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Rogers Parade Drum
Outstanding drum! I just came up from playing my gretsch kit downstairs & I was using the vary same sticks as your Santa has there. Been using them...
14 years agoRestoring my 20's Ludwig snare
That looks like one cool project! Very nice indeed.. Lots of work but what a great old drum you have there. Those light bulbs in the drums back in t...
14 years agoI don't know what this is or if it had a badge?
Thanks - Yes - I would like to be able to tune the bottom head. In the past few months I've ended up with three drums with a tacked reso head. I gues...
14 years agoTacked a reso head onto this nice old Carlton tom
Some more photos showing drum after I tacked the new head. The most difficult process was cutting the excess hide and doing a nice neat straight line...
14 years agoTacked a reso head onto this nice old Carlton tom
More pix: The drum was owned at one time by BunE - Cheap Trick drummer. I thought it might have just been signed by him but I asked him (via a drumf...
14 years agoTacked a reso head onto this nice old Carlton tom
I bought this a few weeks ago on eBay - late 30's 14" tom with a tacked on reso head - WMP finish - no badge/i.d plate. Inside the lug casting DALLAS...
14 years agoI don't know what this is or if it had a badge?
I tacked a nice American White calfhide on this drum today. It went well & I'm really please with the sound. I could use 6 new t-rods though - most...
14 years agoI need help to identify this drum
Thanks for this. It would be nice to snag one of those kits. My drum has the straight metal counter hoop with the clip-type claws for tensioning. I'v...
14 years agoI got tricked, I need your opinion about the real value
From cccc...
14 years agoI need help to identify this drum
It's identified! I was cleaning the lugs and notice faint etching on the bottom of the casting - IN ENGLAND - and a faint stamp inside the casting - D...
14 years agoI don't know what this is or if it had a badge?
The drum is a Carlton. I took it apart to clean it and in very small print on the bottom of a lug is written IN ENGLAND. I guess the MADE is worn off...
14 years agotin drum/red hoops
Very very cool drum!
14 years agoGretsch Silver Paint
Maybe it was repainted at one time. I know when I painted my silver sealer it ran easily & I had to be very careful with it. I eventually used a sof...
14 years agoI don't know what this is or if it had a badge?
I'm going to clean this drum up - put a new calfhide tacked reso head & tucked calf batter on it. I'm not going to be drilling holes. It was advertis...
14 years agoI need help to identify this drum
I picked it up on eBay last month. It was advertised as a Walberg&Auge/Gretsch drum. I emailed Bun Calros (he owned it at one time) and he said he b...
14 years ago