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Slingerland tom
[COLOR="Navy"]abidrums, vadrums: Actually Slingerland first began putting badges on kit toms in 1966. Marching toms (tenors, timp toms, etc) were di...
19 years agoSlingerland tom mount and shell query.
[COLOR="Indigo"]aldrums01: Post some pictures and we'll be happy to sleuth the tom mount issue. Same with the interior ply. Interior ply splitting...
19 years agoSlingerland shell composition
[COLOR="Indigo"]Jonas: Wonderful drums. From the badge picture, the shade of Sparkling Blue Pearl, the T-rod design and all the other features, your...
19 years agoYet another Slingerland snare question
[COLOR="Navy"]Right you are Rich, late 1969 is very possible. Actually, this strainer with snare guards is the "final" Slingerland version of the Sup...
19 years agoslingerland interior
[COLOR="Navy"]Slingerland used the tan paint - what I call the beige weak chocolate milky stain - from the fall of 1966 into 1972. In 1970 they start...
19 years agoVintage Slingerland kit, PLEASE HELP!
[COLOR="Navy"]Yes, this is a Japanese kit of Pearl manufacture, circa mid 1960s to early 1970s. Pearl was the primary Japanese copier of the Slingerl...
19 years agochrome sligerlands 80s? shell type value
[COLOR="Navy"]If the interiors have script Slingerland ink stamps they are from 1977 - 1979. If there are no reinforcing rings then they should be 5-...
19 years agoSlingerland "P" Stamp
[COLOR="Navy"]Correct - the "P" stamp was put there after the shell was made. The exterior ply characteristics, and in particular the shell diameter,...
19 years ago"Slingerland" Cymbals???
[COLOR="Navy"]If your cymbals have a black logo script 1980's "Slingerland" on them then these were from either the Slingerland Black Gold or Slingerl...
19 years agoSpeak of the *****... copper/black Slingys
[COLOR="Navy"]1980 would be a good estimate. All the hardware features are correct for that year, and yes the big-S script logo clear Black Dot front...
19 years agoVintage Slingerland kit, PLEASE HELP!
[COLOR="Navy"]Jimmy: Your kit was made by Pearl in Japan somewhere during the mid 1960s into the 1970s. The lugs resemble Slingerland, but are not t...
19 years agoSlingerland questions :)
[COLOR="Indigo"][COLOR="Navy"]Wouter: Apologies for the delayed response, things have been a bit busy. Just a couple of questions to pin it down. A...
19 years agoLate 20's Early 30's Slingerland Help
[Attachment: 282][COLOR="Indigo"] VDrums2112: From your description the closest Slingerland drum would probably be the No. 652 "Juvenile Parade Drum...
19 years agoBadge Placement on early 70s Slingerland
[COLOR="Navy"]That's right, Slingerland did this for a very short period late 1971 - early 1972. Mostly 1972. Drums with this period feature will ha...
19 years agoSlingerland questions :)
[COLOR="Navy"]We can give you lots of fun information on your drums, but to help us I would ask that you submit larger pictures so we can examine feat...
19 years ago