeling/delaminating inside? but the covering is intact and looks good minus a small burn hole. The bass drum looks intact, minus a broken lug, maybe a cracked one or two, the floor tom is in bad shape, the cover is starting to lift, all the bottom lugs are trashed and the drum or hoop is a tad out of round, I may have to rework a bearing edge too. I think it will survive though. I figure if I pay too much I'll at least have something to clean up try and tune up and play, and see if I can get it to sound at least as good as the PDP Kit I'm playing.[IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/46chief/IMG_0209.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/46chief/IMG_0210.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u216/46chief/IMG_0211.jpg[/IMG]
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Wow! That snare is exactly like the second snare I ever owned!
Bought it along with a BDP RK 24 and 16" for $80 in around 1969-1970....don't recall if it came with a 13".......I wanna say it didn't!
I was around 13-14 when I got it,and remember thinking...why would you want a snare drum so big?
I would venture to say that the snare has a solid steam-bent maple shell, what you're probably seeing is a little separation at the inner scarf joint. I saw a RK snare in BDP go for $1,100+ by itself on fleaBay a few months ago & it didn't look much better than that one. The old saying goes "an item is only worth what someone is willing to pay"...I'd pay $600 for them, but I'm a mentally disturbed Slingy addict!...I'd pay $10 just to sniff 'em!Since you're wanting a player, I'd go with after market replacement lugs, the last thing you want on a gig is to blow out a lug, & as said before, they are much more reliable. Personally speaking, I would keep the old lugs, but you could help finance your fix-up by replacing all the lugs & selling off the good ones. Beavertails go for premium $'s on the "Flea"...and if that "Shop Owner" know where he can get $100 bucks for a cloud badge, I'd like the address of that sucker...ugh, er, buyer! Yes Sir
I agree with fungus amungus and I'm not a Slingy addict, just mentally disturbed.Mind Blowi
Picked em up today. Also got a bunch of extra pieces from it, including some Krut and zenjian cymbals a bonus set of Zildgian 13" Hihats with some flea bites that don't sound too bad. Some old heavy cymbals with rivets that sound like crap. I think there were about8 or 9 cymbals, I'll probably only consider using a two or three of them. Also some stands woodblock cowbells, brushes a tambourine and other odds and ends. like a couple buckets configured for drum throne trap cases. Here are some pics of what I've got. Link to full photobucket album
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Wondering if this is the head that came from the factory on the rack tom The floor tom has a calfskin head on the bottom but it's thrashed.
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Inside the floor tom, small crack delam of the innermost ply... I hope
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I played the snare some tonight and didn't touch it with a tuning key until I played it a bit and it actually does sound pretty good. I'm gonna pull the top head off tomorrow to look inside and take a pic of the delimitation and see what it's all about, but it does look like a laminated shell instead of an awesome steam bent maple one.
I want to continue posting updates and ask questions regarding returning them to playable condition, should I start a new thread or get the mods to move this one?
The floor tom is beat, all the bottom lugs are busted, a couple of the top ones are cracked and there is some delam happening on the covering and a bit ton the inside. the bearing edge on the bottom looks like it is opening up or separating. Overall I think it can be saved without a re-wrap, it seems a bit out of round but not much and it could be the hoop and not the shell.
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The bass drum has a cracked hoop that may be repairable, a couple bent T-handles, broken claw and a couple broken and cracked lugs. The bass spurs look to be added on, there is a sticker on one that says made in Japan. There was also a pair of clamp on bass drum spurs in the hardware I got with it.
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