That's pretty cool. I was a month a 2 days old when that pup was stamped.

Hey Glenn! That's cool! My mom said, "That's just a little younger than me." I'm a good son, so I said, "They still look real pretty too...just like you!" That happens to be the truth too.

Not knowing much about slingy`s , I wouldn`t know what the M or P-020 means but it definitly looks like the P-020 was stamped over the M.

P means it was slated to be wrapped. M means it was to be painted. This one was wrapped in marine pearl.

I guess that knowledge might have made this a little more interesting.

Since the wrapped drums were a price premium, I'm willing to bet the shell was slated for painting, then a pearl order came along, so they restamped it and finished it up. Is the wrap integrated into the plys? I'm sitting a foot from a cloud badge wmp kick shell and the wrap goes 5 inches into the ply layup.

That was one scenario I thought of. This shell was made after they stopped integrating wrap into the shell. The rack tom with the same date is the same way.

My spidey sense is tingling. I bet we're onto something...Guitar Dude Man

Indeed it would have !!

So the P is the type of finnish and the -020 is the color ?

I have seen this before.The "M" was the first stamp--the "M" stands for painted or stain shell.The "P" stands for plastic wrapped drum.They put a "P" over the "M" most likey the shell had a problem and would not look good with a painted or stain finish maybe a ding,small hair line cracks in outer ply of the shell? who knows...The best i can tell is that 020 stands for the plastic wrap in W.M.P.....Mikey