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Meet a parts stripper yesterday, ugh :(

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I picked up a '76 Rogers Londoner kit yesterday (minus Dyna) locally.

I kind of 'know' this guy, he's a big time Craigslist drum flipper.

Noticed in weeks past that he had some Rogers shells in blue onyx that were stripped for sale on CL. I also know his eBay handle so I decided to take a look and see what he has up for sale. Low and behold tons of vintage BT lugs, claws, rods etc.

So after picking up the kit I gently asked if he was a parts stripper and he confidently responds yes! He even went on to explain how much more $ one can make from stripping perfectly good shells "since he knows how to do it". Eye Ball

I figured at the very least I saved a Rogers kit from getting stripped.

I probably wouldn't have gone out there in the first place knowing he really stripped those shells. For all I knew, maybe the shells were too far damaged so the only recourse was stripping.

Sad thing is I think I saw the Rogers blue onyx kit on CL a month or so ago, it too could have been saved. Sigh...

Found it!!
Posted on 10 years ago
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I know who you're talking about, He strips down a lot of good drums.

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 10 years ago
#2
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Drag. Effing with all of that mojo may get you a lot of money but I suspect drum karma won't be kind for this behavior. Save and play is much better than strip and flip.

Posted on 10 years ago
#3
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Sad this happens. But we buy them, fix them and bring them back to former glory. So they can carry on for years to come. Would be nice if they just sold the dang things in 1 pc so we can keep them original from the start. :D

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 10 years ago
#4
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It makes it even worse when they aren't honest good people.

Posted on 10 years ago
#5
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Happens with vintage guitars too. Sucks.

Surrounded by drummers here! (I am a guitarist.)
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1970/71? Ludwig Downbeat in Blue Oyster Pearl
http://www.vintagedrumforum.com/showthread.php?t=33677
Posted on 10 years ago
#6
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I'm not fond of parts strippers

Posted on 10 years ago
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From ec_curtis

It makes it even worse when they aren't honest good people.

Yeah you are right if the people are not honest then there can be a lot of problems.

Posted on 10 years ago
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From moonweasel

Happens with vintage guitars too. Sucks.

I know some people (wish I didn't) who will take one decent vintage guitar, and make a few phony vintage guitars out of it. The neck is part of one bogus vintage guitar. The body is part of another one. The pickguard with electroncs wiring harness is yet another fake vintage guitar. The individual pickups and pot(entiometer)s or the tuning machines can be parted out to make other phony vintage guitars. There are people at guitar shows who sell fake decals to put on fake guitar head stocks.

No matter how far you push the envelope, it is still stationery.
Posted on 10 years ago
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Has anyone else been creeped out by the eBay photos posted by the infamous drum stripper in Florida. They use purple satin as a background for the parts. That seriously reminds me of looking at a casket lining with the deceased parts laid out for the final viewing after being ripped from the host shell. Creepy...

Posted on 10 years ago
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