Sirs, madams (if any): pics... (I'll put them in several posts, since I may only post 5 at a time)
Looks like a hell of a lot of work (not that I mind). The white shells are from the 60's, the others from the 70's. (There's a few different kinds of hoops too, I think :P)
The previous owner painted the shells blue!
Now, I don't care that they're not from one set.
The thing I'm not sure of is this: the shells that show some wood, have nice looking wood imo, so I'm thinking I could try to stain them, but first of all, is it possible to get them clean enough? I see some black spots, not sure what that is.
And second, I think it's quite possible that not all shells have the same wood color underneath. Which would ruin the idea of staining.
I could still wrap, of course, but I think staining would be very cool too.
Another question I have (me = n00b, sorry), do you think it's possible to get rid of the rust and nastyness on the chrome? Sure, I don't expect it to look brand new, but I wouldn't want rust, at least.
And the Premier guy kind of surprised me by saying he measured a depth of about 18 inches in between the outer edges of the bass. Not sure whether he means the bearing edges or the edges of the hoops, but I don't really care. Never expected a man with such a set to not know the sizes of it
