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1976 Ludwig Psych Red Kit
Am I the only one who despised that wrap when it was new, but now finds it pretty dang cool?
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
I just received my copy of “The Rogers Book.” My set was “The Super Constellation.” It shows all of the mounting holes I found on my bass drum: two...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
After a couple of months, and a couple hundred dollars, my lug-filled, hole-patched, rewrapped 1958 Rogers Eagle-Badged, Bread & Butter lug drum set i...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
They were black from the factory? Hmmm. The 13” and the bass have black, while the 12” and the 16” have gray. Perhaps the bass wa...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
In case anyone was interested, here is a photo of all of the plugs in the bass drum from the inside. This also shows some of the "whittled away" sect...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
NK, The holes on my drums are very weird: Some are not very circular, they are entirely too wide (large) for the size of screws involved, they don't...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
NK, Thanks alot. I am thinking of going with plain white coated heads, probably Remo Ambassadors. Don’t have them yet. No one around here car...
8 years agoWANTED: Slingerland Concert Toms
Beauty! Nice job!
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
I removed the cover from the bass drum - it was not signed by Ronald Kendig. Although, it was signed by the guy who recovered it in January, 1989. M...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
Glenn, When you say that you rounded up to match plug cutter size, does that mean that you drill out the hole to make it larger? Josh
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
The fella that built my 12" tom, Ronald Kendig, built my 16" floor tom three days later. He signed it exactly like the other drum. I'm wondering why...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
Below is a video of how I made the 5/16" plugs. The plugs that are commercially available are solid wood, and the grain goes in the wrong direction (...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
Well, the homemade plywood came out pretty well. The edges of it didn't join as well as in the center. Next time, I will need to have a heavier duty...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
Well, I received the wrap today, and it's custom cut, so there's no going back now. Today I began the process of making my plywood patch for the larg...
8 years agoRogers 1958 B & B Restoration
Wayne! Those two tom mounts are right where mine are. I was concerned that they were added after manufacturing, but it looks like they put tom/cymba...
8 years ago