thank you for all the kind comments on my snare drum. I feel quite lucky to have this in my collection. I also have a ludwig acrolite snare drum vintage 1979 that is also very very clean.

Mike

Just as a reference point..

I paid around 270 usd for mine last year.. but it is a 6.5 10 lug..

Add 100 bucks shipping & I am still very happy with the deal.. Last week at rehearsal I realized just how good these drums are.. I had planned to use a few different snares, relative to the songs that we were working on.. I ended up doing them all on the Slingo..

Cheers

John

I believe I paid 225 Euro for my 6.5" COB Krupa 10 lugger.

By far the most versatile snare in my arsenal,... worth every Euro cent !

John the 10 lug 6.5 are more rare and bring more money. I think you have a real gem there that will bring music to your ears for a long time...congrats.

Mike

The strainer pictured is the later type, so the hoops would almost certainly be steel.

I acquired my late 70s model (pic below) recently for $81... just lucky! Mine's probably not quite as clean as Mike's.

They're great drums and terrific value in today's marketplace.

I was so impressed with it that I went on to score a slightly cleaner 10 lug 6.5 for $175, which I like even more.

Ron

Hey............I think this came with the original snare head and snare wires. Is there any way to tell for sure if I do have that???

thank you,

Mike

Please can anyone out there inform me of how to identify original snare wires and heads on my '73 slingerland Gene Krupa sound king. Thanks!!!

Mike

Show us pics of the wires/heads!

Some of my original Slingerland heads have a very small Slingerland sticker on them right below the Remo logo

Just wanted to see if this thread is still active. I still love my sound king and by the way it is verified that it is a 1970 Gene Krupa. I like playing it and dont know if I will ever sell it. ...............Well I might. depends.

take care

Mike