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if you're going the route of home-made glitter, be prepared for a lot of work. there's several threads on this forum about this topic.
9 years agoVintage bass drum
not necessarily. With this diameter you can do it without steambending. you have to make a round mold. use many clamps and curve plies of wood around...
9 years agoRims Mounts
@Mike, off course you've got a point there. But to me resonance is only a small part of what I want improved. Most is tone, presence, volume. I check...
9 years agoLate 50's Sonor
Oh boy. What's that veneer?
9 years agoRims Mounts
reading all this brings this hypothesis: mounting systems that require big holes cut in the drum "eat" up a lot of resonance. Drums with these systems...
9 years agoRims Mounts
I agree with Schmegeggie, and that's based on experience. For example: a 13" Big R racktom: I took off the bracket, "virginized" the shell and have si...
9 years agoWhat can this old set be?
I'd buy them immediately. Those are &%#((@* cool!!!!!
9 years agoVintage bass drum
Strongly looks like beech. I belief I may have had one just like yours. It was an oversized 26 inch. I had trouble getting normal 26 inch heads on the...
9 years agoVintage bass drum
ps what's the size?
9 years agoVintage bass drum
Hi and welcome. Claws: I'd use a little wd40. Let it seep in for a couple of hours and then gently try to remove the claws from the hoop. Maybe using...
9 years agoHonsuy drum kit from 70's
I would be strongly tempted to buy it if I came across it locally. Very cool kit. I've read a thread about a honuy kit once. It had pre-international...
9 years agorecognize these lugs?
I remember having read a trhread about a MIJ kit with these lugs, but I'm not quite sure.
9 years agoIntl. strainer on metric snare
Sounds like bearing edge problem. Do you use heads and snare as usual?
9 years ago14 Intense New Drum Wrap Designs
That abalone is great.
9 years agoJ.W. York & Sons
I find this drum extremely beautiful and inspiring. The hoops look like natural cherry to me. Or birch with a strongly yellowed laquer.
9 years ago