Retrosonic

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I Feel Fine

Wow.... never realized that Ringo played a rim shot on the bridge and not a full snare hit.

11 years ago
Beach Boys Live and Camco Equipped

In the video clip from the OP, at around 1:38 Dennis throws in a snare riff that takes Mike, (whos singing) by surprise. Watch Mike turn his head towa...

11 years ago
Sonor Swinger BD problem

I am sure you will be able to get a decent sound out of the drum after working on it. It might not resonate as well as it did 50 years ago, but I don'...

11 years ago
Making a 22" kick out of 22" pre-international

I did the same thing on my 1957 Sonor set. Works great.

11 years ago
Project: Gretsch Mid 60's Round Badge

GretschJazzMan: You know, I played Gretsch for 38 years. I Have restored many sets in my day, some came out really, really, nice, some not so nice....

11 years ago
My new early 60's? Premier kit.........am I right?

Hey, if these are late 50s or earky 60s, arent the shells Pre International Sizes? Heads can be very hard to find for those drums. Normal, store boug...

11 years ago
How Many Years Have You Been Playing

41 years for me. And I really cant believe it. I started the Summer of 1973 and I remember it like yesterday. "Crockodile Rock" was one of the first s...

12 years ago
Premier 1965 kit - NOS heads?

These are the perils of pre-international sized heads. I have a 1957 Sonor Melodie kit that uses 'em. What a PITA!! Remo stocks "some" metric sizes.....

12 years ago
Tough Lesson Leaned at my gig

I learned the same lesson. So...I do two things. I went out and bought a $40 14 X 3 inch metal snare. I use this as an emergency backup at a gig if my...

12 years ago
1963 Sonor Project

My God, what a GREAT job you did on that resto!! My compliments. I have a 1957 Sonor "Melodie" set to be restored. Mine is a mess, it if comes out 1/...

12 years ago
Deeply rusted hoops - any ideas?

CN: There IS one other thing you can do. Krylon makes a product thats a dark grey metal type paint. I've used this on cymbal stands and other metal p...

12 years ago
1940's Slingerland Radio King

Nice set. Sorry to hear about the mods the former owner did...thats a real downer. But it is what it is, as FFR said above. However, if it was MY se...

12 years ago
Help With MIJ ID

Dan, I think the first thing you have to do, if you want to sell these, is to take the top head off of both drums and look for extra holes. Any buyer...

12 years ago
Need a Premier 12" pre-international hoop in the UK!

These are the trials and tribulations of owning metric size drums.......it is very hard to get parts. I own a metric set that I'm restoring and somet...

12 years ago
why would someone do this?

I agree. Thats a Frankenstein set, and its shocking to me that its even getting ANY bids. My question is, who would WANT that set? A complete mish mo...

12 years ago