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42 Strand snares for Valencia Snare or Not?
Cn, funny you should say that because i just saw today that drum factory has one for like 10 bucks. I've never used those front spike anchors. But may...
15 years ago42 Strand snares for Valencia Snare or Not?
It sure has Kevin. much, Much, MUCH more work than I ever thought at the start of this project. But, altho they are going slowly, things are going re...
15 years ago42 Strand snares for Valencia Snare or Not?
Well, yes and no. None of my 3 other snares is the exact same size as the Valencia. But I think its gonna be fine. I always liked the sound with bigge...
15 years agoVOX Drum Badges
Would anyone know how I can about either buying or making VOX drum badges for my MIJ set? Thanks for any input!
15 years ago42 Strand snares for Valencia Snare or Not?
Yes, agreed, that was a great point about the snare beds. Altho, its easy to modify the wire snares string assembly to fit. I think I will try those...
15 years ago42 Strand snares for Valencia Snare or Not?
Having a bit of a "Snare" dilema. I'm in the final stages of restoring my 1960s Pearl Valencia set. On the snare, I cant decide whether to use norma...
15 years agoSonor Hilite Exclusive Restoration. LOTS of pics!
Joep: Youre a credit to Vintage Drum Restoration. :) As another poster said, these drums arent my cup of tea either (I'm a 60s guy) but you did a Her...
15 years agoIs there a market for restored vintage drums?
I'm sort of surprised that the OP hasnt changed his opinion after reading these many posts. The community here has been trying to tell him that rewrap...
15 years agoMy Snare drum collection
Kapper........YIKES!!! That is one amazing collection!!!! How did you get so many vintage snare drums??? Can you post a clear pic of your 1960 Ludwi...
15 years agoT bar for Valencia Bass drum
Guys....I'm making GREAT progress restoring my Valencia set, but have run into a problem. One of the bass drum T-Bars is stripped and I can no longer...
15 years agoVOX Badges??
Guys, heres a tough one: I want to relabel my no name MIJ set with VOX Badges. Questions is, where in the world would I get VOX Badges? I'm thinkin...
15 years agoGretsch Drums
Agreed....a great price if youre going to play them..........not a great price if you want to flip them. Folks who collect Gretsch drums want them in...
15 years agoNew take on an old idea... Take note.
Its funny, really....all this stuff is what the drummers of the 30s and 40s had to do to solve their drum set problems. Gizmos galore. Glad to see fol...
15 years agoTrowa snare
Mr T: Very nice shell you have there...very different from almost any snare I have seen. That snare throwoff is WAY cool. A couple of things tho:...
15 years agoAdvice on Building a Ringo Kit
Johnny, where are you having the parts rechromed? Do they do "mail in"? thanks, Retro
15 years ago