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Slingerland Radio King - 1939 Buddy Rich

Nice drum. To me, its screaming out to be recovered in blue marine pearl.....:)

15 years ago
Whitehall Bass Drum Decal??

Hmmm...thats a cool Idea. Maybe I'll get a decal made of my Valencia Badge and apply it to the top of the bass drum head. That should get my fellow dr...

15 years ago
I don't know what this is or if it had a badge?

Congrats on your success with this drum!! Personally, those drums with the tacked bottom head drive me completely CRAZY....I cant stand not being abl...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Check this out...the inside of the zoomatic vs the inside of the Pearl POS..... Looks "almost" the same but not quite. On the Zoomie, the screws look...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

heres a zoomatic...look how much it resembles the Pearl in the pics above,,,,

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Hi Jon. thank you for your interest in helping. youre a good man! Actually, I think you may have mis-read some of my posts, there is no damage to th...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Cn.... I was just thinking that also...but then I took a good hard look at the original strainer. To call it primitive is being kind. Its pretty awfu...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Cn.....actually you explained it very well, BUT..... I just looked at the shell and I realized something.....the three existing holes for the origin...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Jon, nope! Just the screws and bolts. If you enlarge the picture and look to the right you can see the three holes for the strainer. Thats just how...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Cn, the Valencia shell does have re-rings on the top and bottom. Its really thin, so I'm 99% sure its three ply. Wouldnt a horizontal hole spacing be...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Thats a great point. From what I can see in this picture, THIs one has the mounting holes spaced far apart which should spread the tension across the...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

I wouldnt be surprised if you are right about that.

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Hy guys...thanks a ton for the replys!! Mikey7777: I know its nice to use all original stuff, but in this case, I just think that the old Pearl st...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

Sorry, just a typo.......I'm keeping the lugs as they are in excellent condition and the threads are all good. The tension rods I'm replacing with new...

15 years ago
New Strainer for Valencia Snare

I'm rebuilding my Valencia Blue Sparkle snare drum, new rims, new wire snares. Was just wondering if anybody has a favorite replacement strainer? It...

15 years ago