I have an 11pc Wellington/Pearl set I inherited from my Dad (I still have not played on a set I like as much as I like this one). He worked for the guy at a place called "Jacks Drum and Guitar Shop" which I think is still floating around somewhere here in SLC. I will ask him for some more info on it and see what he can remember. I do recall him saying what the other guys have been saying. They are just Pearl shells re-wrapped with wellingtons name on them.

Unfortunately, Jack Anderson (Jack's Drum and Guitar Shop) passed away a while ago, and AFAIK, the shop passed with him.

Everyone is speaking of Wellington's as a "kit" or shells, etc....what about the snare drums? I recently purchased a Wellington "PEARL" 14 X 6 STEEL/CHROME SNARE DRUM. I would like to know if any body has info on the snares? I saw where the sizes were "customized(hence the 6" instead of 5 or 5.5) but are they too just Pearls with his name on them? The one I ordered (ebay) shows "PEARL" on a sticker in the shell. Is this ligit? Does anyone know? I am new to the forum, but I think this is great. THANKS!

Does anyone know about this particular snare drum? I find the lugs quite unique, kinda resembling a Sonor, but not quite. INFO anyone?

Here's another I own that I have NO idea what I have. Any knowledge, or even guesse(educated) would be welcomed!

The snare you have is a C.B.700 made By Pearl from about 1972-76...Mikey

Your snare is M.I.T. from mid 1990 to now..Made by Pearl..Maybe a 30.00 drum on a good day....Mikey

I have a 10 piece or 9 pieces of the blue plexiglass or vistalite bottomless drums. I bought them from a guy in Utah around 1980. They were custom built by a guy named John but I can't remember his last name. I have two 22" bass drums and would like to find a 26" base or bigger. Has anyone found this guy or know where he can be found?

Wow-- somewhere along the line, the 'update' notifications quit showing up - there are a lot of posts on here since the last time I was here. hvirg, thank you, for that information, that is a LOT more information than I had expected to find! Thank you!!!

I'm giving these drums another push to completion finally - found another complete Pearl kick on ebay, no spurs, t-rods are different than these, but appear much more period-correct for the other present hardware. May never know which style it actually left the shop with, but I'll keep both sets with it, just for posterity... I scabbed together a set of spurs (pulled off a spare "Pulse" kick, plugged right in like they belonged there... bonus!) Guessing the tom-arm that I've got won't fit the 'new' kick-mount, but I'll cross that bridge as needed (mine has two different size hex shafts, all the ones I've seen in pics are the same size top and bottom) ---- Still in the market for floor-tom mounts and legs, but I've got 'em band-aided enough to function anyway. If ADHD doesn't get the best of me again, I'll try to get a pic posted when the "new" kick shows up and pukes out the parts I need... hopefully. Regardless, thanks again, lots of great info here!

And thanks to this recent discovery on this thread, I was able to do a bit more internet-stalking and found this little pair of gems. Kinda hard to read - damaged font from quick scanning, I presume. Google-Earth'ing that address is 'iffy' -- I'm guessing between then and now, Salt Lake City changed their street numbering or something (goes from 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 500th, 600th, etc...) Best guess on my part would be 1965 South 1100th E, which currently is a post office. Was a vacant lot in 1970, but could have been a shop in the alley or something, really couldn't tell that much. But a bit more perspective on the offerings, anyway. Also found an obit for 'John "Jack" Wellington Oldham' from March of '92, which seems to tie ~some~ of the name discrepancies together anyway.