I guess you never changed heads on a fiberglass drum.

Pretty much the same thing.

Quite the contrary. I also own a set of Fibes, but the smell from those is strictly chemical. They remind me more of a Corvette body repair shop than a musical instrument.

Stepnose,

I know exactly what you mean. I always thought that smell was primarily from that unique Rogers speckled coating used on the Dayton and Fullerton era drums. The gray interior Clevelands I have don't have that smell, but then, they're so old the smell has probably just dissipated.

I have a Fullerton bass drum I bought new in 1974 which has remained unplayed since 1980, and the factory original batter and reso heads have never been removed. I may have to open that one up just to smell that "new drum" smell again.

Mike

mchair303,

Brace yourself for the oncoming flashback.

Denny

Drum snorting...........It could become a new addiction requiring intervention.

From a marketing standpoint,it's one of the few angles drum companies haven't tried yet.

Imagine cherry,cedar or pine laminates as a selling point.

Hilarious! :)

My Club Dates came to me without reso heads on any of the 3 shells, had been that way for years according to seller, yet they *still* had that wonderful drum interior aroma. Only on this forum would I admit to occasionally putting my nose to the vent hole and squeezing the heads for a fix. :)

Mitch

Interesting.

When I bought my first set of Big R drums I was suspicious, at first, they had been re-wrapped because the wrap was in just about perfect condition and when I pulled the heads, there was an instant strong Elmer's glue kind of smell. I thought maybe it was the glue for the wrap.

I recently bought another Big R set with concert toms and after 40 years, although not as strong, it [B]still [B]has that glue smell! Even without the bottom heads to hold it in.

Must have been a bunch of happy (high) folks building those drums!

Funny Post Imagine the catalogs....

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Mike