KellyJ

BBK is Backbeatkeeper

I hate typing..........

Hey, is that your Sonor Rosewood resto I see in the background??

Are you still enjoying those??

Good to see them again !!.....

kevins,

Oh BBK gotcha!

yep, that's the Sonor resto sitting in the corner. Great kit.. Glad you like it. That was the Rosewood veneer project. I enjoy it very much and played it for about six months. Now it's very decorative furniture.

Maybe I should sell it?

-kellyj

HMMMMMMMM................

Nice! You're right probably not sell. Too much work, too nice a kit Walking

here is vaughncrafts web link if anyone cares??http://www.vaughncraft.com/inventory.php

That is absolutely beautiful. The P-87 is a powerful strainer and, IMHO, under used. Matching it with the die-cast hoops makes it clear this drum is ready to lay down some smackin'.

I love the ludwig classic strainer,I think it is the best looking art deco strainer of all,I have only played a drum with one on it once,and it was hard to engage and disengage,are they normally like that ? How hard are they to find?Can you buy one from ludwig?I have a kauri segment shell I would love to put one on

eamesuser, they can be a pain! but most work good, you can still get them ludwig still makes them the p-87 strainer, and they are on ebay and post here also for one!

Thanks for the reply,and forgive the semi hijack of the thread.As you were.:D

Eamesuser, I've seen a lot of strainers, used a lot of them. I have to admit liking the Dunnett R class and the Rogers Dyna Sonic class of strainers for simplicity and plain good looks. The P-87 just looks hot and screams "try me out"... and matched with die cast rims exudes "whack me" as was previoulsy eluded too. As far as fuction, I have two snares with the Classic... a mid -50's WFL concert snare sporting an original nickel finish with the more is more elongated design.

I had the chance to gig the new snare and P-87 yesterday...during the set I was to simulate timbale sounds for a spanish piece we were doing. We all know that a snare is simply a timbale with two heads and some wires on the bottom or is that the other way around :) so its easy to get timbale sounds out of a high tuned snare with the strainer off. To get to the point, as Tubelugs mentioned, It's a powerful strainer! This particular strainer works flawlessly and the big adjusting tensioning wheel provides any tension on the snares you require pretty effortlesly. I had taken this one apart and had cleaned and re-greased all moving parts. With the handle rising above the rim and jutting out slightly rearward it's easy to find and manipulate. I have a snare with a Dunnett R-class and as nice as that strainer is I prefer the old "Classic" hands down both in looks and function..