For your viewing pleasure, here is my 1959 Slingerland Gene Krupa Deluxe Ensemble 1N. It's all there! From the cowbell and woodblock with mount, to the McKinley BD muffler, AA pedal and Super Krupa snare drum. These Radio Kings just swing baby!
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Yes, that is indeed a Slingerland logo calf skin head!
Looks a bit like this!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/201058425004?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Sweet kit! Mine is from '56 or 57...same GK Ensemble!
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My 1966 Slingy set with 22-16-13-matching six lugger Radio King Student snare is a terrific drum set.
LOVE your kit!
Here's my '58.
These are my only Slingerland's. Any chance we can get huh.
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Nice kits, Fellas...
Here's the little brother Slingy drum set that I picked up a few years ago from a guy's non climate controlled storage shed. The 14x20" bass drum, 8x12" tom, and 14x14" floor tom were filthy, but cleaned up very nicely. The white color bands were the horrible White Sparkle that Slingerland offered for a few years. The Blue and Red Glass Glitter bands look good as new after the clean up. The white was all discolored, and the plies were delaminated. I stripped off the horrible White Sarkle, and replaced those bands with vintage White Marine Pearl wrap. This little drum set will probably be a forever keeper.
